Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-01-10
AGRICULTURE.

HEALTu CT EAR8. .-Farmers ere WON
10 think iha, nlssm Is mostly coo6rsd ie
cities an6 large villages. and that country
air Is pure ard isrm houses necessary
h.althful: but whoever has carefully in
-pecied the premises of the acreage farmer
has found abundant occasion for the low
fevers which are The sc1urge Of the coun-
Try as well as the city. 10 the first place
al farmers should look well 10 their Gel
lars In too many Of them will be found
rotten apples, cabbages, turnIps, onions.
etc. In some will be found old brine, with
pieces ot. decayed meat, sending forth sB
odor, when the cover of the barrel is taken
of, vile enough 10 wrench the stomach OF
q pig In others there Will be musiy cider
barrels, possibly vinegar casks, IN which
the vinegar has passed the putrefactive
stage, disseminating the spores of decay
and death, not only through the upper
part OF the house, but even escaping
through the cellar windogs and pOluting
the o1ldoUr alI.
DecsyIng wood generates one of the
most subtle of pOisoDs, because the odor
is not p,riIcularly offensive, Rotten TIM
Der in the cellars and mOuldy wood or
chips in the wood house fill the air with
spores. which. breathed by person ia the
full vigor OF health, may be thrown OF
with Iwpunity; bus inhaled by one whose
blood Ii low may ind cougenial seed bed
and generate disease. Under the elder
and vineg4r barrels, and around potato
UIns, may often bt found old timbers ana
boards that are full of dry rot, resdy to
propagate Itself wherever the Totted parti-
Giles may find a lOdgment. In the well,
alsO rctIen wood is subtle psison, more
dangerous than a oecomposing toad. as
the latter makes his presence known, while
lew tastes are SO keen as TO detect the pres
erce Of decaylng wood
Probably the most prolific source of
disease around our iarn, houses Is the cess
pool into which pass the kitchen and
chamber Stops. In the cities and large
villages these are carried of Ia tue sewers,
but seldom does farm house have any
system of sewerage. The slops are too
often thrown out of the kitchen door, and
lett io generate vile odors on The surface OF
the ground. To keep the AIR OF the cellar
and around the honse pure and sweet, We
have never 1ound anything more economi-
cal, pleasant and efficaclous than q free
spIinkilng, as occasion may demand, OF
dry, R!r-sIaked lime. ChlJrIde of lime is
greater absorbent OF vie doors, but This
itself is offensive 10 most oliactory nerves,
and is also quite expensive. Common
lime is cheap, and II scattered freely in the
cellar and Wherever there are impurities,
Will render Tie air sweet and wholesome,
even IN lie most decompOziDg dog days.
Ii Is not necessary IN this age of the
world Tor he farmer TO riss IN the middle
vi the night and begin his work. Iris
getting Up go early IN the morning is a
relic OF barDsTIsm. IL has ma ie hundreds
OF thousands OF young curse the bu,Iness.
There is 10 need Of getting up at three or
four o'clock IN the winter morning. The
isrnier " no persists in dragging his vile
and clllcrcn iron their beds ought to be
visited by missionary. IL is time enough
| TO ilse alter the sun has set the exam pie.
For what purpose do gOu get upr To ieed
The calilF Why not Iced them more the
Night before? IL is n waste Of life. In
the old times they used to get up about
o'clock in the uorning, and gone 10 woi K
long before the sun had risen with neal
ing upoa his ~Ings, and Us a Just punish
n.ent lney all had he sgue; Is they ought
10 have 1t nov. Ibc u.an who cannot gt {
IlglUg upon lllQOIs soil without rising
DcioIe DAY lght ought to stsrve. Eight
hours day In enOugh h for any Iarmcr 10
wUrn eActpt Ia harvest uHie. When you
Use al iOuT ano work iii daTk, what Is
lie worItf OI what Use is all the iln
proved machinery unless 1t tends To give
tie faruier Ii iItLe more leisureI What IL
harvesting low, COMPARED with what 1t
was IN The Old timer TnIDk ot the days If
reaplpg, OF Grading, OF taking ana Oin1Ins
snd moving. Ttibk OF lpreshiDg with
he haIl auu wiDnoWIng with the wind.
AMI low think Of The reapers and mowers
,he binders ara thIeshIug machine /, the
flows and cuitivaIOrs, upol which the
armer T,des protected fIom The sun. Ii,
alIh all these advantages, Won Cannot get
= living Without rising IN tie middle Of The
night, go INTO some other business. You
should net rob SJlr family oI siCrp. Sleep
Is the 5es: medicine ID The world. There
~ no such thing as health without sleep
o ieeP until yUu are thoroughly res ell anu
restored. hren You wofk, work. aud
when you get through take good, long
and rc reshing sleep.