117 REASONABLE 



PROSPECTS 



observation gardens, tool house, flower beds, etc. 

 The total value of the vegetables raised by the 

 children last year was $1350.00. This value was 

 computed from the prices the parents of the chil- 

 dren paid to hucksters, stores, etc., for the same 

 kind of vegetables. We use each year on our 

 Garden School $150.00 worth of fertilizers. 



Two students in the Colored Training School 

 took a vacant lot and raised enough vegetables to 

 supply two families all summer and sold enough 

 to pay the taxes on the lot. A boy, fourteen years 

 old, raised enough vegetables on an ordinary sub- 

 urban lot to supply the needs of a family and 

 sold $30 worth of truck besides. 



Similar results are constantly coming to light 

 from all over the country, proving that they are 

 not confined to any specially favored section, but 

 may properly be regarded as "reasonable pros- 

 pects" from any gardener. It is a question 

 purely of how much care and intelligence are 

 given to the garden. 



An old Master was asked, " WitH what do you 

 mix your paints to produce such exquisite col- 

 ors?" "I mix them with brains," he aptly re- 



