Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1920-01-04
WIDE VARIETY OF
CROPS RAISED ON
RANCH At ASYLUM
State Institution Farm at 0ro-
fino Produces Tobacco, Al
monds, Beside Staples-Has
Dry Year.

One of the most complete farms in
the state from the standpoint of va
rieties grown. is conducted by inmates
Of the Northern Idaho Insane Asylum
at Orofino. They even raised 800
pounds of tobacco on the farm last
year, according to report of the ac-
tivities at the asylum made by j. w.
Givens, the superintendent. The past
season was very dry and the yields
from the farm. garden and orchards
were considerably below the average,
but in spite Of these conditions the
farm was made to produce it's usual
wide variety of products.
At the beginning of the year, Jan.
/, 1919, there were In the sanitarium
26S patients, of whom 1913 were males
and rs were females. The total num-
Der admitted during the II months
ended Dec. 1, 1919, was IS, OF whom AZ
were males and 26 were females. The
total number treated during the IL
months at the sanitarium was 336, of
whom 235 were males and 101 females.
The daily average number of patients
during the IL months was 2S1.5.
CAPTURE ELoPERS
Sixteen male inmates escaped dur
ing the 11-month period, IL of whom
w
died. 3 males and 3 females were pa
rolled. The greatest number of males
in the sanitarium during the IL months
was 204 and of females SO. Remaining
in the institution at the close of the
| IL months were 1913 males and 80 f.
males total of 275.
| Up to Nov. 80, 1919, there had been
expended of the maintenance appro-
priation of $780, 423.25 the sum of $751;
49O1S, leaving a balance of only s54.-
933.07 to run the remaining IS months
| of the biennium. OF the $4,000 improve
ment appropriation, however. only
$604.23 had been spent.
ut will be noticed" says Superin-
tendent Givens, that IL months of the
biennial period, for which the last leg.
islature made an appropriation to
maintain the sanitarium, have passed
and that considerably larger proper
ton of the maintenance appropriation
has been expended than the proportion
of the time passed.
MiSJUDGED PRICE TREND
This indicates the maintenance ap-
preparation will probably be exhausted
before the end of the biennial period
This will come about for the reason
that when the estimate and the appro
priation for maintaining the sanitariun
|
it was expected that there would be
considerable drop in the cost of mos
everything that it would be necessar.
to buy for the sanitarium.
Therefore, the maintenance appro
priation recommended by the director
and made by the Legislature was con
siderably less than it would have beel
had it been known that no drop in tn
cost of supplies would take place. TIL
expected drop in the cost of supple
hasn't taken place."
AS an example of the wide variet
of crops raised on the asylum farm tn
following figures are quoted: Al
monds 20 pounds; apples, $500 boxes
beans, string, 5000 pounds; butter. 375
, pounds; blackberries. 600 pounds; car
rots. tons, ensilage, $50 tons; cucum
bers, ton; milk, 1874 gallons; onion.
$500 pounds; parsnips, tons; pea'
1400 pounds; pumpkins. 5000 pounds
, prunes. 10000 pounds; Strawberries,
! ton; tomatoes. 5000 pounds: black wal
| nuts, 20 pounds.