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material, prepares new beds or rows, and resets old ones. For 

 this work he receives ten dollars every year. When a garden has 

 been established five years and has received yearly many additional 

 plants, the labor involved is considerable, and it should be kept 

 at a minimum for the salvation of the garden. 



From five to eight dollars' worth of fertilizer is put into the 

 garden at a time ; this year six dollars' worth. The first prize of 

 fifteen dollars awarded to the garden has defrayed these expenses 

 up to this time. By this it will be seen that the garden is put on 

 an economical and useful basis in accordance with the practical 

 experience that comes from adapting means to ends. 



H. L. CLAPP, Principal. 



