Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1910-08-21
called, who has charge Of tie farming

called, VINO has charge OF t(e farming
operations.
There are twenty-six head Of cat
tie now on the farm, OF which th1r-
teen are mich cows, now milking,
seven head of horses and number
of pigs and chickens are also quar-.
tered on the farm. Most of the cattle
are Guernseys and they are fine ami
mails.
A portion of the east forty acres
is used for gardens and each of the
seventy-five pupils who have remained
at the school during the summer, has
his or her own garden patch. Be-
sides these there are large patches
of peas, beans, tomatoes, potatoes, etc.
etc. A willow hedge has been plant
ed along the north side of the land
and a number of fruit trees and
shrubs have been planted this year.
One object in conducting the farm
is to teach the pupils practical farm
ing and the work is carried on as
near like it is on an ordinary farm
as possible. The best known meth
DDS of cultivation and diversification
have been adopted however. 1t
might be interesting to note here that
the pupils take an interest in the
farm work and perhaps take to this
sort of work better than any other.
The one hundred and forty acres of
land west of the track are divided
into fields of oats, wheat, barley, corn,
potatoes and garden truck, FIFTEEN
acres are in corn and seven in pota-
toes. The small grain has all been
harvested and stacked near the build
ings by the pupils of the school. The
crops are all good and the work has
been very we'll done.
Several new buildings have been
erected on the school grouds this year
and the list of buildings now includes
two dormitories, mess hall, superin-
tendents residence, employees resi-
dence, school house, engine house and
warehouse, shops, barn, ma
chine house, ice house, four coal and
wood sheds, granary, corn cribs and
outside cellar. The coal and wood
sheds, ice house, machine houses and
the granary were all built this year
and a silo is now being built near
the barn, into which one hundred
tons Of silo will be stored for winter
feed. The school has it's own we'll
and water system, and central heat
Ing plant is to be installed before
cold weather. Sixteen hundred feet
Of cement walks have been laid this
summer and Superintendent Randolph
Is now preparing the ground on each
side of the walks for the planting OF
:rees next season. The grounds are
Is fast as possible, to be made beau.
iful and attractive. The grounds and
buildings are lighted by electricity
rom the city plant.
During the summer the school
buildings have been thoroughly over
hauled and repaired and the dormitor-
es have been recalcimined to make
hem neat and attractive.
About one hundred and thirty pu-
ills attended the school last winter
md about seventy-five have remained
lere this summer. AS we said before,
Ill the farm work is done by the pu-
ills. The buildings are kept clean
~ them, and cooking and sewing,
md in fact all house work is done
~ the girls, that being a part OF
heir course of instruction. To sup
rvise all this work and superintend
he school proper requires constant
,tteation and Superintendent Ran
Lolph and his assistants are kept
'retty busy from one years end to
mother.