Home Bureau Health Hints 



By NELL FLATT GOODMAN. Home Bureau Editor 





Mrs. Russell 

 and CoUie 



'OOD health 

 is one of 

 the first 

 requisites for a 

 happy useful life. 

 Lessons in health 

 education and the 

 cause, prevention 

 and cure if cum- 

 municable disease, 

 observation of the 

 sick, feeding the 

 family, and mental 

 attitudes, long have 

 been an important 



part in the pro- 

 gram presented by 

 the State Extension department and the 

 Home Bureau. 



Mrs. Russell Knox, Champaign coun- 

 ty says that she has obtained much real 

 help from Home Bureau in the djily 

 life of her family, her husband and three 

 growing sons. 



"The preventive measures learned 

 from Home Bureau have been most 

 helpful," said Mrs. Knox. "I realized 

 early that good health can and should 

 be cultivated. Proper diet, rest and 

 mental attitude can do so much to build 

 up the resistance of an individual to the 

 common diseases and ailments. 



"For example, the actual chemical 

 needs of an adolescent boy or girl, should 

 be understood and diet provided accord- 

 ingly. Plenty of calcium is necessary to 

 provide for the tremendous growth and 

 development at this time. More milk, 

 lettuce, cabbage, eggs should be included 

 in the diet. All this comes in the lessons 

 on classification of foods and energy re- 

 quirements." '.. 



Growing boys so often are neglected 

 Mrs. Knox believes. Everyone talks 

 about the amount they eat, not realizing 

 how great is the demand of this period, 

 and that the right kind of food is im- 

 portant. 



"I try to see that my boys have the 

 required variety. Then if they want more 

 of one thing, such as bread and butter, 

 they may have it." 



Judging from her three boys, Mrs. 

 Knox has followed carefully the lessons 

 presented in building healthy bodies and 



minds. She believes these are dependent 

 upon . each other. Does one really have 

 physical health without mental health, 

 she asks or vice-versa? 



Russell, Junior, was lately graduated 

 from the State college of agriculture. 

 In 4-H club work for 10 years, he has 

 had projects in beef cattle, corn and 

 swine. He has served on and coached 

 fat stock judging teams and has been 

 a group leader in the county for sev- 

 eral years. 



John, age 20, takes an active interest 

 in the management of the 380 acre 

 Knox farm. He too has worked con- 

 sistently in 4-H club. At present he is 

 raising a purebred Guernsey heifer. Ken- 

 neth, the youngest, a rollicking high 

 schooler has won numerous honors and 

 prizes exhibiting his sheep at fairs and 

 contests over the state. 



Besides adapting in her own home 

 the knowledge furnished through Home 

 Bureau, Mrs. Knox has willingly taken 

 an active part in passing information on 

 to others. She serves as local leader in 

 health work in her own unit, gives talks 

 on health at outside meetings, and takes 

 an active interest in helping and visiting 



lOHN KNOX AND GUERNSEY 



The boys ore stockmen and take an ac- 

 tive part in 4-H club work. 



neighbors who are ill when needed. Since 

 Mr. Russell is a township supervisor, his 

 wife's knowledge is often of great help. 

 She keeps all the lesson pamphlets and 

 turns to them when needed. Friends 

 acquaintances, and even people she has 

 never known frequently, call upon hec 

 for advice. 



One woman at a meeting not long ago 

 complained about a calloused condition . 

 on the ball of the foot. Mrs. Knox sug- 

 gested. "The callous is natures way of 

 protecting your foot. Why not try a shoe 

 with an arch support or else have such 

 a supjx)rt put in your old shoe?" 



Mrs. Knox tells an interesting story 

 about recognizing scarlet fever. The doc- 

 tor had been called and, after a slight 

 examination decided the boy had only a 

 slight rash as an after effect of a cold. 

 But Mrs. Knox protested. "Please look 

 again. According to my lessons in Home 

 Bureau, that is a scarlet fever sore throat."' 



The doctor did make another more 

 thorough examination and did pronounce 

 the ail^nent as scarlet fever. The lesson v, 

 in this" case was not only of value to one 

 family but to many to whom the disease • . 

 might have been carried. . - 



Constipation is another of the com^--: 

 mon ailments. In order to prevent or 

 correct this it is well to consiHer home- 

 conditions. These include faulty diet, . 

 lack of exercise, irregular habits of eat' 

 ing or toilet, or possibly some obstruction 

 in the intestinal tract. Mrs. Knox belie\'es . 

 the use of laxatives should be avoided. ■ '. 

 In attempting to overcome constipation " •« 

 kby diet, foods containing roughage such' » - 

 as bran, might be considered, or those 

 containing organic adds, such as lemons, 

 oranges, apple juice, all fruits, except •. 

 blackberries, and always plenty" of watex. 



Mrs. Knox relates that one of her. 

 babies due to some circumstance in the' . i^ 

 first year feeding was constipated. This., .\ 

 was later corrected. With proper feeding " f^ 

 they don't know what a laxative is. , \- 



So important is proper feeding thafjjl 

 Mrs. Knox feels every home should havis ,• 

 the chart of daily requirements of chiU .• ■ 

 dren and adults posted in plain view. _ 

 Either that, or have these facts so thor- .. 

 oughly memorized that they are always . 

 in mind. Charts for estimating energy 



.... (Continued on page 28) 



APRIL, 1938 



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