Plainview Rover High School - Panther Yearbook (Plainview, AR)

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- , .4...-1.1.4 ti M... ' Above: Laying House and Flock of Leghorn Hens is being cleared, winter grass seeded, and lime and phosphate are being added. All adapted clovers have been seeded. In due time soil and water conservation practices will be insti- tuted. Goodfences have been erected and beef cattle feeding barns built. School owned cattle are kept on this pasture. The school has seeded twenty-five acres of lespedeza on rented meadow land. Broom- sage was disced up and the land properly prepared before the lespedeza was seeded. At the proper time acid phosphate will be added. A flock of 150 Leghorn hens housed in a modern laying house, enclosed in a proper poultry yard, and fed largely from waste, is kept in the school grounds. This flock is cared for by seventh and eighth grade stu- dents. Eggs and culled hens produced by this project find ready takers in the school cafe- teria. A pen of feeder pigs is kept at the school plant to consume waste from the school cafe- teria, canning plant, butcher pen, and locker plant. These pigs wind up in the lunches served in the cafeteria. The school cafeteria serves more than 225 meals per day. These meals are varied, whole- some and appetizing and are served at a cost of 10c per meal. It is possible to serve these meals because of the high-protein foods pro- duced by the school's own projects. During this school year a modern dishwasher and Sterilizer have been installed in the kitchen. Butane gas is used in cooking and heating. During the summer of 1945 four washing machines were purchased by the district and installed in a section of the cannery building. A laundry supervisor is employed by the dis-