The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-08-06
Data Gathered On
Removal of Refuse
Ash, Garbage System Also Under Scrutiny of
State Bureau of Sanitary Engineering Water
burians Interested in Announcement.

In comparison with the older meth.
cd Of hog feeding, it may be NOR
expensive, but the advantages of in
cineration are tending to increas'
its use.
Feeding garbage to hogs has beer
successfully used in the past but Mr.
Scott pointed out the present diff
Guilty of locating hog farms in com
munities with refuse disposal sys'
TENS and the growing tendency TO.
neighboring towns and cities to re-
fuse transportation of such materia
over their borders. Cooking of thu
garbage to reduce the opportunitie!
for spear Cd trihcinosis is recon.
mended where feeding to hogs i.
used.
Dumps Must Not Be Nuisance
Even where this method of gar
bage disposal has been successful
the problem of rubbish disposal
still remains. Dumping is the meth
cd employed in all Connecticut cities
and towns except in a few commu-
mites where incineration of both
garbage and rubbish is used. To
avoid nuisance conditions, public
dumps must be carefully main
tanned, including provision for
prompt and adequate cover. Finan-
cial allotments are usually altogeth-
er too low for this purpose, Mr..
Scott pointed out, and complaints
from resultant conditions are be-
coming increasingly numerous.
For proper upkeep it was stressed
that rubbish dump should be filled
so as to limit the length of the
dumping edge as much as practic-
able. A sufficient quantity of ashes
street dirt, building excavation, OF
borrowed earth should be secured tc
cover and level the dump properly
Completed portions of dump should
be seeded and partly parked. Nc
scavenging should be allowed at any
time, except by employees at the
dump. Portable rubbish burners
should be used to burn large, bulky
portions of rubbish not suitable for
filling. A water pipe should be laid
to each dump to supply water for
extinguishing fires and preventing
dust. A sufficient quantity of kero-
sene, cresol solution, or other fly
germicide should be kept on hand
so that fly maggots may be killed
Only such garbage as cannot be
readily kept separated from other
refuse should be allowed at rubbish
dumps. The used portion of each
dump should be enclosed with a
light movable broad fence to facili-
tate control and prevent paper and
dust from blowing away. A regular
caretaker with authority to enforce
the regulations should be in charge
Hog Farms Need Care
Satisfactory disposal of garbage by
hog feeding requires that the farm be
operated in sanitary manner, that
the garbage be fresh and that the
health of the hogs be maintained
Garbage brought to the piggery
should be cooked and then dumped
on the feeding platforms, immediate
ly transferred to the feeding plough
ed into the ground. After each feed
ing the trough and platforms should
be cleaned off and the refuse carted
away and buried or composted with
manure. Pigpens should be cleaned
from daily to twice week as neces-
sary and the refuse carted away and
buried or composted. The compost
heap must be SO located and kept
in such condition and must be re-
moved and ploughed into the ground
at sufficiently frequent intervals so
as not to be a source of odors or fly
breeding. Cans and other rubbish
aside from garbage should be buried
at least weekly during the spring,
summer and fall months. Pig yards
or runs should be ploughed under at
frequent intervals and the locations
changed as often as necessary to
eliminate Objectionable wallows. Any
garbage, material from the compost
heap or other putrescible refuse
should be ploughed into the ground
the same day it is spread.