HEALTH CONDITIONS 



woman new interests in life; there is no 

 doubt about the necessity of the program, 

 from every point of view. 



Long hours 



As a whole, the farm exacts too long 

 hours of work to enable the farmer and his 

 wife to develop the best physical resis- 

 tance. They become fagged ; they have too 

 little time and strength to give to recrea- 

 tion, reading, and to intellectual pursuits 

 in general, thereby making life exclusively 

 physical. A shortening of the hours of 

 labor must come about through a general 

 reorganization of the farm scheme follow- 

 ing the gradual application of science and 

 business to the work of the farm. In some 

 of the best farming regions, a farmer's 

 day does not now average more than about 

 nine and one half hours. It is especially nec- 

 essary that woman 's work be so reorganized 

 that she will have time enough and strength 

 enough to enable her to take part in some of 

 the larger affairs of the community. There 

 is no one way whereby the farm work and 

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