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GARDEN CLUBS IN SCHOOLS OF ENGLEWOOD^ N. J. 



in check by the inefficient methods of the child or llie indifferent 

 attempts of a neighbor who has no garden at all, or has it safely 

 inclosed, and prefers to let his animals run at hirge. In such a place, 

 the task of raising good vegetables becomes extremely difficult. 

 Especially is this the case, no matter what the enthusiasm of the 

 child, when the neighbor sees a small garden and has the unfortu- 

 nate opinion that, because the attempts of the child are small and 

 in proportion to his age or size, they are unimportant. As a matter 

 of factf this situation is not common, but it is regrettable to find 

 it at all. 



THE SAME GARDEN AS ON THE OPPOSITE PAGE, LATER IN THE SEASON. 



Insects, plant diseases, and weeds are not discussed here because 

 they are so commonly recognized, and because they are mentioned at 

 different places throughout this report. Of the other pests that be- 

 long in the class to which the title of this discussion refers, chickens 

 were likely the most numerous, although not always so totally destruc- 

 tive as some other animals. One boy attempting to establish a garden 

 in a back yard alive with the dogs and chickens of the neighborhood 

 decided that the safest way was to turn his chickens loose and use 

 their inclosure for the garden. 



Next to chickens, dogs and birds probably did the greatest total 

 damage. Here again, however, their destruction in any one garden 

 was not complete, and so the results to any one owner were not so 

 disastrous. Their damage was largely done in the early part of the 



