In 1910 about 15 acres were broken up into tillage land. In that year was grown 75 tons of hay, 175 bushels of potatoes, 850 bushels of turnips, 650 bushels of corn, many vegetables, five tons of cabbages, 100 hogs, scores of sheep and numerous hens. At the beginning of 1911 there were five cows, two yokes of oxen, seven horses and a large number of hogs and poultry at the place. The construction of the new jail was begun late in 1908, and since then an average of 48 to 50 men have been employed at it daily. A good deal has been said about the care and expense of prisoners in all institutions, but Sheriff Porter believes that his scheme is one of the best that can be done for prisoners, as the work benefits the men and they are not likely to come back. Last year the sheriff had to send to the state farm for men to assist in the general work. Out of 100 who have been here and worked on the farm, 85 have made good. The sheriff believes that good treatment and outdoor work has good and lasting effects. One man who did work at the jail for nearly a year after his term expired was employed by the contractor, and worked every day thereafter until the building was completed. Several others who worked on the construction of the building have been working at the concrete business out in the free world ever since. “Men who work on the farm have to have different food from those inside,” says the sheriff. “We give them a hearty breakfast, dinner and supper and no fault is found with the bill of fare.” During the period of outdoor work only four men have tried to escape. They were brought back. Not a man has been treated roughly and no man has been required to do more than a fair day’s work. The sheriff says that when he first took charge the dungeon was used 65 times a year. Last year it was only used three or four times, which seems to show that the prisoners are contented. THE EVILS OF “DOUBLING UP.” =On his return from a two-months’ trip to Europe, where he visited some two-score prisons and correctional institutions, O. F. Lewis, general secretary of the Prison Association of New York, has raised the issue in New York City of the “doubling-up” of prisoners in cells. In an open letter, published in interview form in several city papers, Mr. Lewis says:= “I have just returned from a two months’ visit to about forty prisons in Belgium, Holland, Germany, England, and Scotland. In not a single cell of the thousands which I saw did I see two inmates imprisoned. One might say that the first principle of all in administering correctional institutions in Europe and in Great Britain is that prisoners shall never be ‘doubled up.’