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to the people to see the results of the children's efforts, and they 

 were fully awakened to the possibilities of the school garden. 



This garden contest was re-organized in 19 13, and a director 

 with one assistant placed in charge of the work. They succeeded 

 in getting twenty-seven schools to co-operate with them with the 

 result that including Woodlawn's 585 gardeners, the city enrolled 

 3568 juvenile gardeners with equally as many home gardens. 



Among the home gardens, a boy nine years old was the pride of 

 the city, and when he showed his vegetables at the exhibit with an 

 air of manliness which portrayed having done something "worth 

 while," one gentleman remarked, 'Tf school gardening brings 

 forth boys like this, we must have more school gardening." 



Nor are the men doing everything to support and encourage the 

 work. Through the efforts of the president of the Woman's Club, 

 a building has been donated where a juvenile market is conducted 

 daily since the exhibit, June 27, 19 13. Children may bring vege- 

 tables or flowers from the garden, cakes, bread or jelly that they 

 have made, fruit that they have earned by picking, and even pets 

 that they have raised, or wish to dispose of, and it is being patron- 

 ized by the best people of the city. 



Very little has been done for the vacation gardens, but I think 

 the plans for the new year will provide for them also. In some 

 places the abandoned individual gardens are being planted in 

 potatoes, beans, endive, and similar vegetables adapted to a later 

 season. 



When the garden plans provide for the "all year gardening" to 

 which the climate of Oregon is ideally adapted, the juvenile market 

 might be profitably maintained throughout the entire year. 



Some of the principals have planned to introduce domestic 

 science in the grades, and through this department learn to demon- 

 strate the food and economic value of the vegetables raised in the 

 gardens. They also hope to solve the noon lunch problem by this 

 plan. 



A committee of teachers realizing that thrift and economy should 

 be encouraged among their pupils, called upon the assistant secre- 

 tary of one of the leading banks, and enlisted his services to establish 

 a School Bank. 



Bank books for principals, teachers and pupils with entry card 

 for the bank were supplied. It is hoped that this will be a great 

 stimulus to the garden work since cash returns from the sales in the 



