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In conclusion, it is gratifying to Icnow tliat at last tlie matter of 

 "scliool gardening" is attracting attention in tlie United States and is 

 being taught in at least one of Its cities. In the city of Hartford, Conu., 

 the subject has been taken up by the school authorities and placed 

 tinder the supervision of I'rof. H. D. Hemenway, who has met with 

 great success In Interesting tlie cliildren of that city in the work. I'rof. 

 Hemenway has given the subject much thought and study and is now its 

 leading authority in the United States. "How to Make School Gardens," 

 a book written by him has just been published by Doubleday, Page 

 & Co., of New York. I have not seen tlie book, but in a review of 

 it in yesterday's Journal it was said that "it is intended as an aid 

 to those who wish to engage in the work of cultivating a small garden 

 In connection with school work and as a stimulant to enlist the interest 

 oi children in iliC instructive features oi ught gardening. It tells how 

 to make a school garden, how to fertilize the land, how to plant seed, 

 pot plants, take cuttings, how to graft and bud and many other things 

 calculated to interest intelligent children." 



President Stevens: This is a topic on which we are all much inter- 

 ested, and no doubt many who are here can add a moment to the paper. 

 Perhaps most of you have had some practical experience in interesting 

 children in garden work. If we have not taken up this matter we should 

 do so, but I think some of us here have done this and from such ones 

 we would like to have a word. Let us take up this matter and not 

 allow the time to drag. Mr. Woollen is ready to answer any questions. 



Margaret Wood: I would like to knoAv how we can interest the 

 men so that we will not have so much to do in the garden. 



Mr. Kingsbury: One way to interest boys in the cultivation of the 

 garden is to put the hoe out of sight. Instead of putting it ahead put 

 it out of sight and say nothing about it. . We hear of the "man with 

 the hoe," and the boy has the old idea that to cultivate a garden is 

 hard work because it is done with the hoe. I have found that with a 

 common hand hoe is not the way to cultivate a garden anyway. We 

 have a little arrangement called the Fire Fly hoe or plow. It Is a 

 plow on a small scale, but it does the woi'k of about five men in the 

 way of cultivating a garden. It is pushed in front of you, and if the 

 ground is In proper tilth to be properly broken, and is suitable ground 

 for a garden, it is very easy to push this along. You can put the dlr; 

 Just where you want it more accurately than with a hoe. 



Mr. Swain: I would like to ask if the women can push this Fire Fly? 



Mr. Kingsbury: No. we Indiana Farmer folks do not believe In 

 letting women into the garden until all the materials are ready to be 

 put on the table. Although the article referred to purports to have 



