Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 April 1908 — Few County Farm Self-Supporting. [ARTICLE]

Few County Farm Self-Supporting.

Reports to the board of state charities from the ninety-two counties show that while all of the county poor asylums in the state have farms of varying si*e, few are self-support-ing. The maintenance of the county poor asylums for the year 1907 amounted to $440,431.28; new buildings and extraordinary. improvements cost an additional $148,624.42, bringing the total expenditures to $565,055.70. The sale of farm products brought Into the county treasuries a total of $86,534.55, making the net expense of the institutions $609,521.16. The county auditors report a further expenditure of $207,471.34 on account of dependent children and the township trustees spent $227,304.71 for outdoor relief of the poor. This makes a grand total of $1,029,831.76, %nd constitutes the principal items of expanse Incurred by the counties and townships on account of the poor during the year 1907. • , ( t