The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1918-11-21

Is II true that garbage as collected
In cities contains valuable materially
Yes. Il contains erease maieritls
convertible into agricultural fertiHz.
ers. and material valuable as food 20.
hogs. chickens. and cattle.
Has not the amount of such yalua-
bic materials been decreased or eiimi-
mated? Decreased but not eliminated.
Reports from numuer Of cities slow
about ~ per cent decrease ~ garbage
collected and with a much greater de
crease IN the percentage Of grease
content In such garbage II IL im.
possible to eliminate garbase becaus,
of the inedIble nature OF certain por
lions OF our foods
Can not the valuable ingredients Ia
such garbage bq recovered Yes.
TWent, mine OF our larger cities az,
recovering about 72,oeO.0oo pounds OF
grease and 10000 tons OF aericul-
tnral fertilizer pei snnum the toto
present vain. OF liese materials 3.
over sil.oUU ooh Nam,rols o,h,.
cities are ike~ ~ utilizing all or psIs
Of their garbage as iood Tor hos
chickens. or cattle
Are not larse amounts wasted
,ess and even 8 orse thsu wasted d
many cities considerable coal an
other fuels are .iipioyed 20 destfo
the larbase over $50 cities o. moi
than 10000 population. to'al of oVci
l4.OOu000 people. DO not utilize thei
garbage
Could such cities conveniently mak,
use Of their gsfbage, In most case
yes. Te,n'y.iise ale OF over 10000
population. OF sufiicen size 10 recosc.
grease aud Manufacture fertilizer
THESE are desiroy ing abou, 80 900. 90
pounds of grease and 90 .O01 OvU ton,
Of fertilizer tankase valued at 'ear,s
s. 900. 600 rhis srr.,se would prods,'
over 40oO. 0UU pounds OF ni,rogly Germ
ana So DO0 900 u ounce cakes Oi SOAP
The garbage from the remaining ciiies
could almost al De utilized AZ tesd
What use IL being made o; Ia,
grease and fertilizer The grease pro
auced Is ntnz.a Tor making nitro
-iycerine. soaps. interpreting com
pounds. paints. etc The fertilizer h
used In agriculture The grease nov
produced contain. suffi,iepi giycerin,
to produce tia 4bwger charge tor
about I6.0ooo00 ,5.mm shells ana
ufficient acids Tor about 2og eC0 zoe
2ounce cakes " soap. The fertilizer
tankaee produced would replace IA,
nitrogen and aber elements taaen
from the soil by about 1000 eco bush
Gle of wheat
How is this graase and fertilizer OBJ
tanned from garhage7 BY extraction
in modern garbaxe reduction plants
II this better than feeding such
garbage to hogs II has certain ad
yantages. mainly due to The garbage
from the lsrgegcities containing for.
eign materials which might be harm
full ~ fed to hosse The gross returns
per ton OF garbage are practically
Identical whether treated by the re
ductiou process OF led to hogs. The
reduction process. however. II sppli
cable only 10 large cities. while hog
feeding can be successfully carried on
in the smallest communities
How much pork is produced annual
~ on garbage feed About 200 cities
OF over 10000 population and totsling
more than 5000 600 people are feed
ing their garbage TO hogs. The amount
OF pork actually. marketed exceeds
80. 100000 pounds.
How much pork can b. produced b.
using one tons,of garsage as fesdi
One hundred pounds OF pork.
Is there any evidence that ksFbase
fed hogs are more subject TO ,disssss
or trichinosis than granted hovss 'NS
How do grain feed and sarbsgs feed
compareg Gains IN weight are no.
made AS rapidly With garbage A. Wit
rain. Sin Ioands Of garbage 10 re-
ent tests we're found 10 giss th
anne total Eaih ~ ration Of fou'
ounds Of grain.
Can the difference between sarbas.
I'd hogs and grained hoes be detec,
ID IN quality OF po-kg kspsrts ca
act cell The difference.
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