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Show 376 REPORTS OF SUPERINTENDENTS OF SCHOOLS. oi<,rljerly inrtil1rts. Miss Caltlio due3 uor clrilw out rhu wnrutl, arid mnden~eaa of rhildhoutl, but she cloen lrer boniaework wvll, Itad earellenr henlrh, or~,lattan<lrso her owu burinwa !villi d sever it^ ti131 l:<rd~!lv~ l t ~ ~I ~lICu~ IdI I I~~ IrI~hLeI ~rew itl~. Seams1ross.-lr~ thtr sewing>uuzu h l i e ~ ~ l b f a ~ t1~l:wl v.a ri lvril~l'~f,to urgirls i n rlta fore-noon 8u.l i u ~ t . ~rhnaa t'tcr~tuola.% Lo work r l~r rtrb r one wovk n l ~tlh e" exchange witll t l e rirl* in rhc 1;ann~lr.v. I{vsi,lcs sauiu!! tha~~rcltinz.d;arn-i.n :r$.n d orllnr rtwair!vu~r k~ for &<.I. iflo cljildrcx~t he*<,g irl* i~uvb'tiontril w work rhown i n rlw inbulntcll nratt mrrtr lorreto atrnvltr<l,a ~i dm udo rltgr, quilts. rtdirs, rh:t~ri .n\crr. Itatr, Lon~rcrs, 131.:111 \v~rkp,i cr11r1:I h t ~ n n l .n illo\\ &baud.d vlu%hvh.R I I ~i! tnumcral,le i,rht.r rllin"ur~. , a!,tl in v31.h ;.n~t with mora ;tlturr.ar :~utl( yiil! mnrkitl ilop~uva,r,~r.r. Laondrg.-lr han I)P(.J~ 1111. U!~~ID!U rc,*rlld r l l t i X~aRI.ing0f ~ h t ~ n ~ ~ ~ l ~ l ~ ) . i ~ t ~ l l ru I,<. clo~nID ."t llo nlust r:t~lulllro f the ln8tuirr rlrls nud t I o v Iaundrer*. 'Thir wan varied by nlil,wing certaidgirls to do the worG df aome employbs, and other girls of other employes. Thin plan is a failore and the older order of thingsmnst be reestnb-liehnrl -A"-"-. Kitchen and dining roam.-The continuous service of a, competent painstaking cook bas made of two of the boys mont excellent school cooks. At the end of the coming year, with the same pro reas, either of these !ads will he o*psble of taking charge and doing the cooking of any school in the service of 150 pcpils, excepting only in aueh kitchens as may be nscd in teaolling cooking as n trade or profession. Shoe and harness shop.-The work and ~rtrozreas in this shop during tho ycar, under t h e direction of Mr. .I. I). Oliver, has bokn u~osst atisfaotarr the pro ess of the boys giving assurance of the highest mechanical ability. I *=:Lady to-.gy tobavs made entirely by the boys, 1,y bud; apair of &hoes frum any stock selected for compl~rison with that similarly made (cut and made) in ilny ahop in the service. Carpentry.-'f'hia department has been s, most sign&l failure this year. The best oarprrrter whose work I have ever examined as it carpenter in the service, was sup-planted by s young man who asserted on his arrival that he was s. wagon maker by trade and not a carpenter. He is not s oarpouter. He is a pleasant young fellow and a willing worker, and did well dinging root cellar^ and ee~npoolsb, ut I nm still without both hospital and wsrehousac'simply because he could not direot the boys in buildillg them. Farm and garden.-So for as an actual money din is concerned, r e u,ould hsve been anywhere from $900 to $1,200 better off if we%ad not plowed a, furrow or turned a drop of water on plowed lands. Siuoe the arrival of Capt. Jones as fame? he has worked indefiltigsbly to a:we a part of what by proper management, would have been a orop flzlly thrioe ss large ns laat yeoris orop. Capt. Jal l e~is an intelli ent Esrmer and a gentleman, who hss worked beyond his phyaicrsl ability to redeemPost opportunities; but the fields are already spotted with holes caused by careless irri-gation, the crop choked by crusted earth fiom the same canse, and notwithstanding the oaptsin'n nntiring and intelligent efforts he will harvest only about 15 tons of oats, including straw, aome 1,200 pounds of beets from 12 acres, while lat year from only lb acres we harvested 20,993 ounds. Add to this 700 pounds of garden beets and 250 pounds of onions, a, possibi 300 pumpkins, rtnd 6 tons of sorghum, and there is the product of over 60 acres of plowed land. Nowheru on earth is sl1ooasn of fam-ing so rnnrh n mntterof eternal vigilance end eternallabor asin an irrigated country. The loose methods of the Tennessee mountains will never succeed in E," arid region. Live stock.-Two young strong wcrk teams, 2 average teams, 2 yearling colts, and 1 singlo driver ooustitute the horsestook of the farm. There are now 15 milch cows in the stnnehions while 24 head of golnrg grades are in the corrals. Of these 10 will he butchered as f a ~ats they can be consumed. The plan is to huild op the herd till we can keep 20 milch cows in thestanohions. To get the herd to tbe higheststand-ard will require t i~n ean t1 oereful'selektion of heifers. Those failing to reaoh s, high averago ahnuld be sold or sent to the ah~mhlesw, hile the old cows which have begun to fail at the pail should be issoed on the block. Bees.-As anticipated in my last report the lack of pmtnrage for the hees told heavily upon then,. At the close of the season a. oarefnl study was made ooncerning the adviaahility of dividin the strouger colonies to strengthen the ws:bkker-a pro-ceeding which in the end ?deemed nondvisoble, a jud, wmeut which the opening of this season demonstrated was well fonnded. Though all the weaker colonies were fed thirty-odd perished, among them some colonies which at one time 1 had deemed atrong enongh for division. An absolute lack of proper pasture caused a resort to some feed which produced diarrhea ;ma sent the bees into quarters for the winter beyond all hope. So far thin year the paatme has been excellent, the breeding fair, and the growth goocl. I shall so farm them a8 to strengthen existing colonies, allor-ing very few ewarma, and try to send thorn in1.o winter qanrtera in such condition aa to more than regain l a t year's los s e~b y next gear's PTO~I ICR. Irriaatioz-This aur~oviuen uestiou is not vet settled but is now nrosressius toward |