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the summer, nuule the preliiuiimiy phiniiinj;: especially dillicult for 

 each chilli. To add to the diiliciilty each chihl had an individual 

 problem to solve. Every prardeu «li tiered in topo«!^raphy, shape, size, 

 soil, surroundiufrs, and veij:i"tahles to he ^rown. As a result, every 

 drawing ^Yas ditieient, ami the scales used in drawinj; were in many 

 casi's necessarily of a dirt'erent dcfrree to acconuuotlate the ditterences 

 in the. sizes of the pu-dens. This makes plain the necessity of the 

 careful individual instruction which was retjuired while the chil- 

 dren were doing this part of their work. 



Prepandiaih of soil. — The same minute care was necessary when 

 the time came for preparing the garden. Each child, if large and 

 strong enough, was required to do his own work. All were told at 

 club meetings and shown in groups at demonstrations just how to 

 clear oti' the land, fertilize, spade, and rake the soil. Their varying 



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knowledge in regard to these points also made intlividual instruction 

 necessary. The combination of factors unknown to the children were 

 not so numerous in this work us in garden planning, however, which 

 made demonstrations especially helpful, and reduced the amount of 

 individual instruction necessary. 



('learin{/ o/f the land. — The two great obstacles in clearing off the 

 land were the accunudations of rubbish and the den.se growths of 

 briers and small trees. Near the center of town, vacant lots and manv 

 back yards weie covered w ith heaps of tin cans, old shoes, umbrellas, 

 bottles, and all the other things that go to make up a real trash pile, 

 ^fore ditlicult to remove than these, however, was the vegetation 

 which was most conmion in the outlying parts of town. Here each 

 brier and sapling had to be removed root and all, a task which in 

 many cases proved long and difficult. In all cases of clearing the soil, 

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