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Stateville prison farm to adopt soil conservation plan
Stateville penitentiary’s 2,200 acre farm will undergo face lifting to maintain high productivity without soil depletion. Warden Joseph E. Ragen meets with soil conservation experts to launch a modern land use program at the prison farm.
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Stateville Farm
Stateville Penitentiary
Joseph E. Ragen
Minott Silliman Jr
Illinois
Warden Ragen
Millard A. Ruddell
Harold Brandenburg
State Conservation Service
Homer Kuder
Will County
H. L. Davenport
Kankakee