PRACTICAL GARDENING 



chairman should be in charge of all the work 

 and of the various committees on securing the 

 land, distributing the lots, buying seed, pre- 

 paring the land, and publicity. If the garden 

 work is extensive it should be put in charge of 

 a practical gardener worthy of his hire, who 

 should be consulted in reference to the advis- 

 ability of using certain soils and treatment of 

 the preparation for the soil. His advice must 

 be sought as to how, when, and what to plant, 

 the general culture of crops, the control of in- 

 sects and diseases, if they appear, the best 

 method of harvesting and storing vegetables. 

 Much depends on the gardener and his ability 

 to stimulate, cooperate and work with and for 

 the people. 



The gardens should be inspected and demon- 

 strations arranged for each week and a daily 

 report kept and handed to the chairman at 

 the end of each month. 



Securing Land. Have one or more repre- 

 sentative people visit the owner of a certain 

 tract of land and present the garden project. 



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