Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1874-11-05

should be in mis- prime. ANY well kept
farm or road team is really much better
for all performances during the years
from twelve to twenty, than from four
to twelve; and yet it is notorious fact
that twelve year old horse among our
people is regarded as far down the de-
cline, and if put in the market is viewed
with suspicion, because it is supposed
he can not last long, having done so
much service. The truth is that his
debility comes of shameless abuse.
The horse does not reach full maturity
until with good care and kind treatment
he has attained eight or nine years OF
age, and it is equally true that large
portion of our horses, probably much
more than half of all the number, never
develop their full power because OF
early abuse upon them.-Husbandnldn.
HEALTH OF FARMERS.
Massachusetts, is winning an honofa-
BILE reputation for the excellence of her
statistical reports. Among the most
valuable of these is that of the Board of
Health, which devotes number of
pages to the health of the agricultural
population. The facts, it is said, are
gathered from the reports OF leading
physicians in the State. The diseases to
which farmers are most subject are, in
the order of their frequency, rheuma-
tism, dyspepsia, fever, ague. lung dis
eases and consumption. These, and
other diseases not named, are produced
by overwork, improper diet, exposure,
and defective dwellings. The remedy
for the evil effects of overwork is simple
and obvious, namely, don't. Easier
said than done, of course, especially in
Massachusetts, but if ones whole mind
is given to solving the problem, some
thing may be effected. In regard to
diet, the report says: Bad bread Is
common; much of it made with I'M
wholesome substitutes for yeast; meat
is almost always fried; too much pork
and beans are used pies and cakes are
too plenty the diet is not sufficiently
varied; coffee, tea and water are too
freely used (the element last named,
we suppose, being used in excess inter-
nally rather than externally, too much
fat used in cooking and baking. The
advice which follows is natural deduc-
ton from the foregoing: Use more
lIcSu anu less salt uCde ouUotltutC
broiling and roasting for frying; eat
more fruits and vegetables, and fewer
pies, cakes and sweetmeats f; make bet
ter bread, and, finally, abiure feather
beds and ventilate sleeping apartments
better. For some of these evils we can
see no cure but cooperation. Fresh
meat, for instance, can hardly be cb-
tanned in some parts of the country, and
if obtained would probably be cut up
and cooked in such inartistic fashion
as would not develop its mostnutritious
qualities. This and the other faults of
farmers diet would find a natural solu-
ton in cooperation. If the farmers
will confne their attention more to
such practical questions as are suggest
ed by the report, there will be less
dyspepsia. 1t has been noted, toe,
by Intelligent observers, that farmers
are more subject to the attacks of dis
ease in the fall than at any other time.
This is doubtless due to the overtaxing Ct
the system during the busy season. A
change of scene and associations, even
if only for a few hours, will often dc
much to counteract the effects of this
exhaustion. Go fishing or hunting, il
you cannot take more elaborate recrea-
ton but try at all events to secure fol-
all hands short recess when the har'
vest is ovsr--ChriStidn Union.