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Time for marketing crops, because of shrinkage. Best methods of destroying insects, cale on fruit trees, etc. In short how to make an acre produce the largest crop, and bring the most money. With this practical training among the many different and highly successful farms under the Outing, the Indian lad is prepared to take up his own farm and with the best ideas on farming bring out of it results which are amazing. He will eventually be able to show his brother in the West how to hold up the standard of production after his naturally fertile soil will have gone into decay. Eastern thrift, frugality, economy, perseverance and hard labor, will have its effect upon the future of the Indian farmer of the West. Lectures on agriculture, dairying, poultry raising and stock raising,are given in the class rooms in the Academic Department, by a graduate Professor in Agriculture. Sewing The work in sewing department is divided in four grades. FIRST--Is the darning class for the small girls and the beginners. Here we first teach them the use of the thimble, and needle, which they master in a very short time, and then they are taught how to darn, as all the darning is done in this class for the boys. When the darning is finished for the week, they take up plain simple sewing, such as towels, napkins, table clothes, sheets, pillow cases, skirts, and iron holders, basting all the hems first and stitching them on the machine. The small girls are required to do all the cutting for this class and complete the course just as nearly as it is possible. SECOND--Instructions in all kinds of repairing of clothing. After the mending is done for the week they take up their sewing such as night-shirts, drawers for boys, and check aprons and gowns for te girls which must be made in large quantities. 38 [[end page]] [[start page]] Third Grade which we term as the plain sewing class. Here they must cut and make about 3000 shirts for the boys each year, and gowns, white aprons, curtains, drawers, and all the more advanced plain sewing. FOURTH Grade--The dressmaking class, where we teach cutting, fitting and the making of the school uniforms and work dresses. The seniors are taught drafting and the making of useful patterns. We also teach them how to tuck and shir thin materials and fancy waists and skirts. When they have completed the course they are capable of going out and making a good living doing plan sewing in families or at plain dress-making. The Laundry During the winter ten thousand pieces are washed, ironed and delivered to the various Quarters each week, necessitating a girl's learning to do all grades of work when she is first detailed here. If she is a new girl, without experience in laundry work, she is put in charge of a competent Indian girl who watches her work closely, teaching her to iron carefully seams, gathers and many parts which she naturally neglects. These girls are very patient and painstaking at the close of a week's tuition the new girl develops a pride in her work which leads with practice to efficient work. Each girl does a certain amount of washing which is supervised. The flannels are all washed by hand which gives the girls a knowledge of handling delicate materials, temperature of water to be used and the final pressing. A special detail of four girls each morning and afternoon, spend six weeks as assistants sorting and counting clothes, making starch, starching collars, sprinkling and folding clothes, some in this detail have learned the washing machines and been able to operate the washing department with little supervision. Small boys also play an active part, dusting and oiling machinery, taking care of the fire, folding and mangling and assisting in many ways. Some are very 39
