The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1908-05-04
ALMsHoUSE REPORT.

ALMsHoUSE REPORT.
Cambridge, Nd, April 80, zoos.
To the Grand Jury Of Dorchester
County:
GENTLEMEN,
We, the committee appointed by the
foreman of the Grand Jury to visit
and inspect the almshouse property,
respectfully submit the following re-
port:
We find that the overseer's house
and the walls need painting badly
otherwise they seem in good repair.
We also find that one corn crib needs
repairing badly; the other buildings
are in very good condition.
We find thirteen inmates in the
walls, including three women, two
white men, four colored women and
four colored men, all of whom seem
to be we'll cared for and who speak
we'll of the overseer. We also found
eighty-one acres, more or less, of land
in growing wheat, looking fairly we'll;
thirteen acres in Timothy, looking
ven; about five acres ia water and
muskmelons; sixty acres planted in
corn, part of which is up, and fifteen
acres yet to be planted.
We also find provender on the farm
as follows: Two stacks of top fodder;
1000 pounds of blades; six tons OF
mixed hay; $50 barrels of corn; thirty
bushels of wheat; bushels of round
potatoes. We find live stock as fol-
lows: pair of horses, pairs of mules,
1 odd mule, 1 yoke of oxen, yoke OF
yearlings, 9 cows, heifers, bull,
calves, 90 head of sheep, 10 lambs,
brood sow, 4 pigs, shoats, all in good
condition.
Inasmuch as a great deal of meat is
required for the use Of the almshouse,
we advise the purchase of two brood
sows, as we think it will be cheaper to
use the provender for raising meat
than to buy the same. We also rec
ommend the purchase of some brood
mares for the purpose Of raising young
horses to replace the old ones which
must eventually be sold at low
price, and unless this is done, will
have to be replaced with high priced
horses, owing to the advance of prices
in horses.
At present we also find the follow
ing poultry on the farm: 4 geese, 1
gander, 80 goslings, 6 turkeys and the
usual number of chickens and ducks.
Also the usual number of farm imple-
ments, household and kitchen furni-
ture, all in fair condition, except the
binder, which needs repairs.
We also find an old peach orchard
on the farm. which is out of bearing,
and We advise that the same be pulled
up and the land put in cultivation.
We advise the sale of 90 barrels of
corn and think there will be enough
LETT to serve the farm.
We find the fence at the front of the
farm along the county road in a very
condition, andRadvise the
removal of the same, or else that it
be replaced with new fence.
We find two thirds of the stalks of
the corn crop Of the year 1907 still in
the wheat field, and think these
should have been removed and placed
in the pound yard and fed to stock
during the winter, for the purpose of
manure.
The overseer tells us that he found
10 mules belonging to the county on
the farm when he took charge, Janu-
airy 1, 1908. and that they have been
there all the winter, being taken
care Of and fed from the products of
the farm. This, he claims, is not
credited to the almshouse farm, and
inasmuch as the provender is raised
there and represents money, we think
it should be credited to the almshouse
account.
We recommend that an itemized
account of all moneys received from
tho almshous be kept, separate from
any other accounts, and this account
be published at least once a year.
We believe that if the taxpayers of
the county will carefully investigate
these after they are made once a
year, there will be no further occasion