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There were machine shops, carpentering and woodcarv- 

 ing shops, and a pottery department; there were weav- 

 ing sheds where the prisoners worked upon the most 

 up-to-date hand-looms, making their own blankets and 

 clothing; there was a rug factory, a roofing-tile factory 

 and modem dairy which provided milk for the sick 

 prisoners and jail staff. Various experiments had been 

 carried on with underground silos and I have never seen 

 cattle in better condition than those at the Naini jail fed 

 on this silage. Colonel Hudson had learned how to ap- 

 peal to the criminal mind and also how to get the best 

 out of it. In every case he tried to send the man out a 

 better man than when he came in. In his gardens and 

 on his farm he had learned how best to turn the waste 

 products from the jail into abundant health-producing 

 food for man and beast. This was on land that had been 

 considered sterile and unproductive when turned over 

 to him. It did not take many visits to convince both the 

 students and myself that if only Colonel Hudson's 

 methods for the utilization of wastes could be copied all 

 over India, more could be done with these than with 

 any other single factor to rid India of the terrible fam- 

 ines which attack her periodically. The proper disposal 

 of the refuse would give the people enough to eat and 

 would provide a sanitary system which would greatly 

 improve the general health. The organization of the 

 jail was so nearly perfect, the efficiency so remarkable 

 and the cleanliness so evident that the jail was a favorite 

 visiting place for us and we never came away without 

 feeling that the visit had been worth while. In Colonel 

 Hudson we saw the type of public servant, quiet, alert, 

 diligent, sympathetic, efficient, never looking for reward 

 other than his regular pay, rejoicing in doing his duty 



