Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1908-07-30
vIII.o. Sewer Nearly Completes.

Village Sewer Nearly Completed.
The School street sewer has been laid
to its outlet, and this week the system il
being carried to the White Cross Mill
plant, starting from back of Montague
Place and passing thu Demerritt & Palm
er corn canning factory.
| This extension of the system was nee
essary on account of the offensive odoI
arising from surface drainage at the milk
plant, whose refuse milk flowing over q
bank and settling on DOGGY stretch be-
low has occasioned not unreasonable com.
plant. The sewage is too great in guam
tity for the cess pools, which were dug to
, take care of it and which fill up in g
| single day, causing a setback of the stuff
to the plant.
In the meantime the local board OF
health has directed g. r. Miller of the
White Cross company to cover the Doggy
meadow as well as the bank with sand to
q sufficient depth to bury the refuse below
the smelling line, and has set Saturday az
t he time limit in which the work must
be done. So much exposed decaying
matter the board considered fertile
breeder of disease and too great a menace
to health to be left uncovered while the
sewer is being laid.
The bank was thoroughly sanded some
days ago but the bog continued to emit
decidedly unpleasant fumes that the pass
ing breezes have lugged pretty near all
over the town. Dr. H. ID. Holton OF
BrattIeboro was here Saturday to investi-
gate doubtful sanitary conditions and APP
proved of the proposed top dressing OF
sand in this instance.
Friday, the sewer had to be extended
147 feet from the rear of Montague Place
to reach the river that has worn q new
channel to the northeast two and a half
feet lower than the old channel. The
cost of this extra work was s26, while the
extension to the White Cross plant in
volved an outlay of $3.50, of which 1850 is
borne By the White Cross company.
Value Of Skim Milk to Farmers.
Mr.. Editor
1t is not my intention to discourage
anyone from selling milk to the bottling
factory, the car or any other place, pro-
vided they wish to do SO; but for the BEN
eft of those who claim there is no profit
in feeding skim milk to pigs l wish to
publish the following figures, which are
facts:-
On April 18th we bought six shotes,
weighing 80 pounds each, for $50. Up
to August "a. or in 95 days, they ate ex-
actly II cwt. of meal, costing $500,
making a total of $500 paid out. One
of our local dealers paid US $3.50 for the
six fat hogs, leaving $3.50 to be credited
to skim milk. In round numbers, they
drank IA, $50 pounds of skim milk, or 150
pounds per day, giving value of 20 1-3 C.
per hundred to skim milk, and all this
with meal at 81 go.
These pigs were kept clean and dry by
using no less than nine loads of leaves
and muck, drawn from the woods. So
we have no less than ten cords of valua-
BILE fertilizer, which can be credited to
work. This fertilizer, I believe, doubly
pays for the work at the present prices of
farm labor. 1t will certainly fertilize an
acre of corn, or TOP dress three acres of
meadow, and thus produce three tons of
hay extra next year.
Let us look at the fertilizer part of the
problem in another way. AT prezent
prices of nitrogen, skim milk is worth
about 10c. per hundred as a fertilizer
alone, and chemists have shown that well
fed animals void 2-3 of the actual fertility
in the food eaten. This gives us 2-3c.
to add to % 1-3 c., the value of the skim
milk, making total value of 30c. per
hundred in the present case.
Now let us see about the great value sorpe
of our farmers think they are getting by
selling their whole milk. The butter fat
in our milk in June brought s1.23; to
this add 30c., giving total of s1.53 for
4.50 per cent milk. Now, brother farm
ers, compare this with what you got and
see how much you made.
Arthur NJ. Vaughan.