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BOARD OF AGRICULTURE. 



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a proud one which we should emulate. I have heard the ex- 

 ceptional health of Minnesota accredited to the fact that the 

 winters are steady, with low temperatures and no thawing. 

 The people of these States also prepare properly for the winter 

 to protect themselves from the cold, while at the same time 

 they certainly seem to have a good diet and plenty of air to 

 breathe in view of their freedom from disease. The State of 

 Washington has a much milder climate and yet the health of 

 the people is even better. Massachusetts is certainly as disa- 

 greeable in winter as Minnesota, and often quite as cold, and 

 yet with its changing climate, with its frequent, penetrating 

 east winds, it can hardly be considered as favorable from the 

 point of view of climatic conditions as the steady, dry, cold 

 winter of Minnesota. 



Relative Death Rates due to the Moke Deadly Diseases. 



In further search for the comparative ravages on urban and 

 rural life I will give the mortality data of some of the more 

 common and deadly diseases. 



Diseases of the Nervous System. 



States. 



Death Rates per ICO.COO op 

 Population for 1913. 



California, . 



Colorado, 



Connecticut, 



Indiana, 



Kentucky, . 



Maine, 



Maryland, . 



Massachusetts, 



Michigan, 



Minnesota, . 



Missouri, 



Montana, 



New Hampshire, 



New Jersey, 



New York, 



North Carolina, 



Ohio, . 



Pennsylvania, 



Rhode Island, 



Utah, . 



Vermont, 



Virginia, 



Washington, 



Wisconsin, . 



