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the adjustment of such appeals.
Director of State institutions.
The report of the director of state
institutions for the month of October
gives an account of the result of the
farming operations for the year to
date. Some Of the larger items that
have been produced are included In
the reports of institutions as sum-
married. below
State Hospital for the Insane.
At the farm operated in connection
with the state hospital for the insane
there have been produced during the
year 1852 pounds of beef, 1851
pounds of pork. 399,257 pounds of
milk, $3.50 pounds of pumpkins. 5000
bushels of potatoes, n 12 bushels of
table beets, 312 12 bushels of cab
| baees, 38 bushels of carrots. so bush
els of cucumbers, 107 bushels of sweet
corn. 273 tons of hay, 31S tons of en-
silage. 453 bushels of onions, 26 bush
els OF parsnips, besides considerable
other garden vegetables and stock
feed. The total number OF patients
remaining in the hospital October S1st,
were 727. a net increase of during
! the month.
Vermont Industrial School.
At the beginning OF October there
were 269 inmates at the industrial
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school, 191 boys and 7S girls, while at
the end of the month the total num-
Der was 273, an increase of A. Some
of the principal items produced on
the industrial school farm during the
year are as follows: 200 tons OF hay,
so ions of straw, $50 bushels of oats,
125 bushels of barley, 80 bushels of
wheat. $50 bushels of field corn, $50
tons of ensilage, 100 bushels of po-
tatoes, 260 bushels OF table beets, 55
bushels of carrots. 80 bushels of pars-
nips, 1850 head OF cabbage. 200 bush
els of sweet corn, 100 bushels OF to-
matoes, so barrels of apples, 75 bush
els OF onions and so bushels of field
beans. "a fslls 81 .g5sl
House of Correction.
The following report is Of the work
that has been done by inmates of the
house Of correction at the school for
feeble minded at Brandon between
June 18th and October 2s There
have been 81 different men employed
for a total number of 1000 days. In
addition to their board and room the
men. received one dollar day for
their services; which was either paid
to them directly or to their families
in one case bank account being
opened with the money received. The
men were on the honor system, at no
time being Under lock and key. A
ditch over 1900 feet in length, vary
ing in depth from l. 2 to IL feet was
built, sewer pipe laid therein and GOV
cred. 2 concrete manholes were con-
structed. So square yards of concrete
walk was laid and "A permanent road
way % rods long and IA feet wide
with a stone foundation from / to !,
feet in depth was constructed. The
work was done 10 the complete salts
faction OF the director of state insti-
tritions and the officers OF the house
of correction
AT the farm operated In connection
with the house OF correction some OF
the principal garden products grown
were as follows: 1,i35 bushels OF po-
81 - of
squash. 5000 head OF cabbage. $50
bushels of beets, 900 dozen ears Of
corn. 1875 bushels Of tomatoes, 15e
bushels OF cucumbers. 1000 bushels
of rhubarb, and 20 bushels o: onions
State Prison.
The total number OF inmates at tha
state prison at the conclusion Of the
month was 100. 145 Of these being
men and IL women or the men. 90
nave been employed in the shirt shov.
z in the cook room. in the state
shop anda the rest have been engaged
in various other duties Some of the
crops produced at the farm were 125
tons of hay, IT'S tons of ensilage. L.
355 bushels Of potatoes. 1000 bushels
of corn 500 bushels az oats. 12G bush
els of table beets, 1877 bushels OF sweet
corn. 13S bushels Of onions, 376 bush
els Of carrots 40 bushels Of cncum-
bers. $500 heads OF cabbage, LOO
quarts of strawberries and 2 tons OF
squash The value of the milk pro-
duced on the farm since January
first was s413S93. the value OF
dressed pork produced was s64329,
State School for Feeble Minded
Children.
A number of tho products that have
been raised during the year have been
canned Some Of The principal pro
ducts which have been canned are $50
quarts of string beans 1870 quarts OF
sweet corn. 70 12 quarts of small
beets. 115 quarts Of tomatoes "a
quarts Of rhubarb and 1872 10 quarts
of pickles, relishcs. etc: ] barrel OF
cucumbers has been sailed The more
important products produced on the
farm were 90 tons Of hay, S6S bushels
of potatoes. $50 bushels of oats, 100
tons Of enslage. SO bushels of onions,
rs bushels OF carrots, go bushels OF
parsnips. 25 bushels of beets, A.
of heans and 648 bushels OF