Jasper County Democrat, Volume 3, Number 50, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1901 — Poor Farm Report. [ARTICLE]

Poor Farm Report.

At the March meeting of commissioners’ court T. F. Clark presented the following report and inventory of county property at the poor farm and the' probable value of the same: ITeam Gray Mules >250 00 I Team Brown Mules..... 200 00 II Milch Cows tt S3O each ?! 330 00 1 Shorthorn Bull 30 00 30 head Hogs , 180 00 100 Chickens 15 00 3000 Bushels Corn 1,020 CO 2220 Bushels Oat* 528 00 20 Tons Hay 100 00 10 Tons Straw 30 00 1 Disk Harrow 5 00 2 Shovel Harrows 10 00 1 Log chain aud 6 Singletrees 2 50 3 Sets Farm Harness 15 00 3 Wagons 100 00 1 Binder(new) 100 CO 1 Standard Mower 20 00 1 Rowel Seeder 15 00 2 Stirring Plows 15 00 1 Riding. 1 Walking p10w... 30 00 1 Double Shovel 100 2 Cultivators 20 00 lCorn Planter aud wire 25 00 1 Gopher corn plow 5 00 1 Hand Seeder 1 00 1 End-Gate Seeder 5 00 1 Old Hay Rake 2 00 1 Fanning Mill 5 00 1 Grind Stone 1 00 1 Sausage Grinder 2 00 1 Lard Press 3 00 8 Head Spring Calves 100 00 1 Port-hole digger 1 00 3Scoop Shovels... 100 6 Forks 1 50 1 Huy Derrick, fork and ropes 10 00 1 Bar 11 Shovel 50 1 tS'l-gullon oil tank and pump....:.... 500 1 Meut Saw 1 00 2 Crosscut Saws .' 4 00 1 Spading fork. 2 Hoes. 1 tile spade . 300 3 Axes, 1 iron post maul A w edge 4 00 Wheelbarrow 3 00 1 30-gal lon iron kettle 2 00 1 Team of Mares 250 00 1 Spring Colt 50 00 50 Shocks of Corn and fodder 25 00 150 Bushels potatoes 75 00 Total 3.602 58 HOUSEHOLD GOODS. 14 Bedsteads and bedding 20 00 2 Dining tables and dishes 10 00 18 Chairs 7 00 2 Heating stoves 8 00 1 large Cupboard 12 00 1 large kiteheu Table 5 00 4 Lamps 2 00 Total M 00 Following inmates were in the asylum, March, 1, 1901: Eleanor A. Rodger*, aged 50. feeble minded. Mary Downey. 50. feeble minded. James Maguire, 49. insane, Avery Baker, 40. idiotic. Larry Daley. 51. idiotic. Thomas Maley, 55, sane. George Hellengreeti, 19. idiotic. , Robert Cummings. 85, sane. Henry Brockway, 31, feeble minded. Harvey Coppess, 58. idiot, Charles A. Carson. 2, sane. Total number inmates. 11. Receipts for the quarter were $48.45, and the expenses were $419.00. The total expenditures for the year have exceeded the receipts but $1,041 27, which is the lowest amount it has been run for in ten years.