CHAPTER II 



How TO PREPARE AND FERTILIZE THE 

 LAND 



PERHAPS the most serious problem, 

 especially to the city school, after the 

 necessary land has been obtained, is, 

 How shall we prepare and properly fer- 

 tilize it? This is a difficult question to 

 answer, as the soil is hardly alike in any 

 two places. While fertilizers are usually 

 necessary on every soil to some ex- 

 tent, tilth is of far greater importance. 

 Tilling the soil is to the plant what train- 

 ing and schooling is to the child. The 

 child and the plant must have proper 

 food, to be sure; but that only does not 

 develop much of a desirable being. 



If the plot of ground is large enough, 

 it should be thoroughly plowed; and, 

 where the subsoil is very compact, the 



