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" No payments are made to the inmates ; but labourers cost 11. a week, and 
the bailiff 75?. a-year and cottage and garden. Tiie live-stock consists of 
4 horses, 15 cows,' 30 sheep, and 6 pigs. About 10?. worth of cut flowers 
were also sold last year. 
"The produce in 1884 and 1885 was thus disposed of: — 
1884. 1885. 
£ s. d. £ s. d. 
Sold live-stock 190 5 11 .... 213 10 9 
„ farm produce 310 17 2 .... 367 4 11 
,. milk, butter, &c 93 19 3 .... 110 G 4 
Supplied to the school : — 
Meat 4 5 4.... 
Vegetables Gl 9 10 .... 71 10 5 
MUk, butter, &c 298 13 7 .... 390 18 6 
Total ,. .. £959 11 1 .. .. £1153 10 11 
" There was a profit of 76?. 1«. 5i. on the farm for the year 1885. 
" The stables, cow-sheds, tool-sheds, barn, &c., are all well suited for th<; 
purposes for which they were intended. The farm is a source of good health 
and cheerfulness to the boys, especiallj' in the summer, as there is plenty of 
room in the fields for play. The boys get robust by working on the land, 
aud later on in life may revive their love of gardening. The dairy operations 
are limited, as most of the milk is given to the boys. Two or three boys 
help the dairywoman on churning days, about 30 or 40 lbs. of butter being 
made per week. About 6 boys help in milking. The boys in the Industrial 
School are much below the average of boys in the ordinary elementary schools, 
both in intellect and character. To such boys as we have, the work is an 
undoubted benefit. We believe all boys would be better for industrial training 
joined with their school work, provided they remained at school until 14 years 
of age. It is difficult to speak as to the technical value of the instruction 
given on the farm. Many of the boys return to town life, and London boys, 
€specialh', will not stay in the country. It is thought, however, that to teach 
the boys the use of any tools and to inculcate habits of steady work is a 
useful result, whether the boys go to farming or not on leaving the school. 
" A. H. Burgess, 
" Clerk of the Leicester School Board, 
" Leicester School Board Certified Industrial School, 
Desford, Leicester" 
In addition to the account just given I may say that the 
market garden already seems to be doing exceedingly well, 
and is producing good quantities of fruit, vegetables, and 
flowers. The soil is not deep, but liberal manuring and 
constant cultivation, aided by thorough draining, have already 
done wonders. Since the first great expenditure on what may 
be termed " reclamation," the outgoings on the garden have 
become gradually less, and the incomings gradually more. 
Leicester is nearly 8 miles off, and provides the school with 
an excellent market for garden produce. Scarlet runners and 
peas sell most rapidly, but French beans cannot be disposed of, 
and Bedfordshire beats them in onions. In 188/), two tons of 
strawberries were picked, and three-fourths of this quantity 
were gathered carefully and directly into punnets and sent at 
