Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1910-08-04


Q. There IS not separate order made out for
each employee No.
Q. Why could you not have them sign a
voucher for their salary A. We could have
them do that.
o. DO YOU know positively from time 10 time
at your regularly monthly visits how much
help IS employed there2 A. No, could not say
positively.
Der ployed? A. Yes, we always do.
9 DO The trustees advise the price OF their
salary A. No. "r
O. How many employees are there ever there
now2 A. cannot remember. Two farm
hands, two night watches, laundress, two cooks,
one general girl and one at the home.
q. DO yOn know how many OF the inmates
are able TO do days work. How many male
iumatesI A. Cont know that there are many
OF them
Q. Don't you think the general physical
condition of the inmates is good as Il was
three years agol A. ! think so.
9. DO you know Of any work having been
performed outside OF the asylum proper By in
mates OF the asylum DO YOU know for certain
that inmates have been taken away from the
farm aud have performed work elsewhere? A.
Not that know OF. They sometimes 90 out
aud help neighbors thresh and pick corr, or
such as that
Q. They do sometimes go out aud earn
money for themselvesf A. Not that know Of
Q. Do you know Of any OF the inmates aud
teams being here in Dodgevi1le building a cellar
for Mr.. Perkins OF working in the ball park
grounds which they say Mr.. Perkins ...... A
Q. You would think that was right would
yout A. No, II he did that am not aware Of
Q. Do you know how many horses there are
out al the asylum A. There are seven work
horses. There are some more colts. There may
be six or eight or something like that
9. How many horses does Mr. Perkins OWN
A. Two.
Q. Does he own a work team? A. Just
Q. Does Mr. Perkins own any vehicles OF his
own do you know A. Yes.
9. When did he buy that? A. Less than
0. Did the county buy any vehicles in the
last two or three yearsy A. think last fall or
last summer.
Q. You say there are six to eight horses A,
9. are they constantly employed, Mr.. Rn.
iugsl A. All but bad weather. There Is
always something to do. II sulug ice aud wood
and coal. There is plenty fot them to do
.. Were You ever there when they were cut
ting iceY A. Yes.
Q Did they employ any outside help during
those tmesf a. Just farm hands, those that
do general work around. l never was there but
once when they were cutting ice,
Q How many horses would you think il
necessary TO keep shod the year around? a.
Those that work.
Q. That would be how many2 A. Eight
should think
Q. How often do you think they ought 10 be
shod? a. tell you Que reason, aud / didn't
approve of il, and that Is the cement ioor. That
duls the shoes ia great shape.
.. You haven't a blacksmith outfit there
have youP A. No, partially one.
Q. Don't You think a blacksmith outfit would
pay ont theref A. II we had a mau that
workman.
Q. Wouldn't you rather suppose that once
month for shooting those horses out there ought
90 be often enoughy A. / should think so.
Q. How often do you think they wuul re-
quIre new shoe>2 A. Everytime they were
shod, II they happened 70 lose them.
o. How long does new shoe ordinarily LAST
q. II mas been so loug slrce have owned any
horses. We used to keep them and put them ON
two or three times when was on the farm
o In your report of 1909 you report 324q
bushels OF oats. How much do you think these
horses would consume in yeart How much
ought they cOuslmcf A. Sometimes l can
remember We have paid two threshiug bills at
one time Harker's bills. He never would pre-
sent any bill and it would run for two years
The way they used feed ont there, they feed II
TO the calves aud feed the sheep. | keep telling
them to be careful the oat bill; in fact, We all
do
Q. How many acres of land in the home
farmy a. Four hundred twenty or so, guess
besides some timber land.
2. Eighty acres of timber landg A. Yes.
@. How many acres are cultivated? A.
don't know. You may take a great share Of
that down around the ice pound. They that
as pasture. | have forgotten how much land
there is around the asylum OF home.
@. You cannot tell how many acres are cult-
waited or planted to different grainsI A. No,
cannot.
Q. Wouidn't you naturally suppose thar n
farm ought TO produce ali the oats that is con-
U
A. No, don't. have commended that they
keep too much stock.
q What becUmesot that stock they keep there?
A. Some of il is butchered; some OF II IS sold.
O. DO they make butter? A. Yes.
O. Do they make enough to do themF A.
No not always. Last spring, ii l remember
correctly, we bought few tubs of butter, but
usually they make enough butter.
9. Do they raise enough beef 70 furnish the
asY umy A, No.
O. They buy considerable beef, do they? A.
Yes.
| @ Don't YOU think they ought to raise
enough feed there for the stock without buying
ten to twelve hundred bushels yeary A. Yes,
there was one year that he crop was short.
/ They consumed more oats then than hey would
ordinarily.
| O. Since that have you noticed that there
are large bills for feed, and this year there is a
/ large bill, aud last year we had good oats aud
( good corn, aud il seems with the help and fact
| Titles that they have there that they ought to
make that farm produce a great deal mOreg A.
/ 1 have commended all along that they ought not
/ try To carry so much stock.
| Q. Doesn't Mr. Perkins consult the trustees
regarding the Humber OF head Of stock2 A.
yes sir.
! O. You stated Just now that YOU have recon-.
meuded for some time, or have stated that in
\ kuur opinion too much stock was kept there for
| the pruht of the farmE A. yes.
! .. When you have called his attention To a
| matter of that kind, wouldn't he be influenced
/ in any way A. He would say | don't know
| but that have. Then he would say, Well, If
/ we can carry II along so far we eau get along.n
/ usual aud ;hc same way with the hogs
Q. 20 You think that Mr. Perkins has any
/ reason to raise so mach stock and sell IL instead
of butcherng ~ A. No, lie has as much
/ cured meat As necessary.
@ The question arises are all these receipts
I put in his reCeptst A, As far as | know they
are.
Q. But you dou't see any statement of this
only by ais written memorandum! A. Yes.
ouly once In while he will say he sold SO aud
/ so, aud i'm my travelling around / would meet
the man and ask him about 1t.
/ q. Isn't there an avenue for an honest man
/ 70 do things wrong ia an instance like that2 A.
/ There may be.
| Q. Isn't there an avenue for a dishonest man
/ to do great wrong ia that Instance A. | sup
pose so.
| Q. Do YOU remember the purchase of forty
/ three head OF sheep since you became trustee?
| A. Yes.
/ O. DO YOU remember what they cost Der
headf A. have forgotten. He spoke about a
/ certain sale. That vas two or three years ago
some time aud We thought probably it wouid
I be alright II he could buy them reasonable.
Q. He reported the price to you2
A, Yes. He bought them from some neigh
Dor who had a sale.
@. Were there any lambs with the sbeeo2
A. think there were.
q, The bunch was sold together A. Yes
o. Was there A horse bought at about the
same time from Mr.. JewellF A, Yes, that is
the one spoke about.
q. Do you remember what he paid FOR the
horse A. don't know. did al the time
9. Have you any recollection of the trustees
or the SUPER ntendeut buying a span OF horses
from George Ltmpcf A. No, havuI