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University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkel* rnia 



Agricultural Experiment Station, E. J. Wickson, Direr 

 Entered as second-class matter, January, 1912, at the Postoffice at Berkeley, Cal. 



The Junior Agriculturist 



A LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 

 FOR THE JUNIOR GARDENERS OF CALIFORNIA 



Berkeley. California, January 26, 1912 



No, 12 



GARDEN 



'ho follow-in* clubs ha 



ihevllle dlatrl 



iher, \vi;. 

 nrolled; L 



I - liil- 



»ol, Alameda, Elsa 



is enrolled; Piedmont * 

 guna diati 

 h. M. Lynel 



Lodl normal, W. 



er. 10 enrolled; Frank- 



Bchool, Oakland, Mall Flndley 



40 



trolled; Paso Rn! llliott 



r secretary, 87 



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er and his chum, 



I the Washington 

 best garden. 



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\\ -.. y- kiln school, in 



whi.h two gardening clubs are organ- 

 r'a room 

 imenta under 

 children of this club ganl- 

 b back yard, 

 lub, under the dir< 

 ,.r Miss Plndley, haa many plants 

 growing In tli The 



chihir. through •• 



:i which la at least 

 third sand and not to apply too much 



hildren have bean 

 persistent and are now getting results. 



Later on we hope each club will enter 

 ng contests, such at ing of 



alfalfa, sugar beets, wheat, corn, veg- 

 Tn due time more 

 will be said regarding the contests. 

 * * * 



found the hoys and girls of the 

 Piedmont echo ont, ea^ 



laae, which is mowing so 

 rapidly. The election of officers la to 

 Id soon, and you will hear of the 

 results later. 



ba of Bei I 



Will he ta 



useful unsightly vn 



Plans should be got 

 that ••• 



'lin the use of a 



willing t<> 



pose; third, certain grades, 

 the fifth . ahould be I 



fourth, <-nts shou 



• is and water; 

 sixth, a aupervlsoi 

 needed. The agricult'. 

 division of th< 

 help and will 

 • 



* # # 

 ideal miniature farm 



■ 



city. n is shown ii; 



hoys and girls of nklin 



school, Oakland i Una 



cottage, which was built b; 

 their manual training work w 



ite their assis- 

 hoped that th( 

 build the other necessary buildings. 



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We wlah that it all visit the 



gardens at the "People's P 

 Francisco, and see how much hard 

 work the boya and girls and the 

 I Which waa 



:<*bris tin- 

 quaaja 



bricks and asl • 

 aging to spade up 1 



» his lot in shape, hut they have 



I given up, and now the gai 



are taking on a pleasing appear • 



There were n 

 Boya from the Frank)! 

 Oakland, with their enthuslai 

 icher, brought over stsi 

 1 made and bulbs a 



1 dlected. These were gi 



boys and girls of the "People's I 

 club. These Oakland boya worked 



