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producing and making something a means for education and educa- 

 tion a preparation for life's work. 



The Domestic Science Department Utilizes the Products of the Garden 

 The Domestic Science department needs vegetables in order to 

 teach cooking and canning, and plans it work to use products from 

 the garden as they mature. Products not used by the school are 

 sold to near-by stores and homes. 



A Real Purpose in Gardening 



In selling the vegetables the students must find out the market 

 price and use skill in marketing to advantage. The record kept 

 gives ideas of value and ways of determining the profitableness of 

 fields. 



By planting such crops as can mature during the school term, the 

 pupils can study the plant from germination to maturity as well as 

 many problems in harvesting and marketing. 



One of the most gratifying things about this method is the 

 increased interest shown by the students in the garden work. It 

 seems to vitalize and make it more of a definite problem. 



School Gardening in Portland, Oregon 



Alice V. Joyce 



In the fall of 191 1 when two new teachers in one of the grammar 

 school buildings of Portland surveyed the beautiful scenery sur- 

 rounding the building, their attention was directed to the tract 

 covered with young Oregon firs diagonally across the street. One 

 of the teachers remarked, "What a glorious place for a school 

 garden!" 



When they spoke to their principal concerning it, they found 

 that he was intensely interested, had been assisting with home 

 gardens for five years, but had not attempted the community 

 garden. vSo the news that the teachers desired one was gratefully 

 received, and later he appointed a garden committee among his 

 teachers. 



Letters were written to the president and secretary of the 

 National vSchool Garden Association, the Department of Agricul- 



