The Sun.
London, England, 1871-02-14 00:00:00

BABY FARMING.

A. series of articles describing the " Baby farming
system" in Scotland is being published in the
columns of the North British Mail. At one of the
more respectable " Farms" in Scotland, at a seaside
town within view of Arthur's Seat, the women in
chargé are said to have offered to take an infant and
" provide everything" for five years, at a sum of 25
guineas. The lady commissioner who represented
herselt as desirous of placing a baby at this establish- •
men t, replied to the first offer by saying that the child
should of necessity be taken for life, and she inquired
what were the lowest terms at which the infant could
under this arrangement be re-received into the home.
The answer came " For life £25." Eventually the
parties agreed to accept the infant for life at a sum
of £l5, and no inquiries as to the parentage of the
child were ever to be made. This is one instance
out of others, equally startling, of our contempo-
rary's discoveries respecting the, baby farms of the
north. '

in America. Of 47G who were treated at
the Binghamton Asylum,., 632 per cent. of
those heard from have been cured, and assuming
that those not heard from have been restored in equal
proportions there would be 302 cures. These patients
were for the most part merchants, clerks, and profes7
sional men. At the Pennsylvanian Sanitorium the
Superintendent reports the proportion of cases cured at
40 per cent. In tracing the subsequent career of those
who have left the institution, it has been ascertained
that some are beyond control unless under the re-
straints of institution life ; a large number have im-
proved, but are not counted as cured, while sixty-
seven are referred to as doing well. The report of
the Washingtonian Home, Boston, says that from all
that can be learned, 331 per cent. of the patients
are permanently restored to sobriety, and a large
per-Centage of the remainder Are greatly bone-
fitted. The superintendent of the institute at
Massachusetts believes that 70 per cent. of
patients are curable. One third of the cases treated
at the Inebriates' Home, Brooklyn, have turned
out well. Of seventy-one patients discharged
from the Washingtonian Home, Chicago, thirty-nine
were cured. But few of the patients were the
children of inebriates—the reason given is*that such
children are to be found in penitentiaries, or public
institutions for the idiotic or insane.

THE AMERICAN CENSUS.

The American census, just completed, shews that
the United States have grownlargely sincelB6o, when
the last account was taken. There are now thirty-
seven States, whereas, ten years ago, there were but
thirty-four ; the others being mere terri-
tories. There are ten more outlying territories,
some of which will probably be absorbed into the
great Federation before 1880. The population of
these ten Territories in 1860 was 259,577, it is how
442,500; the largest population being that of the
District of Columbia,. 131,080, and the smallest
Wyoming, having only 9,118. Utah, which has
already given the States so much trouble, has dimi-
nished in population during the last ten years.
In 1860 it was a little more than 40,000 ;
it is now something over 36,000. Coming to the States,
the most populous are New York, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Illinois, and Virginia, though Georgia, Mis-
souri, Indiana, lowa, Massachusetts, and Kentucky
press closely upon them. The Empire State far dis-
tances all others, having a population of 4,364,411,
or half a million more than in 1860. The
next in the list is Pennsylvania, with 3,515,993.
This has increased 600,000. Ohio and Illinois are
the only other stat a which exceed two millions,
and the latter shews a striking increase, being
1,711,051 in 1860, and 2,539,609 in 1870. The other
western states have also increased rapidly, proving
that the tide of emigration is turning westward. The
smallest population is that of Nevada, 42,491. The
sum total of states and territories is 38,535,153,
against 31,445,080 in 1860. •

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