4 2 Environment and Efficiency 



has 12 boys each half day under his care. They are taught 

 flower-gardening, market-gardening, and French-gardening, 

 digging and trenching, sowing seeds, manuring, utilisation of 

 space, manipulation of cloches and French frames, pruning, 

 layering, bedding-out, &c. all forming topics for very detailed 

 lectures. And the business side is not neglected, as the boys 

 themselves sell the produce and keep small books to make 

 themselves conversant with current trade prices. 



" Poultry -farming. Some of the boys look after the poultry 

 farm. Regular feeding, punctual collection and labelling of 

 e gg s > perfect cleanliness, rearing of chickens, and careful 

 penning of the different species are important points which 

 the boys must attend to. 



" Tailoring. The tailor's shop is an important branch. 

 All the boys' clothes are made on the premises, with the 

 exception of shirts, jerseys, and boots. The uniform is very 

 smart, and does the tailor masters and the tailor boys great 

 credit. ... To watch some of the smaller boys seaming, 

 felling, making button-holes, sewing on buttons, &c. ; as if 

 their whole life depended upon its perfection, is a sight of a 

 lifetime. 



"Laundry Work. The laundry is another part of our 

 school. The laundress usually has 4 boys helping her with 

 the work, which is considerable. In this establishment, as in 

 all other branches of training, the boys are taught to manage 

 the entire work, and occasionally they do so. 



" Cooking. Many of the boys are trained to be cooks in 

 the kitchen. 



" Carpentering. Some are carpenters, learning their trade 

 in an outside centre, although when the new wing is completed 

 a special carpenter's shop will be opened. 



" Shoemaking. Some are shoemakers ; and although we 

 make no new boots, yet there are some repairs which test the 

 boys' abilities to the full. 



" Baking. The bakehouse claims the attention on Fridays 



