JANUARY 3, 1913
The Commoner.
thereby decrease the number. Most
rural houses are screened to keep
out flies and mosquitoes. Fly-breeding
homes lose out in the struggle
with only traps and flypaper.
Mosquitoes are a menace in some
homes in the state. They cause con
siderable discomfort, but are to be
feared mainly as a source of malaria.
Science has definitely proved that
malaria can not thrive without the
mosquito. The easiest way, then, to
guard against the spread of this
disease is not by screens alone, but
by destroying the breeding place of
the mosquito. The following state
ments are said to be true:
1. "No stagnant water, no mos
quitoes." 2. "No mosquitoes, no malaria."
Mice and rats should be kept out
of the house and other farm build
ings. The bubonic plague that
gained a foothold in California was
spread for the most part by rats. If
there should bo -an outbreak of this
disease-in 'Nebraska it would be diffi
cult to stop. 'The rat eats much
grain and is of .no use. It is nearly
as filthy as the fly.
. HOME INSPECTION
"This should be for two purposes,
one to note the condition of the home
.and the other to examine the health
ofthe family. The time is quite sure,
to v come "when persons educated for
the work will visit all farm homes
at regular periods to consult with
the people concerning sanitary con
ditions. Not only should the home
be studied nnd kept In proper condi
tion but the members of the family
should receive constant health care
from some one. The head of the
family must assume the responsi
bility of this inspection. He should
be able to note a. defect in sight or
hearing, and to detect a skin disease
or an ailment of the nasal cavity or
of the teeth. Over eighty per cent
of Nebraska's children of school age
are said to be physically defective Jn
some way. These defects hinder
homo and school work, and if not
corrected by medical attention often
lead to serious results. No child is
at his best when suffering from a
defect; neither is the parent. Such
ailments affect the disposition of an
Individual and usually for the worse.
A bad tooth may cause a quarrel be
tween parents. Bad teeth in chil
dren of third and four grade ages
may make them miserable and there
by affect the school deportment. De
fective vision or a nasal impediment
in" breathing may retard a boy or a
girl six months or more in school.
Good ecdnomy and proper regard
for health demand that physical de
fects be treated as soon as they are
detected, and that the treatment be
dorm hv a renutable nhysician. Next
to the parent and teacher the physi
cian is most concerned in the physi
cal welfare of the family. It does
not pay to delay in remedying de
fects. If, in the opinion of compe
tent medical advice, a patient should
be taken to the hospital for an opera
tion, it should be done, as a rule.
Whereas a few remedies should be
kept in the farm homo for use in
treating burns, cuts, colds, and the
like, it is not deemed wise to indulge
too generally in patent medicines.
Practically all patent medicines ad
vertised to cure any and every
disease, especially those of a serious
nature, are apt to have little or no
value. They may work positive
harm. Such preparations are made
to sell rather than to cure. Some
patent medicines, however, may be
used with safety in the home. They
are prepared by reputable persons or
companies and for the purpose of
treating specific ailments. The habit
producing drugs and medicines
should be avoided.
i . SANJTARY SCHOOLS
t The .statements made ,inconnec-
tion with the discussion of the sani
tary homo will apply In part to the
school. Tho number of persons here
is larger, however, and the possi
bility of disease-catching is thereby
increased for every individual. The
school is influenced by the family
health. As a rule too little concern
is had for school health, as is shown
by a lack of sanitation in lighting,
lieaung, ventilation, the water sup
ply, anu lurniiure.
The ideal exposure from which
sunlight should be received into a
school is the southeast, yet it comes
from the west and even from the
north in many buildings. As a rule
not much thought is given to venti
lation, with the result that children
are rendered inefficient in their
studies by bad air. In a few places
the pupils drink in common from
cups and buckets, but in most places
fountains or other sanitary pro
visions are made. Rarely is the well
cleaned or the water standing in it
pumped out at the end of vacation
before the new term of school bo-
gins. The furniture of the school is
not, as a rule, suited to the size of
tho pupils, resulting in many abnor
mal physical developments, such as
lateral curvature of the spine, sun
ken chests, etc. A state department
is now making plans for rural
schools. School boards should wel
come the results of such unselfish
work in which, without cost, each
district can secure desired data as
to sanitary school buildings.
It should be evident that miscel-'
laneous spitting is more to be feared
in the school than in the home, and
that floors need scrubbing as well as
sweeping. Also, that sweeping should
be done in a way that prevents dust
from rising. The best time to sweep
and dust is at the close of school
each day. Feather dusters scatter
dust, and for this reason are less
sanitary than cloths.
The schoolroom should be disin
fected after each case of contagious
disease, and books used by a pupil
with a serious contagious disease
should be burned.
SCHOOL INSPECTION
This is for the double purpose of
detecting the condition of the school
and pupils. It gives to tho teacher
a definite knowledge of the physical
condition of her students, which in
formation has great value in school
management. It often serves to
show why a given pupil may be back
ward and thus retarded In his work.
If the inspection could bo done In co
operation with that of the home and
with the full support of the parent,
it would result in mutual benefit to
the homo and school. There are only
a few places where rural schools are
given careful inspection in our state.
Many teachers, nowever, are learn
ing how to give attention to this im
portant cause. The school inspec
tion of pupils is necessarily more
complicated than that of persons in
the home because of tho greater
variety of conditions.
cm-m.ni beneficial results have
come from school inspection in the
towns of Nebraska. For example, a
boy twelve years old was found to be
backward in his work, and the
teacher in making inquiry for the
cause soon learned that he had diffi
culty in breathing; the chest had be
come sunken and the body somewhat
deformed. Other boys of his age
were noticeably stronger than the
defective one and could outdo him
in all of the games and contests.
The examination showed that the de
fective boy's breathing was due , to
---5ie n the nasal cavity, me
Parents having noticed the ill effec
had done nothing for the boy, but
Spon the recommendation of the
teacher took him to a nose specialist
who removed the adenoids. Within
I year thereafter the boy regained
Sis normal health, increased to stoe
and strength, trounced most of his
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TTERE'S a letter of more
than usual interest. It is
written by a well-to-do farmer in
the Corn Belt Mr. Henry A.
Sherman, Leland, Ill
He tells how he cuts down his farming costs and shows
why a Hart-Parr Oil Tractor is a money makcron Corn Belt
farms. But you must read the letter to learn why you ought
to apply his methods to your particular power problems.
"Leland, 111., Nov. ai, 191a.
Hart-Parr Co., Charles City, Iowa
Dear Sirs: My Hart-Parr Oil Tractor Is the best piece of machinery
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A General Purpose Outfit ,!i:.KiJS;
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plows been larger. 1 used a 5 bottom plow, but could easily
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Furnishes Handy Power 7 siicucr and "heucd'a &o
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inder only. My thresher la a 36x56. I threshed 3,000 .imah els
of oats a day, working the tractor on only one cylinder.
Ui a 11 a .ill. Hulling clover is no work
S a Une-IUan UUttlt at all for the tractor. I ran
both machines at this work. My grinder will grind 60 bushels
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g Operates Road GraderS drew a Concord horse
WT graders at one time. I graded xj miles of road and raised the
pike 4W feet in 4 days.
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H8F JUSt tatS Up WOrK with my Hart-Parr Tractor the
PaSt plowed 90 acres Threshed 500 bu. of wheat
Shelled 2T000 bu. of corn Hulled 600 bu. of clover
Threshed 42,000 bu. of oats Graded itf miles of road
I ground very little feed with It, but expect to do a lot of
grinding this winter bI f
Wfr Repairs Cost Almost Nothing the entire seasons
1 work amounted to only 95 cents. .--.-- ,it.
Uses Cheapest Kerosene work i used only 40 gai-
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playmates, and made up his back
work in school. Other examples
might he cited to show how physical
health affects the progress of pupils.
Just what form health inspection
is to assume in the homo and rural
school is not known. We only know
that it is needed and that from the
standpoint of conservation it would
nay many times over in the long run.
Our present method of habitual ne
glect Is producing criminals on the
one side and invalids on the other.
(Continued on Pago 12.)
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