Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1888-08-30

the field as the first rays Of the morn
ing sun fell upon the yellow grain, and
two hours later returned to breakfast,
with their clothes as wet with dew
as water could make them. Now, 1t
is pretty generally known that health
demands that no hard labor should be
attempted on a fasting stomach. Let
the morning be given to the care or
the team, to the examination OF the
machinery to be used, to see that It's
Joints are well oiled and every screw
nut is tightened, and that all the con-
yeniences Of the kitchen are in good
working order, etc. Between 6 and z
o'clock take a breakfast Of plain, sub
stantial food, and by this time the sun
viii have drunk up the dew, and the
grain, or the grass, or whatever calls
for work, is ready for the work to be-
oin. Let the days work, he says be
Gin moderately, till the team and hands
warm up to the work. Four hours
viii bring the noon recess, which
should continue till at least l o'clock.
Perhaps some viii consider this q waste
of time IN a busy season, but 1t is ac-
tUally necessary to preservation of
the best health.
There should never be a rush Of la
Dor in hot weather Let the labor be
moderate and uniform, and do not suf-
fer the appearance of a cloud or the
distant mutterings Of thunder, to be-
tray you into an impetuous rush of
work that will exhaust the ability to
work, and perhaps entail more serious
consequences.
The summer clothing of the farm Ia
borer should be light, and should be so
loose as not to impede muscular mo-
ton in any direction; and at the noon
recess, if the clothes are wet with per-
spiration, as they probably will be, put
on a light wooden coat to prevent
sudden chilliness from the rapid
evaporation from wet clothing, and
avoid draft of air, however pleasant
it may feel at the time. When the
days work is done, let the wet cloth
ing be exchanged for a dry suit of
night clothes. A good sponge bath
before retiring viii be good prepara-
ton for restful nights repose on a
firm mattress in 4 well ventilated
room We hardly need to say that
this rest should occupy the whole of
the short summer night; the midnight
designations Of fashionable life should
never reach the farm.
The diet of the field lab0rer in the
heat Of summer should be nutritious,
but not stimulating nor heat-produc-
inc. Tat meats should be avoided, but
poultry, mutton, and lean beef should
be freely used, and the farm garden at
this season should furnish an abund-
ance Of fresh vegetables and small
fruits, which altogether, viii make o
healthful and palatable diet. A cup
of coffee, with its temperature reduced
by liberal supply Of rich cream, will
not be Objectionable as a breakfast
diet drink. Milk is the best table
drink for dinner, but if water is pre-
ferred let its temperature be not be-
low 60 degrees Il and especially at
meals avoid ice-water. Digestion of
food requires 4 temperature of 90 de-
grees, and if very cold or very hot
drinks be taken digestion is suspended
till the normal temperatures restored.
Buttermik is the most healthful drink
we have in warm weather. The Tactic
acid it contains is grateful to the
stomach and supplies IN important
condition of digestion. No person
should take food while feeling q sense
of fatigue. First rest, then eat.