The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1912-02-29

Garbage is almose universally, :
r S'iioed IN the rules or ordinances
p 'ilfes as the animal and yegetab
waste from the kitchen. or as resulti,
from growing u Of the preparatio
OF food Garbage is subject to RAM
NJ oecay' and this decay is hastenad h
'hree things-heat, moisture and e;a
and yet what We call garbage 10 ~,
an hour removed from our table-ha
peen served as food"
y The first step in the disposa, q
garbage is carrying it from the hons,
ana placing it in the can. and IN,
. question naturally arises, WHY sbouIl
not this step be a sanitary ono ond
De made in the direction of educatin,
the householder? Under the e~xistino
. conditions in almost every civ tho
, can Is as great, if not a greater nuis.
ahce' than the garbage itself. Take
'he hrst step-the placing of the ga p.
oase, the waste food or dronnincs
from our tables, into any kind of re.
cep'acles-wood, galvanized iron or
~"ha'-not' and with the presence If
neat moisture and flies. You will verv
soon have a foul, maggoty. hy-breed.
ing mess OF putrefaction. Such n mess
Is necessarily a nuisance. reouiros
frequent removal, and is q nuisarco
every time it is handled from the can
10 nnal disposal. Is II necess,rr
'"a' this condition OF things sbou,d
ne? Is there no way TO eliminate
'hese breeders of putrefaction-beat
moisture and the fly? Is 1t not q ,;tt1o
oit Inconsistent that we legisIate and
talk about the fv infection u,hou :.
are perpetuating the fly nuisance IN
me garbage can by furnishing a most
proiinc breeding place? It has beer
SAD that the annoyance of the can I
plopaoiy never will be done away !
IL seems that this condition ~ c
'hings has been accepted evervwboro a
md that nobody has tried. It is known @
mat n city in the TTnitad n
states has made an effort to keep the Is
carnage can from being a constant Il
that it has met with great il
and that city is MINNEAPOLIS a
method is as follows: al
II no" earheG~ 49, Ill ~~i~.--~ a
the can in cold weather. Do this p
md have a clean can at all times. p
Heat, moisture and the fly are all n
eliminated. This rule was put into
in Minneapolis in February, p,
907, and is still in force. The cam 10
,aign of education was a hard one, T.
,ut the officials have won. One OF :,
he garbage collectors has been said r.
o have remarked, "The garbage a n n
n my district are clean enough to n
Keep pies in" >,
1T rests with the collector. He has n
,ut to report to the health depart r,
nent that the garbage is not prop d
,rly drained and wrapped in paper D
md no further service is rendered N
:"
Until the rule is complied with. II II
he householder then fails to properly W
are for the garbage or to have 1t v
up, he Is brought into court II
md fined" n
"The operation OF this rule has G
is economic as well as its sanitary Ii
I'll vvln 1;P. - a.. no to ,a.y 4
much prolonged. The garbage will Il
oil out of the can in cold weather as C
we'll as in the summer; il 1t does not Fl
the garbage Is frozen, the can is a
not emptied, for the householder has b
'ailed to drain off the moisture. The II
collector is forbidden to carry or use "
4 pick or crow-bar to dig out frozen v
garbage, so the can is not battered a
Up. Garbage kept in this way is not [
/, nuisance; does not invite flies;
loes not need to be collected but n
once a week, even in warm weather, fl
thus making a great saving in the o
cost of collection. 1t follows nat p
lrally that the garbage Whlcn Is not ii
foul in the can will not be so in the &
or cart. The garbage can S
should be kept water-tight and when C
not so, should be discarded and a new a
Dne provided. 1t Is not necessary, b
even in cold climate, to have different o
receptacles in the winter time, for If Il
the rule regarding drainage of moist Il
ure and wrapping with paper is fol a
a metal can Is just as easily v
.mptied and kept clean in the winter
as a wooden one" t
eat first this method OF gathering Q
garbage in our city was laughed at
as a fad OF the department. We were t
asked when we would also require {
that the packages be tied with baby {
but we persisted and now the