back in the american west when they started to hav towns, i'm
sure u didint just carry a pooper scooper with u. didnt it sometimes
get to be s$$t city? inquirin minds want to know.
2006-06-27 08:25:49 · 8 answers · asked by heartofglass 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ History
good answers so far,i'm tryin to figure out
who exactly had the honor of collectin
the aforementioned to farms etc?
2006-06-27 08:32:17 · update #1
They usually had some minor offender required to do the dooty (heh). He would be given a barrel and a shovel and required to collect the manure. In general, there were large middens that accumulated near the stables and in the alleys, but folks did a lot of gardening (no Safeway for the kitchen!) and the manure made excellent fertilizer.
Of course, they had a rather more relaxed attitude towards hygiene than we do today.
2006-06-27 08:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by Grendle 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
As you may imagine, in major cities such as New York this was a significant issue. The city had special wagons that would go about early in the morning and pick up manure which was dumped in the river.
2006-06-27 20:37:10 · answer #2 · answered by anonymourati 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They never bathed then, at least not in the movies so why would they care if they stepped in horse poopy.
2006-06-27 15:29:47 · answer #3 · answered by kiss me 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
they probabaly just left it be, or the farmers came and cleaned it up and spread it over their crops for fertilizer
2006-06-27 15:29:17 · answer #4 · answered by A.Marie 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever heard of fertilizer?
2006-06-27 15:28:17 · answer #5 · answered by mweller1956 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We would burn our manure pile when I was growing up. Maybe they did that.
2006-06-27 15:28:13 · answer #6 · answered by absolutedejavu 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They had big garbage dumps.
2006-06-27 15:28:50 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
you can dig a hole and dump it in.
2006-06-27 15:28:21 · answer #8 · answered by arf arf fra fra 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋