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Show 658 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. box-structure, and the laundry, which is condemned and is being replmd rn rapidly as the house can be constructed, the buildings are excellent 2-story brick structures in excellent repair. The barn isampleand comfortable for the present supply of live stock.; but the barn, milk house, meat house, bee house. coal house, roof of the ice house, and some farm implements are much in need of paint; but as all this has been provided for by estimata submitted I doubt not but the remedy will he soon at hand. A new commissary, an extension of the bee shed, and a shed for calves and farm implements are the unsatisfied wants. Farming.-The adobe farm yields slowly to our most persistent efforts. I am this year experimenting vrith black-eyed p?as, the most nearly never failing of all bean products. As fo=ageI am trying sorghulll, black Caffre corn, redcaffrs corn, and am successfully raising alfalfa. As pasturdge I Em trying, by the kindness of yourself and the Department of Agrictilture, A1wpecurrrs.pratensi~ Lol.um perennc, Bmmus inermis, and some other greses, none of which prdmisb well st present. 1Rigatlon.-Theoldauno~ance of lackof water for irF~ationhasheehaggrnvated by a threat of the canal company to cut off our supply entirely. This elicited su investigation that has placed a record of the present status of the question in this omcs? as well as a letter from the genepal manager of the company to the effect that the Government is entitled to a contract granting s u p p l~be ca"se of stock surrendered. As the title of the company wan a subjeot of ltlgatlon at the time the letter wits written suchcontractcould not be issued, and the matter can not be taken up, in the judgment of the United States district attorney, until atter final settlement between present litigants. Immediately after such settlement I shall insist upon pressing the matter vigorously till something in the way of definite adjustment is obtained. Stock-The stack owned by the school, and which is a source of pride, consists of four work horses, two Zyear old colts raised on the school farm and weighing 1,108 and 1,270 pounds, respectively; also nine Holstein cows, which, besides feeding the calves, yielded 2,463 gallons of milk and 263 pounds01 butterbetween January 12 and June 30; 57 coloniesof bees will add avaluable product for table use for the coming year. All are cared for by the boys under the direction of the farmer and industrial teacher, Mr. William H. Palmer, except the bees, which are cared for by myself and two of the boys. A hundred hens should be added as soon an ~ossiblea fter ma ~ i n gp rovision for caring for them properly. Industrial.-Thatthe results from the farmare so unsatisfmtory ismore because of the stubborn adobe soil of the farm than lack of labor or willingness on the part of the farmer or the boys. We have succeeded in adding about 12 acres to our hay-producing lands as the result of an earnest effort to subdue and render productive 22 acres. Preliminary work is being done for seeding 57 acres to oats, alfalfa, and sorghum next yenr, which will with only such results as were obtained the past year, raise us beyond the neceisity of buying forage. Theex-periments of this year are convinciq that squashes, beets, and black-eyed peas will yield a fair return when cultivated in thls soil. As the statistical table which in attached shows the product of the shops, in-cluding the buildings erected by the boys, it only remains to speak of the char- . acter of the work, of which too much can hardly be said incommendation. Tha product of the harness shop which has found sale has brought forth only com-mendation from Durchasers, and the same is true of theuroduct of the carnenter shop. The prodicts of the bhoe shop and sewing roo& are consumed on the plGo, b ~a%t rrrtn:nly nor ovtronkid hy Llrtr "roducta of other sholrs. There is nothing iu the school work mow gratifyiug than the apylicatiou aud pel-~ist-encv of the childrcn :rnvrcnticed to traods. '1%- two llovi lc.aruio~c.: ook:u~.a ro nbl6 tu do the cntiro \<irk of the kitvhco 83Ve nlonn tllrippurtiou&eur. " In all the ind~lru,ialw ork the apprentices work ilalfa Jay, rvlticb I thiuk ac-countd for tho cluse a! plicotiou both in the schoolroom and in the iurltlstriill arts. literary.-The advancement of the puoils in the schoolroom, notwithstandina tho vicissitudes owa'iionrd by onceiqaiy changc~, has beon fully up to tho r3: quirements of tho course of study, mhiln some of the work in drawing and vocal muaic hasbeen most satisfactow. 8anitary.-Every possiblv precaution has been taken to avoid the results of bad saaitatio,n. (:iaxoliness lla. k e n insisted upon and secured in every depart. ment. Sewcrwo is irnnodhiblo hcoauseof the fact that we cannot drain into the ~~ -- ~-~~ - -~ ~ river just abov<the cit; katerworks, and I have sunk three largs- cesspools and required all waste to be deposited therein. Although the msuLTf. have graven |
