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Show YTAXDINO ROC= XESI?R\.hTIOP, NORTH DAKOTA. The buildings at the agency school were in good repair; but better bathing and lightin facilities were needed. The Sisters ave the girls careful househcfd instruction, which was evidenced by k e neat-ness of the dormitories and the excellent demonstration work given in the class rooms during the institute week. Poultry raising also I recelves attention. Stock raising is the principal industry, and the school herd was well cared for and afforded valuable trainmg for the 1 students. On the long drive from the railroad to the agenc I was imprest with the great amount of pasture going to waste, an8 it was I I evldent that thousands of dollars would accrue to the Indians if there II were more stock on the range. I The institute held at the boarding school was well attended by an 1 enthusiastic gathering. One of the features of the work was the I demonstration lessons presented with classes of Indian children. Four of the five day schools were without teachers, and it was stated that unless the salaries were increased it would be difficult to fill these positions during the coming year. The one woman who had held on to her school had a fine,garden and an excellent influence over the community. OHIIOCCO SCNOOL, OKI.AHOMA. Extensive improvements have been made in the school lant. The girls are well trained in sewing and cooking, but it is % oped that another year large classes will be conducted in these most necessary branches of an Indian girl's education. The printing department, which is the most extensive in the Service, gives the boys taking up this work thoro training. The plan of indivldualizinf t.he ou.t door work for the smaller chil-dren is carried on here, each elng grven a plat in the garden. to care for. This gives them a sense of personal responsibility and arouses an ambition to do their work well, and it is hoped that the same prin-ciple can be extended thruout the agricultural course. From year to year the plats of ground and the responsibilities and labors of the boys should be gradually increased until the senior year, when each boy should be allowed what might be termed a L'miniature farm," perhaps 4 or 5 acres, and should be re uired to conduct the work entirely by himself, aided, however, by %Iscussions in the class room under the direction of the teacher of agriculture. He should be re-quired to lay out the little farm into fields, select the crops best adapted to the soil, determine the space to be allotted to each and the amount of fertilizer necessary to insure a good yield, cultivate the various crops to the best advantage, and in eneral put into practise what he has learned in the class room and fie15 thruout his course. I t is also hoped that some plan may be devised whereby 30 or 40 acres of .the large fertile tract of land which belongs to the school can be leased to each graduate for a few years. The school could exer-cise a general supervision over the work, and after a few years' train-ing under such conditions the young men would be able to cultivate their allotments in an intelligent manner and become independent and successful farmers. The school farm contains 8,640 acres, the soil is fertile and the cli-mate favorable, and all conditions combine to make it a desirable location for an agricultural school. |