Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1916 — “City Healthier Than Farm.” [ARTICLE]

“City Healthier Than Farm.”

“The sanitary conditions in the farmers’ homes of Massachusetts and New York state are not what they should be," Dr. Harvey W. Wiley declared in an address before several hundred farmers from all over the state in Horticultural hall, assembled for the Massachusetts state board of agricultural’s annual meeting. “In New York and Massachusetts particularly, the city is a healthier place to live than the country,” Doctor Wiley said. “The cities of New York and Massachusetts are taking better care of their citizens than the country is, and I am inclined to believe that the unfavorable situation In the rural sections is due more to lack of sanitary conveniences and appliances than it is to the effect of the climate or of a deficient diet."