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Show 00UR6E OF STUDY. 445 Seventh year.-Review work of plants and soils as taught in fifth and sixth years. Disouas plowing, harrowing. cultivating, rolling, irrigation, underdraining, fer-tilization, harvesting, farm accounts, and the leading breeds of farm animals, the proper honsing of grain, vineyards. and orchards, marketin:,of crops. This year the boys should be given practice in making estimates and plans for next season's work. They must be taught the quantity ot wheat andothergrains required to seed properly an acre of ground and then made to pot them knowledge into practice by taking particular fields and figuring the amount of seed to be used. Endeavor to put the boys in the position of farmers having land of their own to manage. For example, in the fall require each pupil to submit a p:an for conducting the farm for the coming year, giving in aetail the crops to be put in each field and portion of the school farm, m doing whlch they must remember the principle of rotation of crops. - ' OUTING SYSTEX. It is the earnest wish of the Departmen* to extend to every reservation and every school where the conditions are favorable the system known w the "Car-lia! e outing system." Its value a4 a means of educating and elevating the Indian can not easily be overestimated, and the Department desires that every Indian agent and school soperintandent carefully investigate and:onsider the conditions surrounding his school to ascertain whether it he practicable to put this plan into operation, and if so, that he p~oceeda t once to take steps to place a number of the school children among the citizens of the locality. The Carlisle outing system, briefly stated, consists in the placing of the Indian pupils in good white families, prefe-ably in the country, during a portion or all of the year, where they mill be treated an one of the family. made to attend the public 8ohool of the district while it is in session, and paid a small snm for their services. The pupils clothe themselves and pay their other necessary expenses. and the school makes provision for taking care of their savings. The spring and summer. months are most desirable for sending the children out, hut many of them should be kept out at all times of the year. The plan of saving part of the earnings is one of the beat features of the ouhng system. The homes for the placing of the students shonld be very carefully selected by the agent or superintendent, and 6h01?ld he thwe where the eandihons are most favorable for the attainment of the objects aimed at The pupil will Lw allowed to spend a portion o! his earnings for clothing and incidentals, and the rest will be placed on depwlt in accordance wlth arrange-ments made by the superinfandent. The peraon with whom any child is placed should be reqnired to make a report periodically upon the progress and efficiency of the pupll. PAINTING. It is desired that some knowledge of painting be possessed by all Indian boys. The proper and timely use of paint will do a great deal for them when they have fazms or homes of their own. First ear.-Tho first Iesuon, r1e;anliness and order, will be impressed Iny asaign~ng work in vleaniug up fhc shop- plain, ailrlple work, such as c!aaning. snnd~ap arlllg puttying, etc. After this will follow in order work on primin coats (showing the proper man-ner of holding the brush); regular painting on &e outside of buildings; practice in the putting up and working of a swioging ladder; plain trimming on the cor-ners of houses; tracing sash; fanting of doora, and roof painting. As soon as the pupilsare al owe3 touse the brush all the painting about the institution in any department that they are capable of doing should he given to them to do. Next, ive plain fronting of glass, preparing walls for painting paintin walls in oil co?or and stippling. and flat color and stippline, painting blind*, ang brick n.e no- i-li nue . Seeond gear.-Take up themixing of paints. Give the pupils talks on the proper kinds of paint ta use for different pnrposes, as, for example, that k ~ n du sed for houses and that for farm implements and wagons; also on the best colors to use for various pnrpoaea In the ~a i n t i n eof waeons and farm im~lementst each the filling UD and build-in! of a foondaiian foricolor. and the apl!iying of theaovtlral coati. Follow this wlth wall papering. wall paintlnp, and <:alcirniniug. borne lessor~sin simplo frr3- roiug dhould LC givau if pr.rctlcobk. |