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University of California, College of Agriculture, B^^Jf^vCalifornia 



Agricultural Experiment Station, E. J. Wickson, Director 

 Entered as second-class matter. November, 1911. at the Postoffice at Berkeley. Cal. 



The Junior Agriculturist 



^£ LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 

 FOR THE JUNIOR GARDENERS OF CALIFORNIA 



Vol. I. Berkeley. California. February 26, 1912 No. 13 



EDITORIAL 



ral of our Garden city boys have become Interested lately In sell* 

 ing vegetables to bo use wives. The Garden city bunk pays the salesmen 

 for their efforts. After each market day the boys have been anxious to 

 receive the award for their work. This Is proper. The boys put Into the 

 Garden city thought and honest work, and they should be given recognition. 

 hly the money is itisfy their own desires. This Is improper. 



L t us not l)« sitate to receive the dollar, but let us be sure that we 

 have earned It squarely, and then let us be sure that It does the riKl>t 

 kind of work. The dollar which takes us to the moving picture show while 

 our small brother or sister needs clothing or books, or wants to see the 

 pictures, too; the dollar whicli takes us into temptation and leads us to 

 see and do wrong; the dollar which buys a vote or friendship, these dollars 

 are w< iking in the wrong way. On the other hand, the dollars which 

 bring happiness to us and our neighbor are the ones to be proud of; these 

 are doing good work. So it is plain that a dollar, like a boy, may .l-> 

 good work or poor. Or shall we put It this way? A dollar with an un- 

 selfish boy or man attached will do good work, while a dollar hampered 

 by a dishonest, selfish boy or man works dishonestly and selfishly. 



It is quite possible while reading or writing to get in our own light, 

 to get In our own way. It Is quite possible for our dollar to get In our own 

 way. If we hold tightly to the coin when others are hungry, we are stingy 

 and selfish, and hence disliked and unhappy. We may grip the dollar so 

 closely, we may love it so much more and the best things so much less that 

 we fall to see and know the best. That is. the money may He In the bank 

 It should be used to purchase a good book, a music lesson, a 

 li. autiful picture. We may hoard the dollar fondly, being satisfied witn 

 m eond class books, music, pictures, beds, food, manners, and thus the 

 second rate life becc-mes a habit Then again, the dollar may get in our 

 way by being held too loosely, ,t rticularly If it comes too easily and with 

 too little work on our part, fo it leads us to the theaters too much, It 

 makes us think "clothes" too n» i. it leads us to matters which fascinate. 

 nust agree that the city Hi is fascinating, that some city men are 

 fascinating, for they are ItB med jm, but they are not always the best to 

 tie to. Let us make the dollir work to bring the best into our lives, the 

 life of our neighbor and the life of the community. 



»nly does the dollar often get In our own way. but It gets in the 

 way of a community's progress. The grip on dollars keeps our tea 



doing their best, for the schoolrooms are too crowded: It keeps the 



l from becoming more useful and more beautiful. Fifty dollars and 

 less keeps a bay city from ridding Itself of the weedy vacant lot pest. A 

 eautiful is a city valuable. 



Let us think hard that our dollar may not get In our own way or In the 

 way of our community, that It may work for us to do the most good, that it 

 may work for the community. 



