(JARDEX CLUBS IN SCHOOLS OF ENOLEWOOD, N. J. 



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antl inotluKls, sonu* in sit'd-ti'stiiiji^ iK'iiKMisiralions, and sonu' in diaw- 

 in<; plans anil woikin<j: ont sclu'ines for the sniniiu'i's work. 



.Tnst as soon as the •rionnd could We worked demonstrations were 

 held to illnstrate the problems which would he met hy the children 

 when thev started to work their gardens. With the least expe- 

 rienced children, and there were many with no experience, the most 

 difficult task was to teach them how to handle garden tools. The 

 hanilling of tools comhined with their many uses comprised a prol)- 

 lem ditlicult to the small l)eginners. 



Along with the classroom work and demonstrations, postcards and 

 circulars of ditlerent kinds were found valuable. Several short 

 leaflets on timely subjects were written and distributed by the super- 

 visor. Publications of experiment stations, and one of a seed firui, 

 were also used. 



ALL SEEDS PLANTED APE CAREFULLY LABELED. 



A still brf)ader view (d" vegetable gardening and agricidture in 

 general was atf«>rded the children through automobile trips into the 

 rural districts. Englewood lies near some of the best vegetable, fruit, 

 poultry, ilairy, and general farms of New Jerst^v. Many of these 

 were visited. The trips proved to i)e greatly enjoyable and inspiring, 

 as well as instructive to the children. 



Without doubt the most valuable instructicjn of all was that ollVretl 

 to each child inilividually. As in all cases of practical agricultural 

 teaching, the school garden instructor, when dealing with a class, 

 must treat his subject for the mo.st part in general terms. It is 

 ditlicult for anyone to put these generalities into practice under a 

 variety of unexpected conditions. For the child it is next to impos- 

 sible. Consequently, a question answered at school or on the street 



