River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1909-12-09

of one Henry Wild who has heretofore
been COMMITTED to the Poor House, the
sum of g GU per week for the support of
said Henry Wild so long as SAID town
is willing to take care of him and sup
port MIN without any further expense TO
the county
Michael Nugent, Superintendent Of
the Poor Farm, read his annual re-
port, which was referred to the Com
mittee to Settle with the Poor Agents.
REPORT OF SUPERINTENDENT OF
POOR FARM.
70 the Honorable County Board of SUI
pervIsors OF Pierce County, Wisconsin,:
I, Michael Nugent, do hereby submit
to you my annual report OF the County
Poor Farm commencing Oct. 1sr, 1898, and
ending Oct. 1st, 1919. On the first day of
October 1898, there was at the poor farm
fourteen inmates, twelve males and two
females. during the year there has
been taken IN at the poor farm twelve
inmates, eight males and four females.
During the year eight of the inmates
have died and have received a respect
leaving at the poor farm October lst, $685.
sixteen inmates, thirteen males and three
female, as follows: City Of Prescott /,
City OF River Falls 2, Town of Trenton
A. Town of FL Paso 1, Town of Isabelle l.
Town of Spring Lake 2, Town of Gilman
l. Town OF Hartland 1, Village of Elm
Il L.
At one time last winter we had twenty
two inmates, which made the place over
crowded, with six of them SICK some of
them dying and one of them dead I'm
der such conditions it is hard to say that
those poor people receive proper care.
with only one poor stove in the mems
part and one in the womens' ward in
hard weather there is some suffering
which ought not to be tolerated in this
our enlightened age
Besides the danger attached to having
these old people tottering around at all
hours of the night putting wood in the
stoves and scattering fire on the floor
and at the same time perhaps carrying
one of the largest bracket lamps in one
hand, q thing which is strictly forbid
den, but what you do? It appears
to be high time that there should be
something done.
The Poor Farm consists of two hundred
and forty-three acres of land; there is
about one hundred and thirty acres of
this land in pasture and timber. We
have under cultivation this year sixty
five acres of small grain, twenty-five acres
of hay and twenty acres OF corn and po-
tatOeS.
There was raised on the farm this year
two thousand six hundred and seventy
five bushels of small grain, about so tons
of hay, one thousand seven hundred
baskets of corn and three hundred bush
els of potatoes, besides the usual amount
of garden truck such as onions, cabbage,
rutabagas, squash, tomatoes, cucum-
bers apples, Strawberries etc.
We have on the farm four work horses
and three colts.
We have ffty-three head of cattle as
follows: eighteen cows, ten tWo-year olds,
twelve yearlings, twelve calves and one
bull.
On the farm at this time we have fifty
five hogs as follows: seven breeding
sows, one boar, balance are spring pigs.
We have one hundred and twelve sheep
and lambs and about one hundred chick
ems. and for farm implements we have
nearly everything that is needed except
a dray and perhaps a manure spreader.
The stock, produce for the present year
and farming tools inventory at $5,420
Respectfully submitted this 1st day of
November, 1909.
M NUGENT,
Superintendent