We feel, then, that we have a right to take heart of grace and tell ourselves that the open country is as good for health as it ever was. Moreover, farm houses are rapidly acquiring the principal appliances for sanitation. The wells are being looked out for and the pure condition of the water supply being insured from contagion; and the level of education in regard to sanitation is being rapidly lifted. At present, the small towns and the larger villages are about on a par in regard to indifference to the laws of health, and to the necessity for framing new ones to meet new demands. But in the smaller villages and in the open country the necessity is not so pressing because the congestion has not been so immediate as to cause depression of the death rate there. Therefore we may say that the girl who is born in the open country or in the small village is more likely, all other things being equal, to keep her hold upon life than any other girl in the land. It is said that sixty per cent. of the school children in the country suffer from removable physical defects. The countryside has its share of these. Fortunately for girls, life force is more persistent with them than with boys, and women are longer-lived than men. Sometimes fate deprives the home of the mother, and then heavy burdens fall to the daughter, too heavy for her young and undeveloped body. It is then that the young girl feels the necessity for a better understanding of her physical needs. Wanting this, life-long suffering may be the result of undertaking severe labor ere yet her health is thoroughly established or her maximum growth has been gained. There is much, then, for every young woman on the farm both to study and to practise. The following code of rules is suggested as an aid and as a reminder: CODE OF RULES FOR MAINTAINING HEALTH _Bodily carriage_ Hold the head erect. Keep the chest high. Hold the abdomen in. Rest the weight of the body on the balls of the feet. Keep this position constantly, by day and by night. When lying down, stretch out; do not curl up. _Exercise_ Make a special study of the proper times for exercise and take a normal amount of it at those times. Let nothing induce you to undertake severe bodily work or strain when the body is not in a condition to sustain the strain. When all conditions are right for it, take a good deal of joyous exercise. (No one can regulate this for any girl but the girl herself.) Learn some systematic exercises and practise them every day. Systematize the exercise in housework as far as possible and supplement it when needed by long walks and hill-climbing. _Correct breathing_ Take long breaths of fresh air on rising and frequently through the day. Breathe always through the nose and from the diaphragm. Keep the air in the room fresh by day and by night. Breathe deeply to keep the mind clear, the blood pure, and the spirits buoyant. _Clothing_