Jasper County Democrat, Volume 5, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1903 — POOR FARM REPORT. [ARTICLE]

POOR FARM REPORT.

Following is the report of the retiring poor farm superintendent, T. F. Clark, dated Jan. 28, 1903: INVOICE AND VALUE OF PBOPEBTY. 1 Pair Mares $ 200 00 1 Pair Sorrel Geldings 250 00 1 Pair Mares 250 00 1 Coming 3-j ear-old gelding 100 00 1 Coming 2-year-old gelding 75 00 1 Black Mare, 8 years old 85 00 1 Two-yeur-old Bull 30 00 9 Cows 270 00 10 Two and three-year-old heifers 250 00 7 Sring Calves, 80 00 2 Small Calves 15 00 200 Chickens 30 00 2500 Bushels oats 750 00 8 Brood Sows 80 00 45 Shaft tsTT. , 225 00 9 Fat Hogs 135 (0 1 Male Hog . 15 (4) 80 Tons Straw 60 00 5 Tons Clover Hay 15 00 1 Disc Harrow 5 00 2 Smoothing Harrows 10 00 1 Log chain, 6 singletrees 2 50 3 Wagons 100 00 1 Hinder l')0 00 1 Standard Mower 20 00 1 Low-down Seeder 15 00 2 Stirring Plows... 15 00 4 Old Plows (1 riding) 20 00 1 Single, 1 double shovel 4 00 2 Cultivators a 15 00 1 Corn Planter and Wire 20 00 1 Gopher Corn Plow 5 00 1 Hand Seeder 1 00 1 Rugate Seeder 5 00 3 Sets of Harness . ... 35 00 1 Hay Rake 20 00 1 Fanning Mill 5 00 1 Grindstone ... 100 1 Meat Cutter 2 00 1 Lard Press .. 3 00 3 Scoop Shovels . 2 00 2 Post-hole diggers 1 00 8 Hay and Stable Forks 2 00 1 Hay Derriok, ropes. 2 forks ...... 10 CO 1 flO-gallon oil tank and pump ....... SCO 1 Butcher and 2 cross-cut saws , 5 00 1 Garden fork, 3 hoes, 2 rakes. 1 spade 3 00 I Axes, 1 post maul, 2 iron wedges 3 00 1 Large iron kettle and feed cooker 13 00 1 Wheelbarrow ... 1 00 1 Wagon and cattle wales 25 00 1500 bushels corn r,:to to HOUSEHOLD QOODtt AND SUPPLIES. 20 Iron beds utid bedding ( 100 00 2 Dining rubles and dishes .. ' 10 00 lh Wood seat chairs 6 00 .5 Heating stoves and pipe IS 00 I New Steel range and pipe 72 00 I i.arge ( hum Cupboard 12 00 4 Lumps 2 00 1 Large Kitchen Table 5 00 318 Quartsouiined fruit 31 80 8 Gullousof Lnrd 6 00 20 Bushels Winter Apples 15 00 150 Bushels Potatoes 45 00 j I Barrel of Vinegar i 3 00 j Total 11,311 00 NUMHIK INMATES. I Eleanor A. Rodgers, aged 43, Feeble mluded. I Mary A. Downey, 45, Feeble minded. 1 James Maguire, 51, Insane. Avery Baker. 42, Feeble minded. Larry Dally, 52, Idiotie. Robert Cummings, 01, Sane. Gao. Hellengreen. 10, Idiotie. Chao. A. Carsuer, 4, Sana. Total number, 8-