The Chemawa American, January 01, 1913, Page 13, Image 13

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1907, the average yield of b u tter fat per cow in a certain herd was
235.68 lbs. H ow m uch b u tter would th is produce, adding 1-6 for over
run?
W hat would th e b u tter in the previous problem be w orth at 40
cents per pound? If m ilk in the above problem were sold at 4 cents per
qu art it would b rin g d u rin g th e year $91.80; w hich would pay the farm ­
er the better? W hat w ould be the total income from 25 cows? W h at
w ould be the profits after d ed u ctin g forty dollars per cow for th e cost to
keep over and above the cost of her feed? T h e various item s can be
altered by the skillful teacher in an endless num ber.
E xam ple: Lady P et of K ilb u rn produced last year 10,490 lbs of m ilk,
te stin g 5.4 per cent b u tter fat. E x p ress in pounds of b u tte r her yearly
production, allow ing 1-6 for over-run. Space does not perm it me to
m ake fu rth e r suggestions nor to touch on other features quite as in te r­
esting.
TITE COUNTRY SCHOOL
P R O G R E S S O F T IIE SA M E B Y E D N A B A N C R O F T
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E A U T IF Y IN G School G rounds, the cultivation of I n ­
door A rt and D ecoration, th e Consolidation of R ural
Schools and th e T ra in in g of T eachers for C ountry
Schools are some of the im portant forw ard m ove­
m ents th a t have taken place in th e last q u arte r of a
cen tu ry .
T h e co n tin u o u s question of why do so m any young
men seek the city? and w hy do th e m ajority of th e boys refuse to attend
school after they are large enough to assert th eir own authority? has
been p artly answ ered by pointing the questioner to treeless, fenceless,
dilapidated and altogether u n attractiv e d istrict school grounds and the
com fortless, crowded and ill-ventilated school b uilding.
B eautifying the school has been sadly neglected until the last few
years w hen patrons have begun to realize th a t to m ake school life in ­
teresting to the child it m ust be made attractiv e and com fortable in the
way of good buildings and clean, neat, w ell-kept yards.
For m any years men have spent vast am ounts of m oney on their
hom es, but never gave th e school a th o u g h t, nor a dollar and not
even a day.
E rectin g a flag pole, and keeping our national colors flying, p lan tin g
and caring for trees and flowers about th e school yard, seeing th a t the
grounds and out-b u ild in g s are neat and in order, th a t there is a cistern
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