Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-11-16
Farms and Gardens.

Farms and Gardens.
The crops Of 1909 We're excellent and
those OF 1910 We're good altho some
what shortened by dry weather. The
fruit crop Of 1910 was almost a failure
on account of frosts and drouth.
Nine silos have been erected at SIX
state Institutions. Seven of the silos
We're sixteen feet III diameter and thur
weight feet high. and two We're twelve
feet in diameter and thirty two feet
high. All were built of vitritied, hollow
blocks, and covered with concrete roofs
APPROPRIATIONS for tiling and fencing
are needed
Most Of the dairy herds OF the state
are now free from tuberculosis Inc
stalls in the COW barns are beng re-
arranged, concrete floors are being SUD-
stituted for floors Of wood and stflh-
gent measures are being adopted to re-
duce the danger of Infection as much
as possible.
Fire Protection and Losses.
brick fire station has been con-
s,ructed at the Cherokee state hospita.
and a water system for protection
asains1 fire has been completed at the
the Industrial School for Boys needs
a fire station.
/ The losses by fire and storm Of prop
erty used by the state penal, charita5l@
and educational institutions during me
Hast biennial period amounted TO sZ-,-
| 2Ss5O OF the losses. one OF 500 was
| cause. by wind the remainder by fire.
The value on the first day Of July, A.
d. 1910. of property held for those m
sttutions subject TO loss by fire %tiS
fs11.2s712s76 and subject to loss oy
storm s127ss,043,13.
Insane and EpiIeptic.
From June 80. 1908, 10 June ~, 1910
nc number of insane in the four state
hospitals increased seventy-four, the
number in county homes increased SIX
ty-seven and the number IN private
institutions decreased nine. ne Aet
increase for the period was l32 or 40
Fewer than during the preceding Pc
/ Rod.
TIE number of epileptics in state in
I stitutions increased from soy june o.
! zoos 10 551 June 80, 1910, The in
crease during the last five years vas -
i ,,er cent. In response to S,45i letters
sent to physicians Of the state in Octo-
Der. 1910. in regard to ep!leptics 1,3ll
| answers have been received reporting
114O different cases. OF these SIX
e.leyeuths We're males. OF the entire
number reported ISL We're capab bile OF
earning q living. 1852 We're not ana
whether the remaining ones could earn
a living was doubtful. Seven hundred
.4t-sj5t,--t;ye would not enter a state IN
/ ztitu.ion If established. 1877 would and
whether the remainder would is not
/ certain, but probably one-haf would
! Assuming that if the physicians VINO
! did not answer our letters had done so
! thav would have reported as many
/ Eases in PROPORTION to their number as
! did tii,s. who reported it appears that
I there are 800 cases of epilepsy IN the
state outside of state institutions. and
! of that number probably 500 need the
/ care of q state institution and would
! enter II i established. If that NUMBER
! be added II these already receiving
! staff. care We should have nearly l.2po
4 for whom provision should De MADE.
t.pi,evtics should not be kept with the
! insane. and a separate place IS needed
! fer them Nine states now have insti-
| tutions for the exclusive care OF cpl
| leptics and another has one in process
Of erection 1t is recommended that
ore he established in this state.
Tuberculosis and the State Sanatoriunn
!. OF the patients in the incipient and
moderately advanced stages n per cent
we're discharged with the disease ar
rested or much improved
| A department for children crippled
by tuberculosis is recommended; also
a law requiring reports to the state
board Of health of all cases of tuber-
culosis. Provision should also be made
for advanced cases.
The educational work was prosecute
during the period. The state lecturer
delivered ABS lectures and addresses to
more than 100000 people at farmers
and teachers Institutes, chautauauas
educational institutions and elsewhere;
monthly news letters were published in
many of the newspapers of the state
having a large circulation. and nearly
a quarter Of a million pamphlets were
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