Download Annual Report of the Department of the Interior Volume 1

Annual Report of the Department of the Interior Volume 1. United States Dept of Interior

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Author: United States Dept of Interior
Number of Pages: 514 pages
Published Date: 01 Mar 2012
Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
Publication Country: Miami Fl, United States
Language: English
ISBN: 9781130023619
File size: 12 Mb
Download Link: Annual Report of the Department of the Interior Volume 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1898 Excerpt: ...therefore a knowledge of the kind of soil, its elements, porosity, etc., is required in order to know how to irrigate. Then our crops are different in kind. This is especiallytrue of our fruits. Yet our Indian children are sent to Haskell and Carlisle (both most excellent schools) to learn how to farm. All the principles which apply to successful farming by irrigation are taught here, and it is truly surprising how eager the boys are to acquire this knowledge, and how quickly they apply it on their home farms. Besides the farming proper we give thorough instruction in dairying, flower and fruit culture. We hope this year to be able to start onr mining department. The Indian is the natural prospector. His nature, love of outdoor life, habits, powers of endurance, and knowledge of the country all combine to make this his ideal vocation. Given the proper knowledge of mineral geology, value of ores, and how to work his mining properties, and there is no reason why he should not be an important factor in wealth production, and in a way, too, that does not bring him into direct competition with thousands of equally deserving but less fortunate white people. It does seein to me to be far wiser to give an Indian the kind of knowledge that will help him develop his natural resources than to push him, half ripe, into positions created for him. By providing places as teachers and clerks for the Indian youth, by paying them salaries largely in excess of what they could earn in outside labor markets, and by favoring them to the extent of admitting them to ther? positions simply because of color, while other races are subject to crucial examinations, we simply foster the deplorable policy of governmental paternalism. This school is located in the beautiful Salt River Val...

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