Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1918-01-19
LACK OF FACILITIES FOR TAKING
CARE OF WASTE MATERIALS
PROVES COSTLY.
NEED FATS AND oREAsEs
FOR MUNITIONS MAKING
State Veterinarian Gibson Favors
Township Plants For Rendering Car.
cases Of Dead Animals-State< Dc.
Tense Council Becoming Interested in
Gibson's Proposal.
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Des Moines, Jan. 19.-More than
$10,000.00O annually is being lost in
Iowa and the nation as we'll as the al
lies are being deprived Of many mil
lions of pounds of fats and grease so
necessary and badly needed in the
manufacture Of munitions because
there Is no system in the state thru
which dead animals can be rendered
into grease and fertilizer. This Is the
position taken by DR.. J. I. Gibson, state
veterinarian, who is an ardent advo-
cate OF a state wide plan to render the
carcasses Of all dead animals.
Governor Harding, members of the
state defense council and number Of
Veterinarians over the state are be-
coming interested in DR.. Gibson's pro-
posal and some statewide system may
work. DR.. Gibson first made mention
of this plan at the state defense coun-
Gil meeting a few weeks ago. Since
that time the idea has been gaining
favor. 1t was discussed to some ex-
tent at the meeting OF the state veter-
inarians association at Ames last week.
DR.. w. w. Dimmock, Of the veterin-
airy force at the state agricultural COL
lego at Ames. advocated it in a paper
he read before the state association
meeting. DR.. Dimmock also discussed
the question of conservation slaughter
emphasizing the importance of killias
off anprofltable animals, such as COW 3
which do not give enough milk to pay
for their feed, animals that are Grip
pied or those which do not gain thru
feeding. BY far the greatest waste In
the live stock industry Of the state
however is the waste OF burylng or
burning animals without rendering
their carcass.
Favor Township System.
DR.. Gibson believes some township
system COULD be worked out possibly
under the direction of the township
trustees with a rendering plant IN each
township. Under this plan each far
mer could receive cash for his dead
precautions would have to be observ-
cd in handling the animals.
With township rendering plants
every county in the state could easily
make $4,000 per year from the car
cases which are now buried. DR.. Glib
son estimates. The commercial and
non edible fats and grease in a hog
are now worth from $40 to SIS per hog.
1t is estimated. The tankase and fer
tilizer thus secured Is also valuable.
The. government and the state to-
sether will extend the fight against
hog cholera this summers This was
planned at a resent meeting OF federal
and state veterinarians held at st.
Louis. Iowa now has sixteen men
working under the government to erad!-
cate hog cholera. 1t is the plan now
to put on four more men and giving
each man Jurisdiction over five coun-
ties. Under the p.es,n. distribution
of hogs he would then undertake to
protect about hale million hogs. q,
In the face Of the great need Of the
world for meats and for meat products
Of all kinds aggressive work must be
done in Iowa, the leading live stock
state OF the United States and prob
ably the lsader over any like area In
the world not only to reproduce i've
stock but to conserve stock and its
produ--s wisely. the leaders point out.
Hence those who are in touch with
conditions a,e studying ou- methods
to conserve as we'll as Increase live
stock products.