The Fargo forum and daily republican. [volume] (Fargo, N.D.) 1894-1957, 1917-10-19

Camp Dodge, Ia, Oct. 19.-The
cantonment at Camp Dodge is Offer
ing the farmers of Iowa, especially
in the vicinity of the big army camp
q, chance, to increase the yields from
their land, add to its fertility and aid
Uncle Sam in defeating Germany
and can't find taker.
Lieut.. Col J. Austin Ellison
Washington. d. c., officer in charge
of the conservation Of waste ma
terials from the is army cantone
ments is at camp making a final
fort to obtain purchaser for the
FERTILIZER which will come from the
big remount depot to be maintained
in connection with the Eighty-e eighth
division of the national army.
1t is estimated there will be 4,50C
tons of manure monthly to be re-
moved from the remount depot, and
1t is Colonel Ellison's desire to con-
tract for its sale with Iowa farmers
to be used as fertilizer.
Thus far his efforts have been I'M
successful, and he now Is about tc
let a contract to a. farmers cooper
alive association in Illinois for the
product.
The material is valuable and the
government is wiling to make a fair
price," Colonel Ellison says.
The immensely OF the work beins
done by the government in the con-
servation OF waste materials from
the government environments is in
conceivable.
System Nets $500, 900.
Colonel Ellison has the distinction
Of being the man who called to the
attention of war department officials
wIuv. ~ vuIlSrh fha anttrsa VN,aNrAHiHV.e
heretofore adhered to in disposine
Of waste materials was revised and
asmethod introduced which has net
ted the government S1,707. 83s.97
since the training OF troops for the
national army began.
The greater portion OF this has
come from the sale of socalled
waste materials. and the saving in
the cost of constructing huge in
Generators which formerly were
used to consume the waste.
4 All garbage from the government
cAntonments and training camps
now is sorted so that 1t may be dis
posed Of to advantage. It was found
for a great portion of 1t there was q
ready market and much OF IL now is
made into soap.
Garbage For Hoas.
Garbage from 13 of the is canton
ments will be fed to hogs. The gar
>bage from the mess of from 10 to
fifteen men, ii is estimated will feed
one hog one day. Hogs will Rain on
the average OF one pound q day on
this ration for the first 15e days, &C
cordinG to tests under government
supervision, by Henry Knight &
Sons. Louisville, KY. The garbage
from each cantonment should be
SUFFICIENT to feed 1000 hogs. The
hogs on the above average would
gain 1,460,00O pounds year a cam
torment. according to the govern
ment average. The. 10 cantonments
should produce 1880, 900 pounds a
year, providing the stock Of hogs at
each cantonment is kept up to the
maximum number. --
The cantonment at Camp Dodge
is large enough so that a contract
has been let for the disposal of the
garbage, and 10000 hogs now are be-
ing fed on farm several miles west
Of the camp site.
Colonel EIlison's plan also pro-
vides for the conservation OF waste
paper, bones, dead animals, tin cans.
bottles. old iron and in fact prac-
tically all materials which heretofore
have been given but little considera-
ton.
Report Fifth Fatality.
The first fatality from pneumonia
in the national army at Camp Dodge
has been reported at the base hos
pital with the death Of g. w. Lar