Home Bureau Health Hints 



By NELL FLATT GOODMAN, Home Bureau Editor 



Mrs. Russell 

 and Collie 



'OODhciIih 

 is one of 

 the first 

 recjuisites lor 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 Kno.x, Champaign coun- 

 ty says that she has obtained much real 

 help from Home Bineau in the daily 

 lite ot 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- 

 c|uirements. ' 



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 fooil is im- 

 portant. 



"I try to see th.it my boys have the 

 recjuired variety. Then if they want more 

 ol one thing, such as bread and buttcir, 

 they may have it." 



Judging from her three boys, Mrs. 

 KnoK- has followed carefully the lessons 

 presented in building healthy bodies and 



minds. She believes these are dependent 

 upon each other. Docs one really have 

 physical health without mental health, 

 she asks or vice-versa .•' 



Russell, lunior, was lately graduateil 

 from the State college of agriculture. 

 In ^-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 -l-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 intormation 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 .ictive interest in helping and visiting 



JOHN KNOX AND GUERNSEY 



The boys are 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 

 u lie's knowledge is often of great help. 

 She keeps all the lesson pamphlets and 

 turns to them when needed. Iriends 

 acquainl.mces. and even people she has 

 never knoun frccjuently call upon her 

 lor 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 sup|X)rt or else have such 

 a support put in your old shoe'" 



MiN. Knox tells an interesting storj- 

 about recognizing scarlet tever. The doc- 

 tor had been called and, after a slight 

 examination decided the boy had only a 

 slight rash as an after etfcci ot a cold. 

 But Mrs. Knox protested. "Please look 

 again. Accor,ding to my lessons in Home 

 Bureau, that is a scarlet fever sore thro.it. " 



The doctor did make another* more 

 thorough examination and did pronounce 

 the ailment .as scarlet lever, llie lesson 

 in this case was not only ol value to one 

 family but to many to whom the disease 

 might have been carried. 



Constipation is another ol the com- 

 mon ailments. In order to prevent or 

 correct this it is well to consider home 

 conditions. Tliese include faulty dicrt. 

 lack of exercise, irregular habits of eat- 

 ing or toilet, or possibly some obstruction 

 in the intestinal tract. Mrs. Knox believes 

 the use of laxatives should be avoided. 

 In attempting to overcome constipation 

 by diet, foods containing roughage such 

 as bran, might be considered, or those 

 containini: organic .icids. such as lemons, 

 oranges, apple juice, all fruits except 

 blackberries, and always plenty of water. 



i\frs Knox relates that one of her 

 babies due to some circumstance in the 

 first year feeding was constipated. This 

 was later correcled. >X'itli pro|x:r feeding 

 ihcy don t know what a laxative is 



So important is proper feeding tint 

 Mrs. Knox feels every home should have 

 the ihart of daily rc%iuirenients of chil- 

 dren and adults posted in plain view. 

 Either that, or have tliese tads so thor- 

 oiighlv memorized that they are always 

 in mind, (diarts lor estimating energy 



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