Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1891-11-19
giving Us at an times an excellent quality Of

giving Us at all times an excellent quality of
meat.
eur meat bin being the largest single item Of
eApeLse on The fam. would j, not be q good pol-
lcF to ralse less corn and seed more 70 clover.
rot ating With oats OF rye. and recruit the soil
winch needs rest. thereby increase OR capacity
~. tafIylhg Stock Or in other words. would il
nor oe more profitable 10 buy corn 70 fatren our
hogs and come az near as possible TO raising our
Deer. man II wolld to raise corn at a heavy ex-
pense 70 the fertility OF soil already hard ran
ana Day the greater portion Of our beef cattle a.
we are 81 present obliged TO do
Oar crops with the exception Of hay are
good average Well. Oats yielding about so bush
els per sere-thrashed 237l BASKETS: corn uOtar-
oes and vegetables. yet unharvested showing
except small portion Of our corn. damaged by
our Eeighbors chintz-bugs-ag good yield
Our stock, all in good condition consists of
horses, 20 cows. IA two and three-year olds p
yeaTings. ] bull. calves 81 fattening hogs rs
shOLes aud pigs. We have slaught cred on the
farm dnring The year 81 head Of cattle and &c
hogs.
Your frequent official visits to the county farm
enabling yOu 10 become familiar with all the de-
tails and wants Of hOuse and farm have been a
benefit TO those in charge; highly appreciated BY
your superintendent, and ought TO be- aud is a
guarantee TO the taxpayer that his interests are
wen looked after. ana guarded against waste and
e2traVagance- Your foresight in buying forty
acres OF understand assures as with a timber
supply for farm and FIRE for the next three wears
10 come and was thousand dollars web invest
ed. To You gentlemen,-especially TO your
cDditindns WHO mas Oeen connected with the care
ana management o. our insane from the laying
OF the first brick OF their present house np TO the
present tIme-thaJ Notwithstanding the unjust
ana unkind criticisms of those who jump at con
clusioDs from casual glance ever acting on
your own convictions of Justice to your selves
and duty the county, il must be a pleasant
thought to know that Grant county can and does
ca re for It's insane better and more economically
than ever has, or probably would be done either
by the state or by private parties under con-
tract that no expense has been spared. which
In your Judgment and that of the superintendent
would contribute towards their comfort or well
being; that they are better fed and better
clothed than the average well-tO-do farmer and
that too, without the county having directly
contributed one single cent towards current ex-
penses, for the last five or more years, and yet
the finances are IN better condition to-day than
ever befo;e.
There seems TO be greater or less per cent
of this class OF people whose mental powers be-
came so weakened and demented as to take no
note of the calls or demands of nature and who
seem to have but little knowledge Of their ply
steal necessities. We have eight females of this
class, whose daily and often semi-daflv abln
lions are an absolute necessity in order to make
them at all tolerable to any sense of decencv
and even with The greatest pains to keep them
eleanly II seems impossible to keep them free
from an offensive odOr long at a time What to
do with them the coming winter when all are
Necessarily closely housed-the filthy and often
slve with the cleany and sensiti, els a query
giving those IN charge good deal of anxiety
Justice the better class of patients would
seem to require that they-the offensive ones
have separate sitting room and sleeping apart
ments. Our asylum is large enough to accom-
modate all and even more than we have, If they
were all cleanly patients who could associate
togather in the siJting-ro0m and sleeping apart
ments. To enlarge the building to give this
class separate departments would increase our
capacity to just that extent-and yet If arrange
ments could be made with the state board of
control to increase our quota of patients equal
to our capacity, it would be economy III the end
as the cost per capita would be less for the