Eleventh Annual Report Of The Superintendent Of State Orphans Home Of The State Of Montana For The Fiscal Year Ending November 30 1904 Classic Rep PDF Download

Excerpt from Ninth Annual Report of the Superintendent of State Orphans' Home of the State of Montana: For the Fiscal Year Ending November 30, 1902 Second - We have always felt the need of some better way of lighting the buildings. We use coal oil lamps. It necessitates considerable work, and is attended with more or less danger from fire, especially when it is necessary for children to handle the lamps. I am not informed as to the probable cost of an electric plant sufficient for lighting all the buildings, but I believe it would be wise for the State to make an appropriation for such a plant. It should have sufficient power to run laundry machinery and pump water to the tanks. We need some power to supplement the windmill. We find, by experience, that the windmill cannot be relied upon for a constant-supply of water. It would not require much additional power to run laundry and pump water occasionally. Third We need more land. There is about 40 acres owned by Lott Bros. Which the Home has used from the first for pasture, and for which we paid a nominal rent. This is almost indispensable to the Home for pasture, etc. The owners are willing to sell this tract, and I think its purchase should not be delayed. It might pass into the hands of parties who would not deal so liberally with us. There is a splendid farm of about 700 acres lying west of and adjoin ing the Home grounds. To purchase the entire farm, I believe, would be a wise and farsighted investment for the State. With this ranche we could produce all our own butter, meat and milk, besides furnishing employment and useful training for the older children. If our number should increase to 200 or 250 in the near future, which seems altogether probable, a ranche like this or a manual training school would be almost a necessity. I believe the ranche would be preferable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.