THE TRAINING OF FAEMEES 



1. SOME OF THE SPECIFIC HEALTH 

 DEFICIENCIES 



I will mention some of the deficiencies of 

 public health in rural districts. In mak- 

 ing these remarks I do not have in mind 

 merely the question of disease. I wish to 

 consider the whole question broadly, to in- 

 clude the lack of physical efficiency in what- 

 ever way it may be expressed. 



Physical training 



There is a widespread lack of apprecia- 

 tion on the part of the farmer of the neces- 

 sity of good physical training. He is likely to 

 feel that because he leads an outdoor life 

 and has muscular exercise, he does not 

 need to give attention to physical develop- 

 ment. The fact is, however, that the 

 farmer is as much in need of " setting-up " 

 as any other man. His routine work may 

 not contribute to the development of a well- 

 proportioned and strong physique. The 

 number of ill-formed, broken, lame and im- 

 perfectly developed men and women im- 

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