Menaul School - Sandstorm Yearbook (Albuquerque, NM)

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THE SANDSTORM MENAULSCHOOLFARM The 'Vlenaul School farm con rsts of 760 acres 33 of y hrch are under cultr vatron rn alfalfa Menaul al o has a garden rn whrch are rarsed tomatoes cucumbers watermelons cantaloupes lettuce radrshes and a few other vegetable These are used to supply some of the food for the drnlng room The forage crop alfalfa rs used to feed the cow and horses durrng the wrnter months Last year we trred an experrment of rarsrng sugar beets to feed to the cows We found that the sugar beets greatly rncreased then mrlk productron There are three wells whrch supply l 700 gallons of water per mrnute Thrs water rs used for drrnkrng purposes other household purposes and for rrrrgatron Part of the crops are rrrrgated from the conserxancy drtch The school owns fourteen head of cows whrclr supply 8000 gallons of mrlk per year for the use of the school Menaul also has a drove of hogs whrch supply some meat for the school I years past we have sold all the hogs but thrs year we sold only part of them The remarnder we butchered for our own use Turkeys are very popular at lVlenaul especrally durrng the Thanksgrvmg season Even though they are a lot of trouble to rarse they pay for themselves Fourteen turkeys were used for Thanksgrvrng drnner at lVlenaul and the remarnder were sold to people rn Albuquerque and to a hosprtal at Thanksgrvrng trme The turkeys help to keep down the grasshoppers durrng the summer We have four horses whrch are used for work around the farm Some of the boys who do not pay for all then board 'rnd room work on the farm mrlkrng Cows and dorng the other farm work CLUBS Seyeral clubs were organrzed tlrrs year and each student was asked to Jorn one These clubs are Knrttrng and Fancy Work sponsored by lVlrss Bender Publrc Speaking and Debate sponsored by 'Vlrss Barber Archery sponsored by lVlr Bauer Dramatrc sponsored by Mrss Gerow lnternatronal Relatrons sponsored by lVlr Hernandez and Future Farmers of Amerrca sponsored by Mr Prescott Clubs haye been yery rnterestrng and the students hare actryely partrcrpated The Dramatic Club gaxe three hort plays and each play was judged on characterr zatron pronuncratron and actron The Publrc Speakrng and Debate Club entertarned the Dramatrc Club wrth a debate program Other club haye rlso had rnterestrng programs wirwf TTYA TTT' Y UTVTT -TT-T-A TWT , ,,-,, -,-,-,,e,,A..-.- . , . . r s .. -, v - r - T 5 ' ' - -. r - , . .Q . , , . v ' V I V D . ' . n V - Y - , . . n I q I . , . V - V v ' Y . , . V Y ' I v ' T , . 3 ' r r ' ', ' ' . . ' ', , . B V A 1 T . , . . t. V n 5 ' 2 K , A . 1 Page Forly ,r 1941

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