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If our Teachers' Associations were to undertake the work along 

 similar lines, it would lead to uniformity of effort and teaching in the 

 schools of the district. As it is now, very often, each school follows its 

 own bent, and the advantage of comparison is lost. Stimulus would 

 come to the backward schools that hesitate to undertake new lines of 

 work. At Association meetings, definite and helpful discussion could be 

 had on the best way of using this branch of the nature study teaching. 

 Comparative exhibits of art work, composition, note books, etc., could 

 be shown, too, based on the same flowers and vegetables. 



