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important; the garden teacher must be sensitive to the feelings 



of others, for this work makes the teacher one of the family circle. 



City superintendents are realizing keenly the value of this work. 



It is not uncommon to have a superintendent say that his town is 



With proper cultivation and care there is no question as 

 to what the harvest will be. 



Photo by M. Louise Green 



a mill town, or a railroad town, and the population is continually 

 changing, but that if vegetable gardens were well-established in 

 the back yards and attractive floral plantings in the front yards, 

 the houses would then be homes, and people would remain. The 

 people would not then only take more interest in their own lots, 

 but a community spirit would soon be aroused that would stimu- 

 late a desire to better city conditions. To demonstrate the possi- 



