Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1917-11-23

pupils on appeal from the local board
of school directors and during the
past month the time of the commits
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.
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, IT 12 bushels Of
table beets, 312 IL bushels of cab
bages, 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 parsntps, besides considerable
other garden vegetables and stock
feed. The total number Of patients
remaining in the hospital October 31st,
were 727, 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 7s girls, while at
the end of the month the total num-
Der was 273, an increase of T. 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,
1875 bushels Of barley, 80 bushels Of
wheat, $50 bushels of field corn, $50
tons of ensilage, LOO bushels Of po-
tatoes, 260 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, rs 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 20. 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 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, concrete manholes were con-
structed, So square yards of concrete
walk was laid and a permanent road
way % rods long and II feet wide
with a stone foundation from to 3
feet In depth was constructed. The
work was done to the complete salts
faction Of the director of state insu'
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, 30 bushels Of beans, 7 tons Of
squash, 5000 head Of cabbage, 100
bushels of beets, 900 dozen ears Of
corn, 125 bushels of tomatoes. $50
bushels of cucumbers, 1000 bushels
of r11ubarb, and 20 bushels Of onions
State Prison.
The total number of inmates at the
state prison at the conclusion Of the
month was 100, 145 of these being
men and Is women. OF the men, SO
have been 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 1875
tons Of hay, ITS tons Of ensilage, L.
355 bushels Of potatoes, 1900 bushels
OF corn, 300 bushels of oats, 1875 bush
els of table beets, 1877 bushels OF sweet
corn, 1873 bushels of onions, 376 bush
els of carrots, 40 bushels Of cucum-
beers, $500 heads of cabbage, 1900
quarts Of strawberries and 8 tons OF
squash The value of the milk pro-
duced on the farm since January
first was s4.13s93, the value OF
dressed pork produced was s64s2s.
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-
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