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NATURE-STUDY REVIEW 



111:2— Feb.. 1915 



lost. To prevent this, the garden teacher visits each home garden 

 at least once a week and directs the work. The plan really 

 amounts to a twelve-months school: the back-yard is a class 

 room; the growing plant is the text-book, with subject-matter 

 adapted to the immediate mental and physical growth of the 



Upper figure. Canning vegetables for future use 



teaches thrift and economy — Oregon. 

 Lower figure. By some cooperative methods, the sur- 

 plus products may be marketed — Pittsburgh. 



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