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feeding operations, lie cannot invest in good equip- 

 ment that will have to be sold at a loss as soon as 

 his contract terminates, and there is not sufficient 

 time for the enterprise itself to yield profits that 

 may be returned to it in the form of equipment. 



When a city wishes to let its garbage contract 

 to the best advantage it should agree to give the 

 contractor all the municipal garbage, and it should 

 provide ordinances that require its drainage and 

 the exclusion of tin cans, broken bottles and the 

 like. Collections should be required at least once 

 a week in winter and twice in summer. A five- 

 year contract which the contractor can renew at 

 his option if he discharges his obligations, is satis- 

 factory, and will serve to entice reliable con- 

 tractors. 



Municipal piggeries are successful sometimes, 

 but changing city administrations are not always 

 to their best advantage. Sooner or later self- 

 styled "business men" are likely to be charged 

 with their general supervision, and in formulat- 

 ing business rules for their subordinates they 

 themselves are likely to ignore essential natural 

 laws governing swine husbandry and the handling 

 of swine diseases. Business principles must of 

 course be observed, but they must be made to 

 dovetail with principles that conserve the health 

 of the swine and provide each day for their intelli- 

 gent care. 



