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Show 398 REPORT OB SUPEEINTENDENT OF INDIAN ROHOOL8. The following table shows the amount of agricultural products grown at thit, school and the industrial work of the girls: Agrimltu~al products. Milk.. ............... : ........................... ..gallons.. 1,665 Butter.. ........................................ ...p ounds.. 557 Pumakina ........................................... .do.. .. 20~.0,0 0 ~ Wat&melons ......................................... do.. .. 20,000 Onions ............................................... do .... 2,000 Cabbages.. ........................................... do.. .. 1,000 Lettuce.. ....: . ............ :. .......................... do.. .. 1,000 Peas ............... :. .....-1 . ........................d o.. .. 800 Ksdiehes 2 . . .......................................... do.. .. 2,000 Hay.. ...........--................................ ..tons.. 60 Made by &vl pupils. Dmes ...................................................... 469 Aprons ..................................................... 180 Pillowesses ................................................. 212 Sheets ...................................................... 358 Snits (union) ................................................ 138 Tablecloths ................................................. 134 Towels ..................................................... 768 Waists ...................................................... 212 Skirts ...................................................... 262 Overalls. ........................................ .....p airs.. 68 INDUSTRIAL TRAINING. We have endeavored during the past year to extend the policy of iving to industrial training the foremost place inIndian education. It fas been our constant aim while visiting schools to im re= upon snper-intendents and teachers the importance of having a1 I' instruction of a thoroughly practical character. This instruction, as outlined in the Course of Study and further explained in circulars sent out from time to time, is so arranged that the carpentry, sewing, cooking, etc., is correlated with the instruction given in the class room. The majority of schools are not attem1 ti ng to give the Indian boys complete train- ing in any one trade wit the expectation of fitting them to compete with white artisans, except in cases where they show special aptitude for some particular trade and indicate a desire to become proficient. In illustration of the practical work accomplished, it may be noted that at Mescdero, N. Mex., last year, the boys sawed over 70,000 feet of lumber and 40,000 shingles and made upward of 120,000 brick. The interior finishing of the Indian building at the World's Fair was done by the boys froni the Indian schools. Bath houses have been erected at 28 of the day schools on the Pine Ridge Reservation, S. Dak., for the use of the pupils, a great deal of the work being performed by the boys. The one erected at day school, No. 5 was built entirely by the teacher and his boys. It is ratifying to be able to re ort that the teachers at many schools have tafen uh in earnest the wori of industrial training as outlined in t h e Course of Study, and that good results have been accomplished. As a result of the industrial instruction given the girls it is hoped that in the future they will be able to fit up their homes with many little conveniences which may suggest themselves, and which their famil-iarity with simple tools will enable them to make at small cost. For |