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Show HEALTH ON THE FARM " MEANS CLEANLINESS By LEAH IVINS, Utah Agricultural College. The qucKtlon of the disposal ol waste Is always a grave one In town where there la no sewer system, and where the removal of garbage Is not done regularly by public employees. Conditions such as we find In nut smaller towns would not be tolerated In our larger towns and cities; but because we are not forced to keep our premlaes clean, we are Inclined to be coino careless, nnd as a result w often see the accumulation of monthi of waste piled up In the back yardt and around the corrals. Women are too much Inclined to feel that their work ends Inside the house and that they are not respoii slbb for conditions outside. It Is very difficult for a woman to keep her house clean when the yard Is not clean. Sin li things as decaying fruit and cgetables, open garbage cans of barrels, unclean outdoor toilets and neglected barn yards, breed ami draw flies: and we all know what a menace lo public bealUi the common house fly Is considered. The old saying that "an ounce of prevention Is worth more than a pound of cure'' is a good one to remember, re-member, and also that the four great lequlsltes to health aro good whole some food, fresh air, aunahine and clean eurroundinga. Why can't all of us clean up our premises thoroughly before fly time? Why can't o collect and burn al) old clothing and such oilier waste aa can be burned? That, which cannot be burned may be bulled In the earth, and It will be out of sight ami can do no one any harm. 1'ioin an economical standpoint It would pay every f, inner to get tin' manure from his corral out on to Mm land. I heard a farmer say not lung imo that If one should look through a magnifying glass al the curl often seen of steam r.slng from a manure pile, he would find It lo be made up of dollars and cents. The ohf fashioned open barrel or can, which Is so often seen standing Just outside the back door to receive waste from the kitchen ought to be replaced by a neat can or barrel with a tlKhtiiUing lid, which may also be placed outside the door; or a gai lM.:e pail wiili a lid may be uncd limulo the kitchen. Now a days It is pohsi hie to get very neat enameled palls with good tiuht l:ds at a reasonable cost, and they save the housewife many steps. Where there are domestic animals around, the scraps of food are ulwnyn disposed of easily Kmily llolt says that a good thriity pig Is really a savings bank but where there are no animals, almost all waste food may be dried and burned. It is not a good Idea to 1111 the range with wet food; but It can bo placed In the sua or In tho warming oven until It dries out, and may then be binned. Where there is much fruit, on tho premises, It should never be allowed lo lie under the trees and decay. If It cannot he disposed of lu any other way, burn or bury It. The same thing Is true of vegetables. Now, inside the house, one of Ihe biggest questions Is what to do with tho liquid waste dish water, wash water and water used for cleaning purposes. This is a much graver problem where the water is piped Into he house and sinks, baths and toilets .ire used, than where none of these convenience aro Indulged In. In latter case. If the water Is ttirown onto a flat of ground where Ihe sun can shine upon It. it will be dried up and no evil results will follow. Jf this is done, care should bo taken to avoid throwing water near a well or ditch where tho water supply 111 become be-come contaminated, and to throw It In a different place every day. 1 have seen back yards on the shady side of the house which were actually gray, muddy and foul smelling, simply because be-cause the dish water had been thrown 111 the same spot so many times. In my opinion a rem pool is not the safest proMisitton on any premises. At the best It cannot help being very urn b an, and when only a sink Is used In a house, the water from It may be removed by the bucket system or carried throiK'h pipe to a larse plot of ground over which if can spread out and bo dried up. Where a bath ami toilet are used, however, a cess-liol cess-liol is qulie necessary, and If It Is porous, laid In sandy or gravelly formation for-mation and cleaned out frequently, ought not to be harmful and will prove itself a great convenience. In digt,in a cess pool, be sure to know something of tho formation of the mill where It Is placed, and put It a Ion? way from tho house consider your neighbor. I have seen Instances where the drainage from a neighbors' rss-pool came up In the back yard. (Jreat care should be taken In the use of a cesspool the capacity must 5o considered, and If It la rather email, the wash water need not go Into It. Ventilating plpi.t ourht alwaya to bo used, especially If ttio cesspool U placed In heavy, holding clay, and they should be high rnourh so that the rases from the pool will not enter the house. In Heantng a cess pool tho odor usually make It rather disagreeable, dis-agreeable, and If a bushel of quicklime quick-lime I thrown Into it. It will help thing considerably. |