The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-01-04
farm and 0arde1O

! PEELED to live in a house which stands on
| an unhealthful spot, with unhealthful
on high or dry grounds that require no
! drainage. If such a location cannot be
! had. then the drainage of not only the
cellar, but of the surrounding ground,
should be the first thing done, and thor
oughiy done.
DRAINS.
The drain from the kitchen door
should not be simply covered
ditch, but should be made of drain pipe
which will carry everything to the end
without leakage. and empty far away
from the house. This drain should be
washed out occasionally by allowing the
water from the roof to run through il.
No waste wash waters of any kind should
be emptied near the house or near the
well.
DANGER FROM DOMESTIC ANIMALS.
The house should be inclosed by
fence, to exclude all domestic animals.
All farm animals. including fowls, are
subject to diseases that may infect the
human being. This is especially true OF
the cat 1t is subject to consumption,
diptheria and sore eyes. Any such animal
showing the least sign of sickness should
be immediately killed and cremated. 1t
may avoid much trouble TO know that
the cat and the dog have been the
medium of carrying contagious diseases
from one member of the family 20 an
other, and from one house TO another.
POOR TEETH CAUSE DISEASE.
To eat properly we should have
good teeth and poor teeth are very
often the cause of Indigestion and
its train of miseries and distresses.
The parents and the older members
of the family should keep look
out for decay in the teeth of the
younger members or better yet. they
should be taken to the dentist at least
once every year to have their teeth eX-
amined and repaired.
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Psychologists tell US that we
our systems through the water or
milk we drink. and that the germs are
more numerous as the water in wells
and springs gets low in dry weather.
During epidemics OF diseases. especially
during periods OF low water, all the water
for drinking purposes should be boiled
When we have springs or wells that re-
ceiVe no drainage from flthy surround
ings. we are comparatively safe from
disease germs from this source
FRESH AIR.
IT is during sleeping hours that We
suffer most from Vitiated air. With the
close walls-almost air-tight-and close
fitting windows of modern houses, we
must arrange for Ventilating our sleep
ing rooms before retiring. There should
he two openings to every bedroom for
the circulation of air. Drafts should be
avoided. When the wind blows, a
pure air as it would entirely raised dur
isg d calm. If the wind blows directly
against an open window. screen should
be used to prevent it from blowing over
the bed.
THE BATH.
Many neglect the bath because they do
not fully understand its object. Too
many of us think that We need to batne
only when the work we are engaged IN,
or the surroundings, is such that foreign
matter CON eS in contact with Our BODIES
and lodges there. While for common
decency this matter should be washed
from the surface of our bodies, yet 1t is
the least harmful which lodges there. The
excavations from the pores of the skin
are much more poisonous and harmful.
We must battle cegLllrly from childhood
to old age to keep the pores of the skin
open, if we would be healthy.
WARM FEET.
During the fall. winter and spring
months every one should wear stout
shoes that will prevent the feet from
becoming wet or cold. This part of the
body should receive the most careful at
tention. as it is the part most exposed to |
cold and dampneSS. While every other |
part of rooms is warm and dry. the |
floors are cold and exp )sed to drafts.
Finally, cheerfulness, good humor and |
are aids to good health. |
Health is wealth, and thus may we be |
wealthy, though farmers.