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These cards were sent to the schools, and an offer was made 
to follow up gardens during the summer in those cases where 
the principals felt that help was needed. One hundred of these 
cards were returned to us. Many more pupils signed cards, 
merely to show that they intended to work their gardens during 
the summer, but did not feel the need of special supervision. 
The gardens were visited and the following card used to help 
in the final award of prizes. 
DATA FOR PRIZE AWARDS 
Dimensions of Garden in feet: 
Soil character : F 
Fertilizer used: 


Date of Visit | Inspector | Condition Care Crop | Arrangem’t Rating 
| 25% 25% | 25% 25% 

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| | | | 





Final rating: 

Judges 


In many cases, these gardens were very poor, but this was due 
usually to lack of intelligence, or to little understanding on the 
part of parents as to how they could help their children. But on 
the other hand, there were many encouraging sides to the work. 
There were homes where the fathers took time from their own 
work to make a box for the child’s garden, or to spade up a back- 
yard, or to be at home when the garden was visited to hear the 
criticism of the work. 
The prizes offered merely stand for success over difficulties. 
In order that the children might work with added zeal all summer, 
