The Washington times., 1918-02-11
FOOD LOST IN
CITY GARBAGE
WOULD RAISE
10000 HOGS
By BILL PRICE.


Warrington people waste one-third oi
Lhe combustible value Of their coal
through too frequent shaking down oi
their furnaces and failure to properly
sift cinders and ashes, according to Ir'
win 8. Osborn, expert in city waste
serving under Food Administrator
Hoover.
The garbage Of this city win raise 20
90 hogs, but equal In value to hog meat
e properly handled IN a reduction
plant, are the Ereases and fertilizers de-
tfved from this garbage
The garbage Of the country has been
reduced In volume 20 per cent In the
last nine months, and the amount OF
greaseS contained in the garbage mas
fallen on 50 per cent. showing that peo-
pie are actually buying and consuming
far less meat than in past years
These and other facts are to be hao
At the ofIics OF Mr.. Osborn VINO Is
Sonaidsred one Of the leading engineers
of tfis country in the disposal Of gar
baEa and city waste generally.
Three years ago Mr.. Osborn made
y complete survey Of city waste In
Washington, writing a voluminous
report to the District Commissioners
on the subject He recommended the
Srection by the District OF modern
reduction and disposal plant to care
Tor the garbage. ashes and trash OF
the city. The Commissioners asked
Congress- to make appropriations for
the purpose. Congress failed to do
70, and now the District is confront
cd by the serious question OF what
it will do after June 30, owing to the
fact that the contractors for Wash
ington's garbage will not renew their
contract for the next fiscal year.
Raising hogs at occoquan is about
the only solution yet offered, and Mr..
Osborn, who understands that ques-
tion also, says It is a mighty big and
difficult thing to tackle.
Estimatss Onethird Waste.
When Mr.. Osborn was here he ex-
amined tons OF ashes from anthracite
coal He found that each ton OF ashes
hauled from Washington houses con-
tainod one-third Of the heat value of
q ton Of fresh coal The waste was
due TO shaking down the fires before
the coal had burned out and TO in-
different sitting OF cinders. But peo-
pie in all cities are equally wasteful
inthiB respect
Mr.. Osborn was installing an I'm
mensS new reduction plant for New
York city when Nr. Hoover called him
TO Warrington He found that the
waste ashes Of New York city people
contained combustible material that
would IRE q plant developing 10000
daily. Just think Of that
Mr.. Osborn has had consultations
with garbage experts all over the
country as to feeding city garbage to
hogs. and has prepared valuable ma
terial on the subject for distribution
where desired. He does not, however.
that cities or towns with
modern reduction plants go into pig
The by-products Of garbage,
when properly reduced, are exceeding
ly valuable to the country, every bit
as valuable as hog raising.
Municipalities not provided with
suitable reduction plants may con-
sioer hog raising. Six pounds of or
dinary garbage are equal to four
pounds OF corn and other grain in hog
feeding. Tests have shown that, yet
all the garbage Of all the cities of
the United States would not raise near
as many hogs as are raised on corn
In the State Of Iowa alone. American
garbage might bring to