EDITORIAL 



125 



The space cultivated by any group of children can be better 

 utilized by the elimination of all paths but the main ones. School 

 gardens laid out in the early days of the movement have the 

 individual plots separated by paths a foot and a half to two feet 

 wide. By omitting these more area for production and a more 

 businesslike garden are secured. The class becomes a closer 

 working unit, more easily controlled. 



Experimenting should have little place in a school garden during 

 these times of stress. Crops that are known to be the best local 

 ones; that mature quickly; yield abundantly and are cultivated 

 with ease should be selected. Avoid planting crops that have 

 little food value. 



Radishes have always been popular in the past. They bring 

 quick results which children always want, but they occupy much 

 space that could be used for root crops of greater food value. 

 Use them this year but sparingly to mark the rows for beets and 

 carrots and encourage the use of the tops for greens. No waste 

 should be countenanced. The school garden should be a model 

 for the neighboring home gardens not only in thrift and economy 

 of planting but in canning and drying excess products 



In the final it all means harder work and greater sacrifice on 

 the teacher's part but it is a form of service that stands on an 

 equal footing with other forms of service the women of the country 

 are so self-sacrificingly engaged in. 



Susan Sipe Alburtis. 





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