University of California, College of Agriculture, Berkeley, California 



Agricultural Experiment Station, E. J. Wickson, Director Agricultural Education 



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



The Junior Agriculturist 



-^A LITTLE PAPER ISSUED TWICE A MONTH 

 FOR THE JUNIOR GARDENERS OF CALIFORNIA 



Vol. 1. Hkrkeley. California. May 14, 1912 No. 17 



LOOK FOR THE GOOD IN PEOPLE 



Soma Months ago certain school children started gardens. Anxiously 

 oung plants to appear. Patience was Anally rewarded 

 and the leaves timidly pushed the^r way through the «tll Bach day I 



isnn-ii the growth of the plants. But one morning indignation 

 ran high, for the young vegetables ha. J been snipped off close to t 



in. I. Many were the threats that were made. All day long al " 



they watched for tlo », To the astonishment <»f the children the 



white crowned sparrows. be guilty. The class Immediately de- 



<i-h itroy the Would you is the san 



Another pupil made war with slingshot and alrgun on California 

 wc suss he had ssen one make ■ hole in his bam. Would 



yon have done the same? 



The boys and girls who condemn. :ite crowned sparrows so 



quickly and the pupil who destroyed woodpeckers were led to study the 

 birds, and soon they thai both the sparrows and woodpeckers do 



more good than harm. So we all have sharp eyes for evil and dull eyes 

 for the good. The farmer seas the meadow lark as he picks up the grain. 

 but he does not set the bird at be eats grasshopper after grasshopper (an.) 

 is.shoppers are rery I armful to the farmer), and Just so we are quick to 

 see and to talk about the faults "i oui friends ratbsj than about their 

 virtues. 



rar as we know, all life has good within it. Even the housefly has 

 some us. -fulness. If you ask yourself this question, "Where is the good 

 within?" and then use sharp eyes, you will be surprised with what you c. 

 find. Whom do you consider your worst enemy? Now use sharp eyes for 

 the good which is there. We want you to use sharp eyes for the good and 

 dull eyes for the »vil \\ '•■ \\..nt you not only to do this, but to keep point- 

 ing out to your friends what you see In them and about i 



Mr. Stebblns: It has been a our new school yet. and are obi 



long time since I wrote you last, so to plant in boxes, but will tran ; 



this time I have quite a lot to tell. later. 



My sweet peas are quite large now. At school last 1 plan tad let- 

 Last Saturday I started tying th»m up. tuce seeds In a cigar box and now 

 but have not finished yet. I have are one and three-fourths Inches high 

 learned that the peas that get the The stem is long and frail, whit 

 morning sun are the best, for they caused from not having enough air and 

 are higher and are a darker green than sun. I also planted tomato seeds, but 

 the others. they are not up yet. 



We are disappointed in not having The seeds I planted a long time 



