CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



purpose. Each boy was given a plot, eleven 

 by one hundred and sixty-five feet, which he 

 planted after a model set by the young woman 

 in charge, who is a trained gardener and bota- 

 nist. Her own model farm was alongside the 

 others, and when a boy needed some individual 

 information and stimulus, he was sent to the 

 model farm for observation, and he then en- 

 deavored to perfect his own. 



When the crops were matured, some of the 

 boys took their products home or sold them to 

 their neighbors, while others had regular cus- 

 tomers who called and purchased directly from 

 the " Farms." A business man gave money for 

 prizes and announced that he would give money 

 for the gardens next year, and also for one in 

 North St. Louis. On accepting the offer the 

 chairman of the committee said that he ex- 

 pected to have a thousand juvenile gardens 

 next year. 



The Superintendent of Schools of Halifax, 

 Nova Scotia, reports that the children are in- 

 duced to make gardens at their homes which 

 they can cultivate during the summer vacation. 

 A money grant from the city of Halifax insures 

 the establishment and maintenance of children's 

 home gardens in that city. A recent report says : 

 " To study the subject of agriculture to any 

 extent in the public schools seems to require a 



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