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Show TRAINING SCHOOL BIENNIAL REPORT SHOWS BIG EXPANSION, FUTURE PLANS - ' V t 1 f hi j ing, showing among other things, that 70,000 gallons of fruits and vegetables had been canned for the use of the school. In an arrangement arrange-ment worked out by Dr. Houston and the Utah state prison, the prison did the canning for half the produce. Thus the 140,000 gallons gal-lons of canned goods represents a tremendous saving to Utah taxpayers. tax-payers. Although there was an epidemic of scarletina at the school, health of the children was reported good on the whole. There were, however, how-ever, 31 cases of mortality, causes ranging from carcinoma to pneumonia. pneu-monia. Dairy production was shown to be worth $40,645 in 1950-51, and worth $46,818 in 1951-52. There are 151 registered Holstein animals in the dairy herd which provides more than a quart of fresh milk daily to each pupil. The farm crop report showed thousands of dollars of produce, both fruits and vegetables, grown to help support the institution. Also 4170 pounds of beef, 44,389 pounds of pork, 9110 pounds of veal, 412 cases of eggs and 1280 pounds of chicken had been contributed con-tributed to the school larders. Thousands of bushels of pears, I apples, apricots, grapes, plums, po- The Utah state training school I in American Fork operated within i its $953,020.33 biennial budget, a report released byDr. V. F. Houston, Hous-ton, superintendent, revealed this week. More than $200,00 was spent at the school for improvements, the sum coming from Utah's unallocated unallo-cated and unappropriated surplus': funds and from legislative 'appropriation, 'approp-riation, it was estimated in the report. re-port. A work program including personal per-sonal service, travel, current expenses ex-penses and capital outlay, has been ; projected for the next biennium, calling for a budget of $1,389,640. Dr. Houston's enthusiasm for his new position was reflected in his report and in his avowed statement state-ment "to see what it takes to make it run, to get it and then run it." The state appropriated $125,000 for repair and new construction, and an additional $75,000 came from unallocated and unappropriated funds. The original appropriation was made by the legislature and came from dedicated credits, farm fees and pay made by parents of the pupils. The repair, renovation and expansion ex-pansion programs were outstanding, outstand-ing, the reported declared. Two building units, A-l and B-l, were completely renovated after small children were removed to the new infirmary. These units make room for about 80 more inmates, in-mates, it was pointed out, bringing bring-ing the total that may be cared for at the school to nearly 1,000. As to the renovations and re- j pairs, it was shown that a new sewer disposal plant has been constructed con-structed at a cost of $25,000; a new boiler plant was built to service all buildings, and the A-l and B-l units were put on the main steam lines, thus eliminating separate boilers, care and the attendant j fire danger. tatoes, green onions, beans, cucumbers cucum-bers and the like had been grown and processed. Dr. Houston stressed the need of concentrating on food production rather than on crops to maintain or sell for the benefit of the farm. Need for additional supervisers and for better pay rates were told, in order to attract compatent persons per-sons who can have an interest in the unusual type of work there, the report said. DR. V. F. HOUSTON New laundry equipment, worth $20,000 was installed. A new farm home, housing 50 trainee inmates, was being built, supplanting the old "fire trap." Two new ventillating systems were installed, one in the administration admin-istration building, the other in the new nursery, just activiated last season. All roofs were repaired and bonded bond-ed for 20 years of service. New In-wall In-wall tables are being installed in every building, thus conserving space and facilitating operations of each building. Thus, Dr. Houston pointed out, the training school is becoming one of the most modern, self-sustaining and progressive institutions of its kind in the nation. The farm report was outstand- |