ACCOMPLISHMENTS WITH RELATION TO THE HOME AND TO HEALTH All missions did these things: Improved house- Combatted Constructed hold equipment endemics and buildings for Gave courses in nursing All missions except Tihosuco, Kanxoc, Ciudad Guerrero, All missions except the ones at Ilamatlán organized sanitary brigades. mmm Maternity homes were established by the missions at Suitable drinking water was introduced at Cuautempán, Midwives were trained at Cuautempan, Chietla, La Trini- In schools--All missions accomplished the following: Construction of buildings and schools Construction of Organization of schools athletic fields The missions at Chietla, Guerrero, Tlax., Acatempán, The missions at Tanlajas, La Trinidad, Kanxoc, Guerrero, Chih., Guerrero, Tlax., Acatempan, Motozintla, Tequixtepec, Zacatepec Mixes, built playgrounds. A The missions at Chietla, La Trinidad, Kanxoc, Guerrero, Tlax., Villa Victoria, Acatampan, Motozintla, Tequixtepec, Jalpán, El Fuerte, Santiago Ixcuintla, Tepehuanes, Concepción del Oro, constructed openair theatres. Bands or orchestras were organized by the following Trinidad, Coyutla and Ilamatlán. Dance groups were organized at Tingambato, El Ticui and Concepción del Oro. ACCOMPLISHMENTS RELATED TO ECONOMIC IMPROVEMENT All missions with the exception of Cuautempan, Puebla, accomplished the following: A All the missions except the ones at Tingambato and at Cuautempan demonstrated and established crop rotation. All the missions except the ones at Cuautempan, Guerrero, Chih., and Guerrero, Tlax., arranged for the repair of agricultural implements. www All missions except those at Cuautempan, Chietla, Tanlajas, Tiho suco, Guerrero, Chih., Villa Victoria, Zacatepec, Coyutla and Comalcalco were active in preventing and combatting livestock diseases. The missions at Hueyapan, Tanlajas, La Trinidad, 3 The following missions established hatcheries: Hueyapan, La Trinidad, Tihosuco, Kanxoc, Guerrero, Chih., Guerrero, Tlax., Tingambato, Villa Victoria, Acatenpan, Motozintla, Bolaños. The following missions established smithies: Hue The following missions established tanneries: Pottery factories were established at San Antonio and at Jalpán. No mission was able to provide for the storage of harvests. equipment; they have taught rural people how to make tables, beds, chairs, wardrobes, and other essential furniture. Hand grinders have been introduced to make corn mash in order to free women from grinding corn in the primitive manner with stone metates. Housing is being provided for those who need it through a system of cooperative labor. Small vegetable gardens to provide improved nutrition, and flower gar dens to beautify the home are being encouraged. Women are being taught how to use sewing machines and how to make simple clothing. Mothers are being given practical instruction in home organization and the care and education of their children. Social Life and Recreation Many athletic fields, children's playgrounds, and open-air theaters have been constructed. Athletic teams and musical, theatrical, and dance groups and glee clubs have been organized. It is gradually be coming customary to celebrate important historical occasions with formal programs and social activities that combine recreation with education. Competitive games, exhibitions and fairs, and contests in performing regional music, dances, and songs have taken place. Premilitary Education Premilitary education has been organized among youth and adult groups in all the communities within the cultural mission zones, as well as in the schools of those areas. Economic Results During the past rainy season we succeeded in having cultivated all the tillable lands available in the communities. In some places new ground was broken. The farmers are beginning to select and purify their seed, and to improve their methods of cultivation. The iron plow has been introduced in several places. Several experiments in the introduction of new crops brought good results. An effective campaign is being carried out for the planting of more fruit trees. Farmers were taught how to care for fruit orchards. An intensive campaign was undertaken to stimulate the construction of buildings for livestock, and to multiply the number of domestic animals that supplement the incomes of individual families. Farmers were taught how to give injections to their animals and how to care for them when sick. Incubators were introduced in some places. The missions also interested farmers in forest conservation and in the intelligent use of their forests. Farmers are being taught how to use small streams for irrigation purposes. In some places small irrigation works were set up. The following occupations were introduced in various communities: Tanning, saddlery, carpentry, baking, soap manufacturing, weaving of wool, fruit preservation, and furniture-making from reed-grass. |