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for outdoor work will certainly justify any ordinary expenditure 

 incurred in construction. 



The window boxes and pots already referred to supply another 

 means of growing winter plants and starting others for early 

 spring transplanting as well as for experimental purposes. It 

 should be borne in mind and impressed upon the pupils that 

 these devices contain a small part of the garden soil transferred 

 to an environment more favorable to the successful growing of 

 plants. The opportunity is here given to teach valuable lessons 

 in connection with supplying to the plants favorable artificial 

 conditions. 



Policy of the Agricultural Education Service. 

 The speaker is authorized to say that the Agricultural Educa- 

 tion Service of the United States Department of Agriculture 

 recognizes the school garden work as a most potent factor in 

 elementary education. Taking this view its policy has been to 

 encourage the work in any way possible within the scope of the 

 Service. Publications have been issued, lantern slides have been 

 collected, and lectures have been outlined relating to the subject. 

 The supply of slides is being increased continually. Friends of 

 the school garden movement will confer a favor upon the Agri- 

 cultural Education Service and the public, by furnishing the 

 office with any striking photographs of garden scenes that may 

 come into their possession. Slides with lecture outlines are loaned 

 to school authorities without cost excepting transportation to 

 and from Washington. This Service stands ready at all times 

 to co-operate with State and college authorities in collecting 

 and publishing information that will be of profit to the school 

 garden movement. 



