Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1917-11-21

siOner has been largely occupied in
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.
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, II IL bushels of
table beets, 312 12 bushels of cab
bageS, SO bushels of carrots, SO bush
els of cucumbers, 1O7 bushels of sweet
corn, 273 tons of hay, 318 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 31st
were 727, a net increase of 2 during
the month.
Vermont Industrial School.
At the beginning Of October there
were 269 inmates at the industrial
school, 191 boys and IS girls, while at
the end Of the month the total mum
Der was 273, an increase of 4. Some
of the principal items produced on
the industrial school farm during the
year are as follows: 200 tons Of hay,
so tons Of straw, $50 bushels of oats,
125 bushels of barley, 30 bushels Of
wheat, 45O bushels of field corn, $50
tons Of ensilage, LOO bushels Of po-
tatoes, 26O bushels of table beets, IS
bushels Of carrots, 80 bushels Of pars-
nips, $3.50 head Of cabbage, 200 bush
els of sweet corn, 100 bushels Of to-
matoes, 80 barrels of apples, Is bush
els OF onions and SO bushels Of field
beans.
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 %. There
have been Fl different men employed
for a total number Of 1000 days. In
addition to their board and room the
men received one dollar a day for
their services, which was either paid
to them directly or to their families,
in one case a 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 1000 feet in length, vary
ing in depth from IL to II feet was
built, sewer pipe laid therein and GOV
cred, 9 concrete manholes were con-
structed, SIS square yards Of concrete
walk was laid and permanent road
way % rods long and IA feet wide
with a stone foundation from l to 3
feet in depth was constructed. The
work was done to the complete salts
faction of the director OF state insti
tutions 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: 1,135 bushels Of po-
tatoes, 80 bushels of beans, tons of
squash, 5000 head Of cabbage, $50
bushels Of beets, 900 dozen ears of
corn, 1875 bushels Of tomatoes, $50
bushels of cucumbers, 1000 bushels
Of rhubarb, and 20 bushels Of onions
State Prison.
The total number Of inmates at the
state prison at the conclusion Of the
month was $50, las of these being
men and IL women OF the men, SO
have bsen employed in the shirt shop,
s In the cook room, in the state
shop and the rest have been engaged
in various other duties. Some of the
crops produced At the farm were 125
tons Of hay, ITS tons Of ensi1age, L.,
355 bushels Of potatoes, 1909 bushels
Of corn, 800 bushels of oats, 1875 bush
els Of table beets. 1877 bushels Of sweet
corn. 132 bushels of onions, 376 bush
els of carrots, 40 bushels of cucrm
bers, $500 heads of cabbage, 1900
squash. The value Of the milk pro-
duced on the farm since January
first was s4,13893, the value OF
dressed pork produced was s64329.
State School for Feeble Minded
Children.
A number Of the 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, $50 quarts OF
sweet corn, 70 IL quarts Of small
beets, 115 quarts of tomatoes, "a
quarts of rhubarb and 332 IL quarts
of pickles, relishes, ETC.; 1 barrel OF
cucumbers has been sailed The more
important products produced on the
farm were 90 tons Of hay, 1863 bushels
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