OCR Text |
Show Possibly Mr. A has one kind and Mr. B another. Interview Mr. A and Mr. B and find which one makes the greater profit. We want to study profit and loss. Talk about wool. Teach them how to malre a good sheep dip. Possibly there may be cattle around the school. Then teach stock raising. The cows may be grazing low, pasture. may become them how to cure the foot rot. These Indian boys may someday be working for a farmer whose cows and sheeD have the foot rot. If the boy can tell that -er~az in-s in a low. wet nasture. Their feet mar hecome diseased. Then teach ~ ~~ -~ ~~~~ ~~ ~~ ~ - -~~ -~ " ~~~ ~~ some day be &kine fnrrner bow to save tltc COWS, ai lhnt rnolnent llle buy hns a rohmercial value that the fitrnmer t~pprwiatcs. Tllc boy ul:ty nor be able to 2t1ivc 1, j~rohlem iu solrnrr o~r- ~~u~h rpo~~ ot~. ~h~u,t. h e Llns P R V C ~I ~ fiPlru ler'q I>ri~ldlCeO \P. 11nd th:it is ulore ~~~ ~~ - ~- ~~ . ~- ~~ ~ ~ to the Doint. It is this useful knowledge that makes the boy of value to a commu&ty, and therefore makes him a useful citizen. We must remember that the old-style language, arithmetic, and other studies may have been all right l o admit the boy into high school, hut they do not exactly fill the needs of an Indian boy who is going directly, not into the high school, but into life. They need something more practical. TEACAINQ AQBICULTWE IN THE CLASS ROOM. IPresented by Miss Annie I. Garber, teacher, Puyalbp School, Tacoma, Wash.] NOTE-This subject was selected for the reason that surrounding the Puy-allup school there are many mlunble zarde~~aan d as soon as the land is cleared and drained the ereater Dart of it is g-i ven over to trucking-.. muc.h of i t leasing for $10 or more an acre: I have selected to-day for our lesson a subject to which we should give a great deal of time during the year. The Indians on our reservation have good farms, but only a small per cent know how to manage them profitably. These Children have been given allotments, and it will only be a short time until they will be dependent on them for a living. We should teach them not only how to manage their farms, but how to sDend their money beneficially. You can see that-this lesson can not, for the-want of time, be presented just 5s we would present it in the class room, but I will endeavor to show in the few minutes that I have how we can closely connect the literary and agricultural work. Then when they go home they will be able to work more intelligently and practically. Children, when you leave school you should cultivate gardens, and I am sure you will want them to be very good ones. We notice, when driving out on the reservation near here. that some neoule have good eardens and some have Door ones. Those who hade good gardens have KO&, clean houses, good barns, good -" ->--, --- --"- >."-"> -. Q. Roy, you may name the principal things raised in a garden.-A. Potatoes, cabbage, onions, lettuce, radishes, bean*, and cucumbers are the principal things raised in a garden. Q. We will select potatoes for our lesson. While Leada and Roy are reciting, Edna may pass to the board and draw a plan of her farm, and write a story about what she will do at home. (Edna's story.) When I go home I wlll help with the work in the garden. This is the plan of our farm. (A sketch was drawn on the board) We have an orchard, berry patch, and garden. We will raise potatoes, onions, radishes, and cabbage. We will raise more than enough for ourselves, so that we may have some to sell. Q. Roy may name the steps necessary for planting an acre of .potato= Leada may write them on the board. (Roy's outline). (1) Preparing the ground, (2) selecting and preparing seed, (3) planting, (4) care, (5) digging and preparing for sale. Q. Leada, tell me what an acre of land is?-A. An acre of land is 160 square rods. Q. What is a square rod?-A. A square rod h a square, each side of which is a rod long. Q. Step off a rod; Roy, measure it--& There are Kt yards in a rod I take 3 feet in each step. (Steps and counts; one, two, three, four, five and one-half.) Roy picks up yardstick and foot ruler and says: "This is a yard" |