Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1904-01-02


are constantly being performed by
the corps of physicians connected
with the asylum
The New Barns.
At the main building some excel.
lent new and model barns have been
erected and are now occupied. Ono
of these. the horse barn. is used in
housing the driving and work horses
and mules in use at the main build.
ing and on the 15O acres of farming
lands connected with It. while the
other is for the dairy stock 60 COWS
being accommodated in this building.
The horse barn is a model of neat.
ness and in It are not only the horses
but room has also been provided fol
the storing of the farming implements
and vehicles, and for a large quantity
of feed. The entire place is kept as
neat as a parlor, and the sleeping
rooms of the farm hands are better
than many a city ladging house pro.
vides and far more sanitary. The
COW barn is built strictly in accor
dance with the Looney Dairy law.
each animal having the required
number of cubic feet of airspace and
every portion of It is kept in sani
tary condition at all times. The barn
is fitted with all modern appliances
including a steel hay carrier, and
ample room is provided for a large
supply of feed for the stock housed
The dairy stock is now fed on ensi
lage and mill stuff, and the dairy pro.
ducts in use at the asylum are the
product of this fine herd of cows
found here.
Back of the barns and at con
siderable distance from the latter, is
situated the new hog-house, built
since the fire of last winter which de
stroyed the old one. This is fine
structure $50 by SO feet and about so
hogs are fed on the refuse Of the
tables, nothing being "hashed' over
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over from the meals of the inmates
is, in order to avoid and prevent
waste fed to the hogs, and these fill
an important place in the business
of the institution, for they are fat
tened and provide the lard and a
goody portion of the meats used
The railroad track running through
the basement of the asylum, is now
being extended to the hog-house and
the leayings from the tables are load
ed on the small cars and run out to
the hogs, thus saving labor and waste
in the handling of the feed for the
hogs.
A number of old barns end out
buildings back of the new barns will
be torn away in the near future, and
a thorough cleaning up of the
grounds in this portion Of the big In
sti,ution will be made. This work
is already under way, and especially
in front of the bans already great
Improvement has been made. Here
wide driveway has been cut out OF
the hillside and gravel covers the
driveway. Cement approaches viii
be constructed for the barns and the
entire surroundings brought up to
the pink of perfection as soon as the
work, which was commenced as soon
as the new barns were completed can
be done.
The officers and physicians assist
ing tho superintendent in the several
departments of the institution are az
follow:
DR.. J. f. Calbreath, superintendent.
DR.. l.. F. Grhith first asst physician
DR., w. d, McNary, Second asst. physi
clan.
DR.. A. E. Tamiesie, third asst physl
clan.
DR.. j. H. Robnett, fourth asst, physI
clan, at the farm.
r. ID. Allen, bookkeeper.
John G. Wright steward
X. Goodin, Overseer.
A. e. Strang, engineer
Frank f. Post, commissary.
w. j. Irwin, supervisor.
70. A. Thatcher, druggist.
d. r. Brown, farmer at the main
building.
Henry Workman, farmer at Cottage
farm.
Silas j. Reed. engineer at Cottage
farm.
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