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there is in some disposal plants, in the form of 

 grease, tankage and bones. 



Viewing the subject of garbage feeding from 

 the standpoint of the municipality it may be said 

 that in cities of less than 100,000 feeding is by 

 far the most economical plan of disposal, and ex- 

 perience will probably prove that the same rule 

 holds good for larger cities. If provisions are 

 made for feeding, no city of less than 100,000 

 should find it necessary to pay disposal costs, and 

 many should be able to offset in some degree, 

 collection costs as well. Cities that elect to dis- 

 pose of their garbage by feeding may maintain 

 piggeries as a municipal function, or they may 

 provide by contract for collection and disposal. 

 We believe the most satisfactory plan is for the 

 city to collect the garbage and deliver it to the 

 contractor's piggery or to a specified loading 

 station. 



Long term contracts with optional renewals on 

 the part of the contractor are the only ones that 

 will prove satisfactory when the plan is to feed 

 the garbage. No man can afford to build adequate 

 quarters for large numbers of hogs unless there is 

 assurance of a constant supply of feed during a 

 term of years. Short term contracts are respon- 

 sible in large measure for the fact that the gar- 

 bage feeder's establishment is so often a public 

 nuisance. He does not have time to organize his 



