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Domestic News
April 18, 1873
The True Northerner
Paw Paw, Van Buren County, Michigan
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Farmers outlive mechanical laborers in longevity, surpassed only by occasional brain workers like preachers. Better diet and avoiding chills in harvest season could make their lives the longest, as many then contract fatal diseases.
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Rural Life.
Statistics teach us that farmers live longer lives than any other class who perform labor of a mechanical kind, and that they are excelled in longevity only by those who work with the brain occasionally, as preachers, orators and public speakers. And the probability is that, considering the healthfulness of their employment and the general freedom from annoying cares and anxieties which they enjoy, their lives might become relatively the most enduring, did they exercise more care in choosing their diet and in preserving themselves from sudden chills during the most trying season of their labor, that of harvest. It is then that most farmers contract diseases which are sooner or later fatal to them.
Statistics teach us that farmers live longer lives than any other class who perform labor of a mechanical kind, and that they are excelled in longevity only by those who work with the brain occasionally, as preachers, orators and public speakers. And the probability is that, considering the healthfulness of their employment and the general freedom from annoying cares and anxieties which they enjoy, their lives might become relatively the most enduring, did they exercise more care in choosing their diet and in preserving themselves from sudden chills during the most trying season of their labor, that of harvest. It is then that most farmers contract diseases which are sooner or later fatal to them.
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Agriculture
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Farmers Longevity
Rural Life
Harvest Diseases
Diet Advice
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Outcome
farmers contract diseases during harvest which are sooner or later fatal to them.
Event Details
Statistics show farmers live longer than mechanical laborers and are excelled only by preachers, orators, and public speakers. Their employment is healthful with freedom from cares, but they could live longer with better diet and protection from chills during harvest.