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DO FARMERS want compulsory fed- 

 eral hospital and health insurance? 



A government official recently in- 

 dicated that farmers favor such plans. 



What do readers of the lAA Record 

 think about this question? 



Addressing a recent Chicago confer- 

 ence on rural health, Mrs. Charles B. 

 Sewell of the AFBF Associated Women 

 said: 



"Our chief concern is to get more 

 adequate medical care and hospitaliza- 

 tion for our farm folk. 



"Yet, we wonder if the personnel 

 set up to administer such a health pro- 

 gram would know no more about the 

 subject than those placed in positions 

 of authority of other governmental bu- 

 reaus dealing with agriculture who rec- 

 ommended 'taking the shoes off a horse 

 at night to save critical steel as a war 

 measure.' 



"We wonder if the stork could delay 

 his visit while the necessary red tape 

 was being cut, or if we might receive 

 a directive such as sheep men were 

 presented, advising them in the face 

 of the shortage of herds for the criti- 

 cal lambing season, to 'postpone the 

 lambing until more favorable weath- 

 er".'" 



Mrs. Sewell said she wondered if 

 "it would require as many trips to the 

 county seat to secure stamps for medical 

 care as it has required to get gasoline, 

 tires, farm machinery and rubber boots in 

 order to carry on agricultural produc 

 tion?" 



Repeatedly, Farm Bureau has ex- 

 pressed by resolution opposition to 

 compulsory insurance, Mrs. Sewell said. 



The AFBF has favored objectives of 

 legislation providing for the federal 

 government to extend reasonably its 

 public health program for those unable 

 to provide such care for themselves. 



Such legislation, however, should 

 safeguard the rights of states to develop 

 their own programs to meet their own 

 local needs, Mrs. Sewell added. 



The federal government is not justi- 

 fied in assuming the burden of sup- 

 porting health and medical facilities 



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 available free of charge. Write to 

 WOMEN'S EDITOR, ILLINOIS AGRICULTURAL 

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the states can and should bear, but 

 only to the extent necessary to bring 

 about equalization of such health and 

 medical facilities among the several 

 states, Mrs. Sewell said. 



"Farmers want adequate medical 

 care," she said, "at reasonable cost. 

 They want the medical profession to 

 learn the needs of rural America, and 

 they believe health problems can best 

 be attacked at local level — in confer- 

 ences of farm people, hospital associ- 

 ations, public health officials and coun- 

 ty medical societies." 



VETERANS WIVES STUDY 

 HOMEMAKING AT 

 UNIVERSITY 



Wives of veterans attending the Uni- 

 versity of Illinois have been offered 

 the opportunity of enrolling in non- 

 credit home economics courses at the 

 College of Agriculture. 



The young women, numbering 1,500, 

 will be taught such things as preparing 

 meals, mending clothes, caring for 

 clothes and housing equipment, spend- 

 ing money wisely and caring for the 

 children. 



The courses are being offered be- 

 cause of many requests from veterans 

 wives for practical training to help 

 them with their homemaking. 



freeze Khuharo I low 



RHUBARB is one food that can be 

 canned or frozen without spending 

 a single sugar stamp, according to 

 Miss Grace Armstrong, extension nutri- 

 tionist at the University of Illinois Col- 

 lege of Agriculture. Sugar stamp No. 

 9 is good until Oct. 31- 



Food research workers at the Uni- 

 versity have found that rhubarb can 

 be frozen satisfactorily without using 

 a sweetening agent. 



It may be blanched or not according 

 to your preference. If the blanching 

 procedure is chosen, select young, ten- 

 der rhubarb, wash and cut into %-inch 

 pieces but do not skin. Blanch in 

 21/2 quarts of boiling water for IV2 

 minutes. Cool in cold water, drain, 

 pack and freeze. 



In packing, 1/,-inch space should be 

 left at top of carton to allow for ex- 

 pansion during freezing. Freeze rhu- 

 barb as soon as possible after packing 

 for best results. 



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 LITTLE GIRLS 



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 WOMEN'S EDITOR, lUINOIS AGRICULTURAL 

 ASSOCIAnON RECORD, 60S South Dearbwn 

 Street, Chicago 5, III. 



MAY, 1946 



