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The Rhode Island Republican
Newport, Newport County, Rhode Island
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Positive report on the Albany Alms House farm under Superintendent Mr. Hewson: various crops including rye, wheat, oats, corn, and vegetables are thriving, cultivated by paupers with minimal hired help, promising abundant harvest.
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THE ALBANY ALMS HOUSE.
It gives us great pleasure to state, and it must give equal pleasure to our readers to learn, that, under the direction of Mr. Hewson, the superintendant, there is now on the farm belonging to this establishment, 30 bushels of Winter Rye, 14 do. Winter Wheat, 6 do. Summer do. 20 do. Oats, 2 do. Barley, 5 do. Pease, 1 do. Beans, 1 do. Flax, 65 rod. Potatoes, 3 acres of Indian Corn and 200 Cabbages. Exclusive of an extensive and excellent kitchen and herb garden. That the farm and garden are in a high state of cultivation, and that the crops promise a very abundant harvest. The whole of the labor we believe has been performed by the paupers, with the exception of a single hired man.
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Albany
Event Date
July 9
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crops promise a very abundant harvest.
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Under the direction of Mr. Hewson, the superintendent, the farm belonging to the Albany Alms House has 30 bushels of Winter Rye, 14 bushels of Winter Wheat, 6 bushels of Summer Wheat, 20 bushels of Oats, 2 bushels of Barley, 5 bushels of Pease, 1 bushel of Beans, 1 bushel of Flax, 65 rods of Potatoes, 3 acres of Indian Corn, and 200 Cabbages, exclusive of an extensive and excellent kitchen and herb garden. The farm and garden are in a high state of cultivation. The whole of the labor has been performed by the paupers, with the exception of a single hired man.