360 AGRICULTURE ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE 



the years of growth. Many patent medicines contain 

 more alcohol than is found in whisky. 



Lack of sleep, worry, overwork of brain, or muscles 

 (as often happens in training for athletics), eating 

 between meals, working just before or after meals, all 

 disturb digestion more or less. When the digestion 

 is seriously disturbed, rest, eat little, and then only of 

 easily digested foods, such as toast, milk, soft-boiled 

 eggs, and take all food slowly so as to mix it well with 

 saliva before swallowing. 



Good digestion means the highest efficiency of mind 

 and body; digestive troubles cannot be neglected 

 without danger of becoming chronic. 



