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Made a Difference.
A Pride and bridegroom were on
their honeymoon, The bride, in t&e.
graehhig to her father, anneuneed that
they were "having a row every morn,
ing before breakeast"
Her father, evidently roinleieeent of
his own experiences, wired back:
"Ilow do Yeu prounince r -o -w?"
Neerly eve ey ri no -has
ripPing,icarinc heeetteacce
At Woos. Disordered stoni
seli-slioneisli liver does it,
Cheer- bpi here's. Oa r6ril
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28.to
Ina ). end Livertraldots,
Tho wit. Ow 0 pirioe onci bow& Wad,
•All ,thvggiad, ',, er yraa I froneg t
Olaiiiecrlaie Mancha Co, TeilreiSte
hee-heeeeeth
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Atistrese otitemunlo-ations to Aereimailea ee Adelaide et. WeisCroreeto
now Vs Succeed With Geese,
Geese for breeeing purposes thoeld
be seleeted in the fall er eerly winter.
In their natural state, mite mate ip
pairs end the best melte will follow
if the plan of nattne is adhered to.
There are some breeders who claim to
haye bad geed results by *ceding one
gander to several Mee, but it is a
quite general opinion that not over
three females should be allowed t�
one male.
The age of the 'breeding stock is a
big factot in securing both quality
and quantity of eggs. The eggs of
yearling 'geese eeldern hatch well and
it &sae tiot pay to bother with the'ne.
If they batch at all, the goslings, as
O rule, are small and weak, Two -year-
olds may be used but they reach their
best at three years of age. The fe-
males retain their breeding qualities
throughout their lives, but it is best
not to keep them for this purpose
over eight or ten years.
Mongrel birde should never be pur-
chased for breeding purpeses as the
majority lay only from ten to twenty-
five eggs per season, while the Puree
breds lay from forty to fifty.
The 'breeding birds selected should
be strong and healthy. They should
not be allowed to get toe fat, or there
will be a low percentage of fertility
in the eggs. During the winter give
them as great a eariety of food as
possible. They require a great deal of
green food and will do well on corn
fodder or clover or alfalfa hay, with
cooked potatoes or other vegetables,
oats, corn, oyster shells and grit. They
also require considerable exercise and
should have some place in which to
run.
The laying season can be controlled
to a large extent by the plan of feed-
ing. The opening of the "season can
be hastened materially by heavy feed-
ing during the winter or it can be
delayed by allowing only a small diet.
From November to February the
fowls should be given just enough to
keep them in good health. After that
date, the ration may be gradually in-
creased.
Goose eggs are hatched in three
different ways—by the mother goose,
by hens, and by incubator. Those set
under mother goose have natural in-
cubation. A. net in a quiet place
where the mother eis not likely to be
disturbed should be provided and from
ten to fifteen eggs placed under her.
While sitting see should be provided
with plenty of green food, grain, mid
clean water, placed where she may
• easily reiteb it: Goose eg.ge are ex-
tremely seneitive to elull—therefole
the mother should not be taken from
the nest to feed, le she is allowed to
choose her own time to leave the nest,
she Will eover the eggs with clam
down or feathere,
On account of the close, downy
feathers of the geese, the eggs have
leg tventilatien, thus preserving more
moisture, than -when set under hens.
Therefore, if bens • aro" used, some
moisture must be supplied. This may
be done to some extent by placing the
neets on an earth floor and covering
them lightly with straw. The last
week or two of incubation, however,
more moisture than this plan supplies
may be needed. The additional am-
ount required may be provided, by
placing a sod three or foul) inelies
thick under the nest, covering it light-
ly with straw aad moistening it with
warm water as needed. A good plan
is to pour a half-pint of the warm
water directly over the egge, which
will be quickly absorbed by the sod.
From five to seven eggs eve all that
should be given to alien.
The ordinary incubator is not the
most suceeeseul way to hatch geese
ego, owing tie the size of the eggs
and the thickness of the shells. Ex-
perienced breeders, however, get good
results from the incubator, hut it
takes mach care and attention. One
of the most practical methods is to
set the eggs in an incubator shout
'seven days, test out the fertile eggs,
and set the balance under hens sup-
plying the moisture as before gated.
When artificially incubated, goose
eggs should be turned three times a
day. Alternate days of the last week
O damp woollen cloth- should be laid
oder them to soften the shells. The
goslings will not leave the shells for
some time alter pipping' and it may
be necessary to help some of them
out. Great care mushbe used in this,
however, as the membranes are easily
torn, eausing them to bleed to death.
As soon as dried, they should be re-
moved from the incubator and placed
in a brooder at a temperature of nine-
ty degrees, heat being gradually re-
duced until at the end of the second
week it has dropped to seventy de-
grees. The brooders must be kept
very clean as young goslings arc
much more sensitive to unsanitary
conditions than are young chicks.
They are also very sensitive to damp-
ness when young, -but when a month
old they are the most hardy of denies-
ticated fowls.
Every breeding farm should have a
sanitarer milk room, where milk and
cream can be kept clean and cool. The
inside walls; should be plastered and
the floor made of concrete or tile,
Ample room for the cream separator,
for washing and cleaning the pails,
cans and other utensils used in milk-
ing and handling the products. Space
for weighing, testing and keeping in-
dividual records should also be given
consideration in planning the milk
room. By having a suitable room and
conveniences for weighing and testing
the milk and keeping milk and butter-
fat records, the task will be greatly
simplified and the' milkers will look
after the work more efficiently. It
is also a good plan to keep on hand a
supply of medicines and materials for
treating. and disinfecting sores and
wounds and giving first-aid to sick
cattle and young stock. An outfit for
treating milk -fever is also necessary
on the farm where valuable dairy
cows are kept for breeding purposes.
It costs but very little to keee these
remedies and instruments at hand and
it may be the means of saving a valu-
able animal when one has trouble in
getting veterinary aid at the proper
time. Hot and cold water are needed
at the dairy barn and a supply should
be at hand without running to the
house when it is needed. Unless the
water is sufficiently cotl to preserve
the milk and cream during warm wea-
ther one should provide means for
keeping a supply of ice whore it can
be used in the milk room. On the av-
erage dairy farm the cost of an ice
house and putting up sufficieritlee to
last thrpugh the eummer will not be
large and the investment will prove
one of the best that the breeder of
dairy Otte can make, Cleanliness
and refrigeration are the secrets of
prodecing pure milk and creant,
One of the main poipts in poultry
house building is the location. All
poultry houses should face the lieu%
or soutbeast and should stand on well -
drained land so that it will always.
be dry under and around thein. When
the building faces the west, tee sun
shines in during the forenoon onle,
but when the home faces the south,
it gets the sun nearly all day.
The best foundation is four walls of
cermet or stories laid ie 'cement, ex-
tending well into the ground, Stith a
foundation keeps out rats and =lace
Wates and is the most lasting and in
general the most satisfactory. How-
ever, other foundations, including
posts eet in the) ground and etoneg
eet 1,,jto potted., have proved sat-
isfactory, IVIany poultry houses
have board Mime are merely set on
reeke wbleb net on the stiefeed of the
ground end theee prove satisfactory
and aro easy to move from one linea-
tion to another, provided they tire not
too lame, Use of ouch lieutaleeforie
make it IleeetiSary in bank up avound
the hong to keels tee cold weiciii front
blowing under and making the hotted
eted 111 ysenten '
The whitlows should be in the south
side, love enotigh no that the to/11110lb
Will grilse the float% tier high enough
00 that it W11 'thine 1,1te entito width
of the house at some time during the
day. They should be distributed along
the south side, about one full-size, two
sash house -window for every eight
feet or ten feet in length of the house,
if the house be sixteen feet wide or
more. Ocasionally a window is pet
near the front of the east end or west
end, or both, to get the early morning
or late afternoon sungbut usually that
is not desirable and sufficient sun is
obtained without it.
The windows should be arranged so
that the upper sash can be lowered
and the lower sash raised to provide
ventilation and they should be raised
and lowered even in the coldest wea-
ther when the sun is shining brightly,
though the amount of space to be
open depends on the temperature.
The roosts and roost platforms
should be against the north wall.
Fresh Rhubarb Through
the Winter. •
We started with one 135 -foot row
epees our garden. The plants were
given to us by a farmer, who raised
acres and acres of it.
For fifteen years those' roots have
been a source of enjoymentaied profit.
Each fall when cold weather comes a
few roots are dug out of the ground
in square chunks and left in the open
until the geound freezes, when they
are taken to the heater cellar and
placed in a box. These roots are wat-
ered occasionally, and in a short time
they are sending up the most beauti-
ful pink stalks, furnishing our table
with delicious freshness even in the
coldest weather.
Our plants grow so rapidly that the
stalks are very tender. The darkness
of the cellar prevents very much leaf
growth. This is as we want it, for
the stalks are the only part we eat.
The roots we use foxfortmg are quite
exhausted, 50 WO do not force them
again soon, but put Omni out in the
ground again and allow them a year
for regaining strength.
The roots out of doors need a good
coh'efing of horse matinee to keen
them warm and to give strength, for
rhubarb is a rank feeder, In the spring
the manure is raked off, and our rhu-
barb is estally the first on the market.
Hope and Memory. •
What would life be
For hi inwhom death bereaves
Of comradothip 'eleven
Had he not hope agilet to meet?
Abiding in that hope he lives,,
Bleet be OW hope.
Whig would life be
Couldeuioniory not recall
With ever ready spell
Her voice, her smile?
kris lonely days would not be worth
the while;
Blest be mettory,
"He who educate s" the young ieepee
the future,"
TWo California 'bakers have patent-
ed a pelftollieg machine Eat ape the
thee o1 lessee of bread before they
are baked, producing an ereamentat
%rid much better browned cruet.
Brooks salciz "Ile who helps
a child help Iminenity with a distinct-
ness, with an inunediatenega, whieh
no ether help given to htimart crea-
tures in any other stage At their hu -
Man life ean possibly give agaie,"
.he care of TOPS.
Aguld,trape be imiliideeteed if eei
in "what? Shoelci they lih Oiled? le
rut eurraful? Iliere And ?Multi other
questieee eonfeont the thane
per, Even old heedb at the game dif-
fer ee." these • Pleitree, ' •
A men wlio never pi1s neW taps
ueualle explains his position by say-
ing, Wit eew steel in itself has ati
odor; there is no scent until the trap
is used. •
We 'here good meson to believe that
steel and iron do have an odor; the
feet that we ean not detect it provee
,nothing, except that- Our smelling
sense is weak tompeired to that of
wild anien.als, But -even granted that
they do eot, there is another reaeon
for boilhig the new trap'—to get rie of
the vornieh, Ana oil with which. some
traes. are "coated. Many a new (rap,
perfeet ie make and 4410/7, Xatls to
attract for that one eeason—that 'it
gill carries the odor, no Matter how
faint, of varnish or oil.
"Tut," you say, "I mug oil my
trope; if not at the beginning, surely
later, After long use and- expoeure to
the weather," Orme in a long while,
yea. The oiling business is overdone;
I wheel., a rusty trap to ow loaded
up with kerosene, The former may at
least get a chance at the'anithal, but
not the latter; you may think you
have killed the coal -oil smell bY airing
and rubbing, but the keen -nosed fur -
bearer knows better. 011 the treed
When the joints really require it, but
use sone lubricant as nearly ltd odor-
less you. can get. Never use a
strong smelling substance like ker-
osene.
Aside from the matter of odor, a
trap freshly oiled or greased does not
have so secure a grip as when dee;
and this apparently slight matter may
make just the difference between a
catch and an escape if you have
caught some "No. 3 animal," an otter
for instance, in a No. 2 teal).
I am not Advocating rust, but I
think it is less objectionable than a
repellant smell of oil. A rusty sur-
face is far more pereistent in retain-
ing odors than a smooth one. While
gloves should always be used th mak-
ing.dry.land sets, they 'become doubly
essenbial if your trap is coated with
rust.
Traps are generally covered, but it
is desirable to dull their brightness
anyway. A trap may become exposed
aftP,' Jo'," 1mave41 tb wlndi o heaTY
ancavfall,,eran nnexpeeted thaw; •the
Pagaiitgef eome. animal or pelage --
Many theles roily dieelace emir
and if,bright eteel is exPoeed that trell
will do no beetheele
Merle kiedep boiling nreperatiene
here beep wed for 'the Pelering, and
for destruction Of the etoel odor, but
doubt there being anything better than
the: Old rf.g.41blo solutien ef evergreen
bouelis. This gives Cue -steel 'a blue -
black finish, and repeating the belling
occasionally hethiret tee daiienese and
halve Ati keep eff refit, Oelt or willow
Walt 'is good; also, walnut hulls.
• The weather is ,hard On teepee hut
they wile with etiee, last surprisingly
long. Flachig a onall beg of salt
djeler the etillevater trip will prevent
freezing, n
The wise trapper jets his parapher-
nalia in condition before .the thason
open. See that the traps gprinj read-
ily; put:in a tiny bit of oil if necee,
sally, though a "too fast" action et not
desthable. Be sure to Adjust the trig-
ger, if required to make the van alt
level, and see if yout Olathe, pine, etc.,
are all in 'working order.
Caery your trepe in a basket or
Seek. The feWer times you have to
handle them the better.
All consieered, there is no better
pretheinary preparation of a. trap,
than to submerge it for twenty-four
been or longer in a running stream.
This, if anything, will make it odor -
lass. Of comae, exposure to cold air
is in itself a good odor -killer, and will
be effeative when dealing with no move
persistent scent than that . of human
hands.
It is natural to kik about taxes,
Still, we -wouldn't want to give- up the
good roads, or the solid bridges, or the
new town hall, Would we? And what
is the use of finding fault with the
men that do ehe town's business for
us. -Didn't we help to elect them?
Then stand by them.
The poultrymares camera can be
used to advantage in selling stock. A
few small photos of the prize-winning
birds or high egg producers enie at-
tractive to a prospective buyer. Such
photos can be made up at a moderate
expense and frequently oee additional
order will pay for enough photos to
last a year.
Farm Help That Runs by Electricity
Shortage of mffn-power and the
high wages demanded by such farm-
hands as are available are causing
progressive - earmers to seek other
more reliable and less expensive means
of help in operating their lanes. And
in electricity for power and lighting
many already have found the ideal
form of service that they were looking
for. Others in ever-increasing -num-
bers are making that same discovery
daily; eventually all will do so.
Silent, tireless and always willing
and ready, in addition to being cap-
able of performing many tasks at one
time (and doing them all wen), the
electrical farielmed is fast becoming
the mainstay and support in all pro-
gressive farming communities. De-
servedly so, too. Electrieity has won
to th'at 'ileac by sheenmerit—service.
It might be added; too, that the
electrical farmhand found many ob-
staclesto be overcome in his progress
toward his rightful place on the farm-
er's pay -roll. A -bit partial to the old-
fashioned ways at the outset, the
fanning community gave but scant
attention to the electrical farmhand
when first he went plying for a job.
But that nowis all aothing of the
past; the faimers have tried electric
service and f ound it good. "
One farieer making use of electric
milking -machines, • reeorts that" the
cost of eurrent for milking fifty cows
twice daily is fifty cents; the time re-
quired for the milking is one hour, and
only two man are required to handle
the operation. '
Another farmer reporting on the
merits of his electrical hired men sup-
plies the following examples:
Feed pending, SIX and one-half
cents a hundred pounds; ensilage -cut-
ting, six and one-half cents a ton;
core husking, one cent a bushel.; wood -
sawing; fourteen and one-half cents
a cord; pumping water, thee cents a
hundred gallons,
Other such examples in abundance
can easily be had, but those two should
suffice- to show why farmers are turn-
ing to electricity to operate then.
farms. And a clearer understanding
of the electrical farmhand is ,supplied
by the leveeing liver of jobs he now
performe.
Electricity vs. liersce:Power.
Horse -power or man -power loses
whee multiplied. One horse woeking
alone is proportionately more efficient
then any mintier working together.
In fact, experiments have shown that
with a four-hotse team the efficiency
of each horse is but eighty per cent.
And with an eight -horse team the
efficiency of .etteh Mirth is only about
forty-nine pet, centh Whereas, with
electric horse -power no loss whatever
is occasioned by ineltiplythe the mete
of power. 'Best of all, electricity never
tires; it works at full piteli twenty-
four hour e daily, if requited.
Most people are familiar with the
term "horse -power," hut only the
technically in -teemed under:deed that
it signifies the power to lift 33,000
pounds one foot ie nee minute. And
just as that term represents capacity
foe performing a certain =omit of
work, so too does the electrical unit
of power measurement, the kilowatt,
represent a certain amount ef energy.
The kilowatt is the equivalent of 1,000
watts; and, by the way, 746 watts is
the equivalent of the standard horse -
prewar, That fact attains added signi-
ficance when it is realised that in
stetual teat it has been,shown that the
horse is duly equal to lifting 26,000
"pounde one foot in one minute,
In other words, oily a little more
than half AS mull energy eat be got-
ten from the horse es le aupplied by
eno kilowatt of electeical nog% And
by Way of euggesting teat marsh;
greateet oPotirelmity le in the fleld oe
mental effort, it should only be nec-
essary to add that man is capable of
doing only about one-seventh as much
work as the 'horse. And it should be
noted, too, that neither man nor horse
can sustain for long, even that ratio
of accomplishment; they both tire
quickly. Electricity is steadfast and
tireless. In tests of endurance and
strength man's effort compares illy
indeed with the performance of the
tractor or the gasoline engine, or the
silent, steadfast force of electtial
energYi
Lighting the Farm by Wird.
No fernier need now be told the ad-
vantages of electricity for lighting --
it's self-evident. Between the even
radiance of the electric, lamp and
other forms of lighting—candles, oil
lamps, and so on—there is no compar.
Aeon. Still less is there any ground
for comparison between the mussy,
daile labor of filling lamps, and the
annoyance of hunting and striking a
match; still less is there ground for
comparing such burdensome prelimin-
aries and the delightfully simple oper-
ation of commanding light by pressing
a button �r turning a switch.
The question rather is how to com-
mand the facilities that will provide
electricity for farming operation's and
for lighting. And those means are
now fortunately available in every in-
stance—no farm need longer be with-
out the benefits of electrical service.
Per those farms located beyond the
zone that it is practicable for the cen-
tral station to serve, there are the
individual farm lighting and power
plants. The assortment of such
plants is very complete and offers a
very good solution of the farm power
and lighting problem', no matter how
large or small it may be. • There is a
plant that will be suitable.
The man who can hook onto the
central station's lines for eurrent to
drive his motors and light his house
and buildings has practically no res-
ponsibility beyond that of paying his
bills. It is the duty of the central
station to see that the necessary cur-
rent is alwaYS on tap when needed,
ao much or as little as that may be.
And to the credit of the,central sta-
then be it said that the cost and work
of supplying that service ath not by
any means trifling matters.
., The line on the central station's
alert eliewing the hourly, clad y . and
seasonal domande for cerreet is one
of hills and 'valleys. The higher the
, hills and the cle,eper the valleys, the
I greater the range between the
maximum and the minimum de -
`elands for current. That, meens
that during the periods when
the demand for current is smallest,
much of the central atation's expen-
sive generating equipment is idle.
Nevertheless, that equipment must be
alwaye On hand and ready against the
hours of. need. Also, there he the cog
of erecting and installing the necee-
sary feed lines, trarisformers, and
other equipment,
• Obviously enough that expense can
not be undertaken in ordee to serve
one or two farms; but when the farm-
ers of the countryside generally decide
to make lige of the services of the
electrical hired man, mid to light their
houses and buildings in the bast and
met convenient way, the central eta -
cep usually be depended upon to
meet such 4 vequeshilet service More
than belfway,
If the central station has current to
sell, there in every reason why the
farmer should have it; and the con -
(rat statien Wants hitt to have it. The
expellee of conveying central station
power to the farmer's thresher, en-
eiltige-eutter, mi1l ehurn, or what -not
else, has always -been satisfactorily
adjusted in the many communities
where electrieity la being used,
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I: THE TWITCH OF
LOVE
A young eariner boy stamped in
event of the bleckernith ellen to get
hie horse shed, He unharneseea the
mare that he was driving end stereed
to lead her intce the them The Mere
was young, gad the glowing furnace
and the flying sparks from tem anvil
frightentel tier; settlne her frontfeet
down fierialY mid throwing back her
heed, the reeiteed to enter the dark
room that watt full of Strange noltlee
and tnyeterious eights.
The blaektimith tame up, took held
of the rope bridle ande gave two or
the there pulls. Then, fleeing thet
the teem did not:enteric! to einem in,
he grew angry inte, ewearing
jerked with all hie might, This oney
frightened the horse more,
Handing the nope to the boy again,
the blacksmith tureed to tee well and
took down a stick, perhaps two feet
long, with a slaall loop of rope on
one end. Then he Ordered the boy to
hold the horse tightly •iviiite he pig
on the twitch.
"rll teach tor nol; to balk. I know
all about taming mean horses. Jest
,wait till I twist her lip for her and
she'll walk in here as meek as- a
With that.he. Put the twitch on her
upper lip and began to twist until the
little mare quivered with pain. When
the farmer boy realized what the
.blacksmith was (tieing to his pet, he
dropped the rope and, seizing the
stick, exclahned, "She does not need
to be treated that wari If you force
her into the shop when she is so
frightened, she will always be afraid
when she comes here. I can bring.her
in without the twitch, and then she
will not be afraid to enter the next
timAes.".1,te
'talked he untwisted the cruel
twitch and, rubbing the tender Hp
with his hand, spoke to her and petted
her. The muscles relaxed, the fright-
ened expression left her eyes, and,
with her friend's arm round her neck,
she followed him into the fearful
darkness of the blacksmith shop.
Soldiers are sometimes driven into
battle at the points of revolvers in
the bands of their officers. It is the
theory of some employers that work-
ingmen will not do good work without
a tongue-lashing now and then.
School lessons a generation or two
ago were "learned to the tune of a
hickory stick," Men can be driven and
they can be bound and dragged, and
sometimes they must be when they
win not respondlo more kindly lead-
ing. But we have a Master who knows
the better way, andewho will not use
the twitch of compulsion unless we
refuse to respond to the twitch of
love.
How many times He brings His ser-
vants to the fearsome blacksmith
shop of life and asks them to enter
Were. Dark and mysterious ansi dread-
ful it has looked, but 'with His arm
round them they go within. Love led
the martyrs to the stake and the cross
and the torture room. They carried
white faces and shining eyes, but
their faces were turned upward, and
their eyes saw the Masthr, not the
danger. Love led Livingstone into
the heart of Africa and Paton to the
New Hebrides. Love led the soldiers
across the sea and into the battle line
in France. Love leads millions into
daily sacrifice and service for men and
God.
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arsaparolia
!Wakes rood
Taste Cood
Createe an eppetite, Aide elioetion,
neritiee the bleed, fled thee relieve
ecrofulae Werth, the Pelee tind
aches of rhousaatiem and, gieres
serengai te the whole eysteni.
Nearly 50 years' phetioemeal
wiles tell the stery oe the great
merit and enecese of Hood's! $are
eaparilla, It is just the medicine
you need now.
Retie's. Pills help—fine laxative
or eateatties, aaeoedine to dose.
Relieve headache, rutin% ocenfort.
• It is poseible to drive by. force and
to bine by fug, but it is far better.
Buslness-Love.
There was no sentiment about Her -
hart Jonee, He met the girl he wish-
ed to marry; and he proposed 'like
this;
"hlary Duge, will you be my life -
partner. I am a baeinose man. If you
are agreeable, I will .driew up a mar -
liege contract, well both sign, before
witnesses, and then we can carry on
with the world's work."
She gasped, but presently regained
her composure.
"Fortunately," see said, "Vire- had a.
little busineem training myself, se we
can &gess this proposied contract
properly and deepastienately."
"I'm glad to nod you so sensible,"
liesthoesldurnea sweetie..
"I regret I can give you nothing bet-
ter than second option," She said,
"What!" he exclaimed.
"Pin afraid I have to inform you
am already engaged—that is to sae,
the first.option is already taken. But
O first °intim doers not necessarily
mean a closed contract. If you don't
want to take a chance on a second op-
tion, say so; if you do, Ill drop you a
line it 7 Mid myself on the matrimonial
market again."
"That's cold 'blooded!" he com-
plained.
"It's busine-ss!" she averred.
"I'd rather have tint option!" he
pleaded.
Aflst option in such a case never
has been, and never will be, secured
by business methods,". she replied.
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Stone's Commentaries' I found in a11.
old barrel." --Abraham Lincoln.
The Welfiire of -the lioni.e
How Can Rural Women Best Get Together
Health Problems?
By IDA M. ALEXANDER, MD.
I want to speak on the old, old topic
of HEALTH. I knew by experience
that doctors often say to themselves
—and sometimes to the patients—"If
I had had this ease before it became so
serious I could have prevented most
of the suffering." .Many a baby dies
becauseets-parents do not know when
it is sick or ignorantly think it will
"get better," or worse still, give it
some remedies they happen to have
on hand or that someonetells them
to use. Many a mother dies from
simple overwork or lack of care when
she should have had it.
It is because more and more of us
are waking up to the importance of
these things that men and women are
getting together in organizations
whose sole objept is to teach the mai-
m how to keep herself and her baby
well, We are fireling out the import-
ance of preventing sickness; this is
better than to cure it after it has
come epee us.
When I was in My teens, I used to
hear the older folks say, "What is the
use of giving the girl an education?
She will get married and then what
use will her -.education be to her?"
Strange that people never thought
there was anything wrong •with the
education that did not teach a girl ono
single thing about her greatest work
it the world, namely, the raising of a
family. To -clay we realize that the
girl was not to blame for her ignor-
anece-it was the system of education
that was wrong. You and I, dear
readers, must work together to help
get these things right,
To -day our country is willing to
listen to what we NV0/flea ask for; it Is
more ready to help solve the problems
of the home --which are•the problems
se! the nation—than it has ever been
in the past. And for this reason 1
wish that the farm women who read
these words, would think out, together
-with nte, -what you as farm women
need to prevent you from losing yone
health. On your health -depends my
largely the beelth of the diadem) you
bear. On the children's health de-
pends the health ,of coming ganeea-
thins.
Pleftee do this: sit still for a few
mieutes, with Baby in your elms, and
look at her us a mother, then all a
grandmother, then MI a great amterl.
mother and so on through the coming
generalloes, When you look for into
the :future in this Way you will see
on Their
how serious is the responsibility lake
upon you by the fact of that little
child in your arms—you will see how
San your mother -work in life blesses
or punishes those -that are to come
through this little child to whom you
have given birth. Do not you see how
much your "baby belongs to your
country?
And yet this same good country of
ours has not yet taught mothers what
they should know about this relation-
ship of the mother to her country;
Your country has not taught you and
your neighbor what you should know
in oyster to do the best for your coun-
try thropgh your sacred calling of
motherhood. You may bave learned
-wisdom in other ways. Many women
have not learned it. We must change
this condition of affairs and WO can
-do it in two weys:
First, We cen help our country end
ourselves by taking advantage of the
knowledge which is provided hy well-
prepared pamphlets and bulletins and
furnished free to us for the trouble
oe asking foe them. Every mother
who reads this paper sbould write to
her Provincial Public Health Depart-
ment and ask them to send her all
the material published by the Depart: -
merit oe baby health end public health.
Those of you who visited the Health
exhibit at the National Fair noted the
big, grey travelleg clinic ready to
travel the province in charge of a
doetpr and a nuese. You ean find out
when the clinic will take place in yam
neighborhood, Take Baby to the
clinic and find out ahl you ean about
her needs and the needs of your neigh-
bors' babies.
Seeond, NVO eon help our country
1011(1 oursolvei by thinking of the needs
of farmers' wives ae 51 elan and not
Suet your need as .an individual farm
woman. Think in what ways your life
is like that of every other farm wo-
man and gee if you can discover the
reasons why farm women suffer In
certain ways and have physical ills
and sorrows peculiar to rural life.
Then ask yourself thie question:
"What can we as farmers' wives do to
help ourselves? What should the na-
iler' do for es teen wbom depends the
health of the next generation?"
Whenever onongh people seriously
got together and demand the prime
thing fox the good of tho country and
coof.plilzritsoelvtielsist:1170,they get ft sooner
or later, The farm woman is no ex-