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lions." She then described a home pasteurizer Which she herself had tracked down, purchased and tried out in her own farm home. It is a simple piece of equipment, easy to operate and the milk is made safe from milk-borne diseases without having the "cooked" taste that was a common objection to milk pasteurized by the old home methods. “Farm homes are well equipped but do we use our equipment as we should?" Miss McKerâ€" cher asked. “Will our pursuit of consumer goods make us forget that things should be our servants, not our masters?" The survey showed that half the farm homes visited are over fifty years of age. Considerable remodelling has been done in the last five years but more is needed. The survey showed a good quantity of vegetables eaten in farm homes and that the greatest quantity and variety were used where they were grown at home. It also indicated that farm women do not know as much as they should about meat cuts and how to cook them. “All these findings give us excellent guidance for our extension pro- gramme." Miss McKercher said. "For example, next year we will have a new leaders‘ training school on Meat and Meat Cookery, also a Dis- trict Service called ‘Eat to Live‘." On the question of farm safety Miss McKerâ€" cher quoted the survey figures showing that 83% of the children driVing tractors on Ontario farms were 12 years old or under; 26% were between the ages of 8 and 9; and 15% were between the ages of 6 and 7. She said. “This is one place where you as mothers can really do an educa- tional job.” Miss McKercher’s final word to the Institutes was: "You need desperately to hang onto the old community sense of personal involvement and mutual concern. Institutes have always had a community mindedness but you can't do every- thing by operating alone. Do your part but be reinforced by others. We all need to keep a personal interest in our neighbors and a pride in community development. The Women’s Institutes have a real place and it is a pleasure to work with you." The Problem of Arthritis Dr. Wallace Graham. F.R.C.P. spoke on “The Problem of Arthritis." Arthritis, he explained, is sometimes confused with rheumatism which is a general term covering aches and pains in muscles and joints, Arthritis is inflammation in a joint usually with pain and swelling. Some forms are benign; others cause permanent disability. Arthri- tis may be caused from injury, or from infection such as tuberculosis arthritis which is pretty well eradicated since we have been using pasteurized milk. Arthritis caused by venereal disease has been conquered by penicillin. But the cause of the most common formâ€"rheumatoid arthritisâ€"is unknown. We tend to think of it as a disease of the joints but it is a widespread disease involving the whole system. “If we knew the cause We could no doubt find the remedy," Dr. Graham said. Then he gave this message of hope: “But rheumatoid arthritis is not a progressive, relentless disease. It can be stopped. It usually stops during pregnancy. The search for a cure lb may seem slow but do not lean on the promixeg of quacks. Stick to the treatment prescribed result of scientific research." Dr. Graham outlined the treatments prescrile for various forms of arthritis and emphasized the need of hospital units not as costly as mum] hospitals where patients can be rehabilitated. He said that facilities to reach all the people him need help would cost about two million doth“ which is less than the cost of two fighting pin H. at present the Arthritis and Rheumatism Siii- h. receives an annual grant of $60,000 from Federal Government. But the Society has i ,7 hopes of what it may do. Said Dr. Gm “Fifty years ago the Tuberculosis Association formed and look at what it has accomplished us hope it won't take fifty years to stop arthrit- Asked how the Institutes could help the at: r was that contributions could be sent to the r. tario Division of the Canadian Arthritis .; Rheumatism Society at 328 Dupont Street i. ronto. It was also announced that during the it l. of June the Society is cooperating with drug . to get a list of rheumatic patients. Inform r. about the disease and its treatment will b it to those listed. A mobile treatment unit i .i at work in the province. And if several ln~. w could get together to provide a good audiei i speaker could be obtained by writing the Sets in u A School for Retarded Children Mrs. W. F. Pepper, Publicity Chairman 1 ; Guelph District Assoeiation for Retarded t. dren. speaking about the Sunnydale Schi .n Guclph reminded the conference that I‘ctut n can occur in any family. Research has found at least seventy pl 2 causes, such as injury at birth, German tr as in the mother during a certain period oi ;- nartcy, high fever or jaundice, absence of i 'n for a continued period as in near drowning. These children want to be liked, she sail .- nccd love and understanding to help them N as normal as possible; and it is the dut) 1i citizens to see that they have their chance. In the Sunnydale school, the children It In live and play with other children. to .r 't certain basic skills. to read and \VIllU a in simple arithmetic. The girls learn to scu Lt II and the boys to refinish wood and do if craft work. They like music, enjoy singi: ul square dancing and the boys have a rhl'lhr“ ‘l The teachers are not trying to make them it it they are helping them to develop withu I limitations. Grants from the Government pay Unit of the cost of running the school; the z 1‘ pay something and the mothers‘ organ. it raises funds. A large part of thc c051 is tel *‘ Donation as some of the pupils come tron Hr distance from Guelph. In time the ASw “n hOPes to open a sheltered workshop Wilt "L" tarded persons with some skills can earn . JP to earn a living for themselves. Mrs. Pepper said how important it islhn It." one responsible for a retarded child rm’ U” self pity or self blame and concentrate on “W the child an education within his cat“ 'g'” HOME AND COUNTRY