The morning times., 1895-10-22
on THE PIH6REE FARMS
Associated Charities to Receive
Their Reports Tonight.
PERMANENT RELIEF PLAN
1t VIII Also Be Considered and the
Annual Report Received-Appiica-
tions FOR Assistance Already Pour
ing in-Nearly 500 Persons Relieved
In the Past Month.


The annual report of the Associated Chari-
ties VIII be heard tonight at n meeting of
that organization The Charities, it is
said, Will be confronted with grave prob
lem In the line Of what has been published
recently In The Times TO the effect that
1t would require heroic efforts to meet the
emergency OF taking care of the poor this
winter.
Ono of the most Interesting matters to
oe submitted tonight is the fact that from
the nth ofSeptefilber to the 81 ST of October
there have been four hundred and eighty
applicants for assistance. This is an n laun
ing number considering that there has been
yet no very distressing weather or special
local reason for suffering.
BESIDES this Item the report viii show
that for the same period the charities have
aided one hundred and eighty-one families
which on the accepted average means q bout
nine hundred persons. This will interest
the people who are annually expected to
look out for the wandering and local un-
fortunates who are a charge on the charity
of the city.
SUCCESS OF THE PINGREE PLAN.
The secretary of the Associated Char
tiles has also specific reports as to the re-
suits of eleven OF the beDeficiaries under
the PnGree potato experiment tried here
last summer There are twenty-six yet
TO be heard from.
The report he will submit will show that
the experiment cost Sis2.99 and that
thirty-seven people were furnished lands,
the ploughing OF the lands ard s.ecis.
Each iot-hoider cost nearly So. the largest
expense being the pIoughing. The reports
handed in are as follows:
Simon johnson. colorcd. 116 Eighteenth
street northeast, raised four and d half
bushels of potatoes two and half bushels
of HastnR ghrah ~ a h1I EnEH Hal. rf
five bushels OF tufuips and some cabhages.
John Langley. who had country lot:
thirty bushels OF Potatoes, four bushels of
beans and ten bushels of corn. This re-
port is pointer as to what can be done ON
good land and Lahgley's was the best. His
thirty bushels Of potatoes alone Were worth
in the market sci.
MADE THEIR LIVING.
William Hall, street southeast. be-
tween Twelfth aud Thirteenth. had
failure evidently, for he raised only one
and a half bushfols OF potatoes
John Hawkins. 123 Warren street north
east five bushels Of potatoes and 215
heads of cabbage
H. j. RoweiI, white. 423 New Jersey
avenue. two bushels OF potatoes. He re-
ported his crop as 4 failure.
John Winfield, city lot. two and n half
bushels OF potatoes, two bushels of beans,
400 head OF cabbages, six bushels OF
turnips and three bushels OF corn.
j. Jones. on Columbia road. four bushels
OF potatoes, half bushels III beans, 500
head of cabbagcs. five bushels of turnips.
Lucinda Henderson. cniored. Nineteenth
street between a ard East Capitol streets.
one and q half bushels of potatoes, half
buShcl OF beans five bushels OF corn. and
q half bnshel OF turnips.
Mrs. Hilbers had n fine crop on a city
lot. but was obliged to leave her farm and
the crop 10 the dogs. or rather TO the
cows.
George TAYLOR. white Nassachu setts ave-
nue. between Seventeenth and Eighteenth
streets. four bushels OF potatoes. one
bu shei of beans. Ind a half buslIel Of turnips.
MORE REPORTS TO COME.
r.. Il Whitaker, street northeast, be-
tween Seventeenth and Eighteenth, a barrel
of potatoes. half peck of beans, and cab
bages for dinner all fall.
The other reports are expected in every
day 1t viii be noted that all of the people :.
specified. made something. and great stress
is laid upon the fact that they were willing
to work. These people We're usually helped
to more than what was given them to
try this plan, so really nnthing has been
lost. The lands in several cases were not
adapted to the gruwtb of the seeds fur
nished them, SO that So far as these repurts
are concerned whether the plan win sue
ceed remains an open question and viii
dou btless receive attention from those
who have a permanent plan uf relief in
charge.
The committee. of which Mr.. Lawrence
Gardner is chairman, on the subject of
permanent plan, Will probably report this
week.