HEALTH CONDITIONS 



regions in which this deficiency is marked. 

 We are beginning to feed our cattle directly 

 for milk-production or beef-production, 

 that is, for efficiency. We ought also to 

 begin to feed ourselves for efficiency. What- 

 ever is said of the country cooking, how- 

 ever, it has the transcendent merit of being 

 honest; it is just what it pretends to be. 

 The most artistic fabrications (with music) 

 may be compounded in the victuals that one 

 finds at the polite hotels and restaurants. 



Waters and wastes 



The general dependence on wells has an 

 important bearing on health in the open 

 country. We all know what dangers are 

 likely to overtake the well, unless it is very 

 carefully safeguarded. The spring may 

 be safer or it may not, depending on cir- 

 cumstances. The point is that we need to 

 give increased attention to the guarding of 

 our water supplies, whatever their source. 



The greatest care must be taken to re- 

 move the wastes. Perhaps there is no 

 single deficiency in country life that is 

 more marked than this. Soil-pollution and 

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