Show FARM WORK BY PRISONERS A Danish Plan to Improve Barren Heaths of Jutland Realizing that crime In many instances In-stances Is the result of early environment environ-ment which made tho criminal what ho Is the Danish government takes a paternal interest In those who aro brought within the charge of the prison authorities said Eric Her land a lumber merchant of Traverse Trav-erse City Mich who has been on a visit to his native land Denmark Denmark still possesses in the heaths of Jutland a largo undeveloped territory that requires much labor to make it suitable for agricultural purposes continued Mr norland Of late years however many farms have begun to dot this Jutland landscape land-scape Through persistent efforts trees aro now In evidence where formerly for-merly the heaths were barren except ex-cept for unbroken stretches of ling Acres of grain bearing soil havo replaced the tough undergrowth that was good for nothing but the torch Tho work of reclaiming the Danish Dan-ish heaths has been accomplished largely through the cooperation of tho Danish prison authorities and in dUlduals who wished to embark in farming on their own account and had no means of buying ground In such Instances every Inducement fs offered of-fered the agriculturist to become the owner of a plot of ground on tho I heath For him to break up tho earth single handed and start business busi-ness would be a physical impossibility impossibil-ity It is here the prisoners do tho preliminary work A freedom which will not infringe on the regulations necessary to keep up discipline Is enjoyed by the prisoners pris-oners on the Danish heath but the work Is no xhllds play Severo as the labor Is however seldom is a prisoner heard to complain for if such complaints should reach tho lID f 1 r fl 1 cti f 2 s d The Endears End-ears of tho officials the convict would at once be deprived of this semiliberty and returned to the confinement con-finement of the prison The average human being loves liberty too well to voluntarily exchange it for the prison cell vAn v-An Important adjunct Is found In the large dogs which are a feature of the prison colony on tho heath There Is little doubt that these four I footed guards inspire respect I I |