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been taken from the liuliaiia Farmer I think the huly who wrote It 

 must have lived in the soiuhcrii p.iit of tlie State, nut far from where 

 Mr. Steveus lives. 



. Mrs. Stevens: No. sir; she didn't live soutli of Indianapolis. 



Mr. Klugsl)ury: Aie yuii llie auilior yoursejf? 1 don't believe the 

 appearance of the ladies liefore me sliow iliat any of them are giulty 

 Oi the eonduet descriljed in the article read. They don't cultivate the 

 garden or milk tlie cows. They don't look like that class, and if we 

 are ever guilty of siuli conduct as tliat we wdl be sorry for it. (Joing 

 back to tlie point 1 was making, 1 liiink if you will get one of these 

 little Fire Fly plows or hoes you will liave no trouble in having good 

 gardens. It is a itiiMsnii- lo nm ilils lioe and is not an irksome task. 

 Take the hard work idea away from ilie i.»oy and he will be willing 

 enough to do it. 



Mr. Little: 1 know a man wlio compelled his boy to work in the 

 garden to punish him fur misbehavior. The boy said: "Father, if 1 

 had a garden 1 would sow it in wild oats." 



Mr. iSnodgrass: We call our place the garden place or spot of the 

 , world. Mr. Chairman, this reminds lue a great deal of Josh Billings' 

 comments on the way a child should be raised. He said: "Raise a 

 child up in the way he should go by going that way yourself once 

 in a while." This is very true. If you are going to raise a child up 

 to work in the garden you must work in it yourself a little. We must 

 not expect the housewife to leave her work and attend to it. Her 

 work is in the house. Her work is taking care of the family. Her 

 duty is a moral and religious one to the family. It is not to go out 

 and scorch in the hot, boiling sun, but the father, with his boys and 

 girls that he wants to educate and learn to work, should lead the way. 

 This wotild be my plan for conducting the children's gardens. 



President Stevens: 1 would like to hear from Mr. Johnson, who 

 is connected with tlie School for the Feeble-IMinded, as to their gardens. 



Mr. Johnson: My experience in connection with the School for the 

 Feeble-Minded is almost that of an onlooker, although 1 know a great 

 deal of wliat is going on there. 1 am not actively connected with 

 this school, i)Ui 1 wish to say that probably the greater part of our 

 efforts with the feeble-minded children to help them and better their 

 conditions is by the use of tlie garden. We have in connection with 

 that institution a very large garden, and not only the boys but also 

 the girls work in it. Of course our children, some of them, are old— 

 as old as thirty years, but they are still children in most ways and 

 work with the children in the garden. This education is prooably the 

 best education they could get. 



