Norwich bulletin., 1917-10-25
MAKING PORK FROM
 GARBAGE WASTES No Doubt But What It Can Be Fed
 Profitably.

The feeding of garbage to hogs is now attracting much attention in Connecticut. This interest has bean aroused by the tremendous agitation to all wastes; the shortage and con- ! sequent high price of foods, especi- ally fats. and the fact that the hog is the only animal which can convert city garbage into food. A too com mon practice in the past has been to burn the garbage or throw 1t into streams or the sea. Under such con- of it's feeding value- By feeding it to hogs and collecting the refuse with the manure and using it as fertilizer. nothing is lost except the pigs squeal irg house. Ninety per cent. of Con- necticut's population is urban and every person among these should be concerned about the disposition of the garbage from his town or city.
 Profit from Garbage Feeding.
 Very little data is to be had on this subject but there is no doubt but that it can be fed very profitably. Syra- cuse University, has fed garbage for six years with pronounced success. In an experiment lasting from Novem- Der. 1916, to January, 1917, garbage less than five cents per pound. This paid for collecting the garbage, care of hogs, additional feed and interest and depreciation on all equipment ed a yearly profit almost equal to his capital invested.
 The inhabitants of the cities and towns should see that neighboring garbage, or should insist on the es- tablishment of Municipal Piggerfes for this purpose. A very successful example of a community piggery is found at Hull. Massachusetts. In villages and thickly inhabited rural districts. neighbors who have no pigs should get enough to clean up table wastes. In other sections of the country many housewives keep a pig to eat the kitchen and table wastes.
 Many Connecticut housewives could well do likewise. In few homes this year Pig Club members fed the kitch- CT and table wastes, but they had only six hundred pigs scattered If each farmer who has no pigs should get at least two to eat his low grade grain skim milk. and other wastes about the house and farm: if the people in each village should com bine their garbage and feed it to city people should see that their gar bage is utilized to the fullest possible extent in pig feeding, the amount of pork produced in Connecticut would
 
 Causes of Losses.
 The farmers table waste has long pbeen fed to hogs quite successfully. More recently considerable attention has been paid to this method of dis posing of the garbage of cities with results at times of doubtful value. Large numbers of hogs were fre- quently lost through cholera or as a result of improper feeding practices. Many feeders kept their hogs in small pens which soon became indescrib- ably filthy. They fed garbage in all stages of decomposition. The anil in rotting table wastes for weeks Chronic constipation and many sud- den deaths from acute gastritis re- suited. The vitality of the animals was so lowered that they were quite susceptible to infectious diseases. Outbreaks Of cholera from infected pork scraps or other sources occa- stoned serious losses. As the feeders were usually paid f<r carting off the it was profitable to feed 1t.
 The best feeders today, however, are getting most excellent results from garbage feeding. Losses from cholera may be almost if not entirely eliminated by the use of the simul- tsneous treatment for cholera. When supplemented with a small amount of oil meal or other laxative feed. very little constipation is seen. Acute gas lecting the garbage daily, feeding on concrete floors or in metal troughs, and cleaning the floors or troughs be- fore each feeding. The refuse left after each feeding should be carted away with the manure and spread on