Every morning all trash should be collected and properly disposed of.
Burning is the only method unless arrangements have been made to have
all dry waste carted away. For burning light trash use a small
incinerator two feet high and eighteen inches in diameter, made of iron,
and with a cover circular in shape and perforated closely with holes
half an inch in diameter. When in use the incinerator should stand in an
open place away from all tents and buildings. The heavier trash, such as
old shoes, paste-board boxes, discarded clothing, should be burned in a
heap away from all buildings, care being taken that no bits of hot paper
cause grass fires, or blow into the woods.
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Wooden boxes in which provisions are shipped can be split up for
kindling wood, or if the boxes are large and well made, kept for packing
equipment for storage. Some of the well-made boxes are very serviceable
to use as seats, and one could be placed in the kitchen to hold wood.
Butter tubs, if washed and dried, can be used to hold vegetables or
other provisions. Barrels should never be thrown away if in good
condition. They are invaluable when packing dishes or kitchen ware and
during the summer will hold sacks of provisions such as cereal, rice,
hominy, beans, and so forth.
All tin cans should be rinsed out as soon as emptied, burned on the
trash heap and when cold thrown into a covered pit, or into covered
barrels to be carted away at the end of the season.