The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1911-09-05

money. She should use her brains
more. her feet less.
She needs conveniences; water in
the house costs no more tina a now
ing machine. She needs more knowl-
edge OF foods and the human body
more Kitchen gardens. more rest.
more discrimination as 10 essentials.
For Pure Water.
Probably a more helpful talk was
never given than that which followed.
when Miss Daisy Allen. OF the Labora-
tory OF Hygiene, spoke on Water
ana How to Obtain 1T Pure" Pure
water she defined as that which con-
talned no substances harmful 10 life.
water from springs or stream or
swallow wells should always be re-
garded with suspicion. in fear Of sur
lace water reaching them.
II a spring is used il should be so
rallied IN that ima would not be
aple TO easily reach it. 1t should not
pc accessible to stray humans. TO
winch end have no gourd there and
MAKE It's opening as small as possible.
SWALLOW wells are always dangerous
because 1t IS so hard to guard them
from surface pollution. Deep wells
are good, but never should have
exc n chains which are abso-
lutely the most pernicious form Of
drinking c~OntriVanceS, because all the
dirty, infected hands around the place
are washed off or the chain. the
germs soon finding their way to the
Well. Always put in "a pump instead
of a bucket. There is absolutely 10
advantage in the light that can reach
even a shallow we'll. .
For sterilizing water, hypochlorite
OF lime or bleaching powder comes
as near q solution as anything yet
worked out. Most things that will Kill
bacteria in water Will also harm the
tissues. One level t~eaSpoonful of
I htp2rhlDO nDNAdar in ono glass or
water, one teaSpoOnful of that SOlu-
ton in another glass of water and one
~teaspoonfuls Of that in two gallons Of
water will kill organic bacteria.
If water can possibly be piped into
the house, it is best only for the ad-
Vantages to health. Women do not
drink enough water. Clothes washed
near the Well is a dangerous practice,
because some Of the harmful bacteria
from the clothes are sure to get back
to the we'll.
If you would prevent typhoid. the
water must be made pure and the
flies stamped out. Miss Allen then
urged upon the wonen the necessity
Of their having a knowledge of wells
and water.
Sanitation in the school.
Mrs. w. r. Hollowell, Of Colds
boro. came next and as always, spoke
DELIGHTFULLY."-. even though her subject
was school sanitation. She spoke OF
how often an epidemic OF disease
comes three weeks to a month after
tie opening of school There may
be three chief reasons for this, the
accumulation of dirt in the uncleanec
school during the the water
supply, where horses. pigs and stray
~unsanitary people have infected the
water and last the carelessly located
or the lack Of a yard closet.
Mrs. Hollowell told Of the wonder
full and terrible attempts at decora'
ton in some school houses, where the
fine pictures were thick with liS
specks and adorned with dust-distrib
uting branches Of Christmas holly
: Cleanliness comes wen before TIE ar.
tistic. When the teacher realizes tha
{ children have bodies as well as mind
it will be a good day for North Car
DINA. A movement for screened
school Gus would be a worth.
/. cause.
f 4 was once a crank" she said. "or
the compulsory education law. Nov
I am CONVEX ted. l say can any Law
compel me to send my children to 81
for hours every day in d~5sease-per
meated environment"
The School Teacher.
f At the afternoon Sc sion Mrs
Webb. Of Warren Plains, ably dis
cussed the school teacher from fOu
point, viz: The relation Of tae teache
to the pupil; the pupil to the cache
the teacher to the parent; and tn
parent to the teacher. She gave man,
: gems Of thought and experiences il
dealing with children that provoked
: discussion among the ladies. Par
tcularly did she lay stress on tn
teachers having Owe for the profes
sion and the pupils if she would haV
success.
In House Economics.
: Miss katherine Parker told the Ia
/ dies what a course in HouSehol'
Economics is IN a most interestln;
Y manner and many of the ladies Wn'
were looking forward to the education
? of their daughters expressed the hop
: that theirs would take such a course
Plans for the Future.
Next came a discussion as TO futur
Mans for the fall meetinG Tor farm