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instruction and provision is being made to prepare teachers for 

 such work. In townships having high schools, much of the work 

 is reserved for the high school. In a recent report made by Pro- 

 fessor A. B. Graham it was shown that in Ohio, seventy-three high 

 schools have agriculture as a regular branch in the course of 

 study, and one hundred and fortyseven correlate the subject 

 w'ith botany, ph3'sics and physical geography. It is generally 

 conceded that the best work cannot be done in rural schools 

 under existing conditions. If so, these conditions must be 

 readjusted. Where schools have been consolidated good results 

 have been secured, and this may be one of the best solutions for 

 the problem for in such schools it is easier to secure teachers with 

 some preparation for teaching the subject. The demand is upon 

 the schools. If consolidation and employment of teachers 

 trained for the work are the necessary conditions the people and 

 teachers will ultimately meet these conditions. 



The time has evidently come when the farm with its oppor- 

 tunities are being realized, and the possibilities and advantages 

 of rural life must be enhanced by proper education of the boys 

 and girls of rural communities. 



A NORMAL SCHOOL STUDENT'S GARDEN REPORT 



By MARY F. BARTLETT 

 Instructor in Piant Nature-Study, Montclair, N. J., State Normal School 



The problem assigned was the determination of the relative 

 A^alues for school-gardens of the vicinity of certain varieties of 

 garden peas. All details were left to the student and the work 

 was carried on at her home in Caldwell, N. J. The report is sub- 

 mitted as it was handed in. 



Garden Report by Alice C. Lewis 



Peas 



I. Varieties: i. American Wonder, dealer Vick; 2. Pros- 

 perity, dealer Vick; 3. Excelsior (Nott's), dealer Vick; 4. 

 Little Gem, dealer Henderson; 5. New Surprise, dealer Vick; 

 6. Vick's Selected, dealer Vick; 7. Thomas Laxton, dealer 

 Vick. 



II. Date of planting: On May 6, 1909, there were planted in 

 seven separate rows the varieties of peas named above. 



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