The San Francisco call., 1909-10-24
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day" should be the patron sain, OF
for helping the worlds work for the
poor. 1t has been good for the charities
helped. for those who have the respon-
sibility of their administration and for
those who have to give.
When Major and Mrs. Bourne were
assigned to the direction. of the Golden
Gate orphanage they took there the
children from the Beulah home, and a
few were sent from Colorado. with
extremely limited means their way was
far from easy. The houses and cottages
at Lytton Springs were meant only for
summer habitation and had been built
many years ago. This meant that be-
fore any money could be put into the
actual work on, the farm much repair
ing and some rebuilding had to be done.
Despite that demand upon the re-
sources of the management the show
ing at the end of five years-an aani-
versary which comes tomorrow-is ex-
traordinary. Two of the mortgages, one
for $4,000 and another for $1,000, have
ued at over $4,000. about $1,000 has
been expended in fencing in the $50
acres in the Lytton Springs holding.
Very Practical Lessons
Every boy and girl on the farm is
learning the things that will. make the
future happy and fsll of accomplish
ment. One part of the work of para
mount interest to the boys is the rails
ing of chickens. At present there is a
1e year old boy in charge of this part
of the farm. who. according to Major
and Mrs. Bourne, is entirely competent
to run a small chicken ranch quite by
himself. He has under him a corps of
boys-some very little fellows-who
know exactly what to give hens at DIFF
ferent times of the year and who know
food values absolutely. Under the di-
rection OF the boy superintendent the
incubators and brooders are handled
with great success. At present the
boys have 1000 laying hens, and they
have raised 5000 during the year Every
day they pack and ship case of eggs
to the st. Francis hotel. None but the
choice eggs are sent I'm this 7consign-
ment, the small eggs being retained
for the use of the home. Something of
what this industry means to the or
phanage may be understood by one
item, which shows that in January of
this year the eggs brought exactly
s3s3. The shipment of the eggs and
broilers or any produce is an easy mat
ter, as the station at Lytton is on the
orphanage property.
The dairy affords another splendid
opportunity for large number of the
boys to learn a means to be self-sus-
tanning. The claim is made that the
dairy is a model, in fact Mrs. Bourne
says that the lad in charge of 1t is lit
tie short of a tyrant about 1t, he is so
particular. The dairy is not a means OF
income in so many dollars. but it is a
large contributing element in the main
tenance of the place. There are 80 cows.
The mornings milk" is strained and
brought directly to the children. who
drink all they want of it. The even
ings milking" is separated by machin-
cry, the cream being made into butter
for the home. The remaining milk is
reserved for puddings and cooking gem
orally.
There are some goats on the place
to supplement the milk supply from the
80 cows, and this is how they came to
be among the possessions of the place:
One little boy was so delicate that he
defied practically everything that could
be done for him. Major Bourne bought
some goats and sent the boy out to live
with them and take care of them. He
slept out with his goats every fair
/ night. and was so interested in them
: that he positively forgot that he ever
was a delicate boy. The cure was per-
! feet. This boy is now one of the song
and efficient ones on the place. He
runs the dairy. Besides conducting this
business he has developed fine execu-
tive ability and has the capacity for
managing the boys under him.
| The embryo farmers handle this year
the product of 125 acres given over to
hay. At the time this hay had to be. cut
and baled Major Bourne was away. AND
; so man came out once week from
: Healdsburg to oversee what the boys
/ were doing They proved themselves
r quite equal to their responsibility.
1t has not been possible as yet for
the orphanage to raise all its vege-
= tables because OF the lack of money to
E bring the water TO the sright place.
D There is plenty on the land, but it has
y TO be piped and distributed for irriga
E ton. The boys raise some vegetables
: bat this work can not be done in a
: wholesale way until the money which
r has to go in interest ontthe mortga ge
: may be used to extend the water sys-