Vernon County censor. [volume] (Viroqua, Wis.) 1865-1955, 1918-10-23
RECORD
FOR STATE PRISON
institution Shows Profit
Instead of Being Burden
to the State.

The records of the Wisconsin state
prison for The fiscal year ending June
80. tells an interesting story Of the
taxpayers wn1 pay the expenses Of
the state government.
For the fiscal year ending June 80,
1915, the receipts were sl14,943.65,
and the cost S197, 60S05. The excess
of expenditures was $82664,40. In
! 1915 Henry Town was appointed
warden by Governor Philip and the
prison was placed upon business
! basis
During his first year the receipts
we're S2O8, 224.54, and the cost $780,
( 901. 43, the excess Of revenue being
$S,S29JI.
The receipts for Mr. Towns second
year were 1891 ,S4017 and the cost
/ 1921, 900. %, the net profit to the state
being s70,5l995.
The showing at the end OF the pres
snt fiscal year shows the results OF the
accumulatiye business management
/ for the last three years. The receipts
/ were $4O2. 579s1, and the cost $780,
6O9.73. In spite Of the war time prices
the profit for the year is S199,969S8.
| Within three years, by the application
of the business principles TO Tie man
agenent of the prison, the institution
is able to turn oyer to the general fund
more THAI 100000 after maintaining
| itself
The revenue from the farm for the
| present fiscal year amounted to $1S.-
| 2S7A1. The crops harvested this fall
are not included in this revenue. The
prison raised SAB bushels of oats, l.
627 bushels of barley, 1862 bushels Of
rye, 1890 bushels of wheat and 400
bushels Of buckwheat, total Of H.
$40 bushels of assorted grain The
men have cut and stored $50 tons of
/ hay, have filled seven silos with corn.
and there are rs acres Of ripe corn to
| be husked, which will average 100
bushels to the acre.
The live stock on the farm includes
I57 cows, 80 head of young stock, 240
hogs and III chickens. The pgson
makes all its own butter and cheese
+ and at present has on hand 1900
pounds Of cheese and 400 pounds of
/ butteS All the pork used in the in
stitution is raised and cured, including
ham and bacon The estimated value
Of the pork which will be taken off the
farm this year is $4,000.
The farm this year viii turn over to
/ the prison stock room the following
/ items, raised, canned or manufacture
ed $4,000 pounds of sugar; 500 bush
els of onions: 10000 heads of cabbage;
barrels of wax beans, sailed; /,
$50 gallons of syrup; 400 bushels of
beets; 112 barrels cucumber pickles;
$500 bushels of potatoes; SO gallons
of pickeled string beans; 1860 gallons
Of peas; so gallons of spinach; 1S1
gallons of catsup; $50 gallons of corn;
100 gallons OF tomato preserves; "a
gallons Of raspberries, 10 gallons
strawberry marmalade; II gallons
picked onions; 115O gallons of can
ned wax beans: So gallons strawber-
ries; $40 gallons Swiss Chard; 200 gal
Ions tomatoes; 270 gallons of pump
kin; 13 gallons of currants, and gall
Ions of gooseberries.
The binder twine plants gross sales
during the fiscal year were 5,240, 470
pounds The net profit was $685.,
973.74 The selling price of the
Standard was 81 cents pound and Of
the Climax "a cents pound. which
was from two to six cents lower than
other manu- eacturers charge.