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THE AFFAIRS OF THE FARM 



household its presence was only annoying ; but now when 

 we know that it spreads the germs of typhoid, tuberculosis, 

 and cholera among human beings, and of anthrax among 

 cattle, it must be regarded as a menace. 



Franklin said, "A people's health is a nation's wealth." 

 Any condition that undermines health, whether it be the 



presence of flies, a lack 

 of cleanliness or of suit- 

 able clothing, or the 

 practice of wrong habits 

 of living, limits hap- 

 piness and impairs suc- 

 cess. Good farming 

 requires health and 

 cheerfulness. It is even 

 more important for the 

 farmer to keep himself 

 and his family well and 

 strong than to protect 

 his crops and stock from 

 pests and diseases. 



28. Schools. The 

 rural schools cost, on an 

 average, $12.52 a year 

 per pupil. The money 

 spent in the city for 



THE TYPHOID CARRIER. 



The hairs on legs and body of the house- 

 fly carry disease germs. 



the same purpose is $30.78. His investment for schools 

 is the best the farmer can make. His school taxes bring 

 more good than the same money spent in any other way. 

 In a free government, education should reach all. Children 

 need trained minds whether they are to become lawyers, 

 mechanics, engineers, or farmers. In the country not only 

 such branches as arithmetic, history, and geography should 

 be studied, but agriculture as well. Ninety per cent of 



