Rural hygiene; a hand-book of sanitation designed for the use of students in the agricultural schools and colleges. and for the residents of the rural districts of the United States

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1909 Excerpt: ...whom it does not agree. Probably in many such cases, by diminishing the quantity of sugar and milk used, the difficulty can be overcome. The question of alcohol has been considered in another section; it is sufficient here to say that it is a drug which may in a slight degree contribute to the nutrition of the body, but that its bad effects are so much greater than its good ones that it should be considered only as a drug and used as such. It is more dangerous to the community than morphine and cocaine and its sale should be restricted in the same way. This can only be accomplished by education of the public. The recent movements in the south and west certainly appear to indicate that this may be accomplished in the near future. GARBAGE, SLOPS, AND OTHER REFUSE The garbage from the kitchen is usually fed to the chickens or hogs. If properly done this practice results in no nuisance, nor it is unsanitary; but when it is thrown on the ground, and the uneaten portions are allowed to accumulate, it becomes a breeding place for flies and is unsanitary in other ways. Probably the most satisfactory method of caring for this class of refuse is to bury it in the garden, covering it with not more than ten inches of soil. A very small plot of ground will care for that from a large family, and by turning up one or two spades of earth it can be covered each day. If promptly covered it will neither cause an odor nor will it become the breeding place for flies. Burning the garbage is rarely satisfactory because of the odor; it is also an unnecessary waste of fertilizer. Slops may be emptied into the drains of the Waring system, or where this has not been installed they may be strained through some straw and the liquid allowed to run through a perforated gutter into the ga...