VALUE OF THE KITCHEN GARDEN 



growth are better handled with the hand culti- 

 vator or even with a hoe. 



Again, it pays from a physical standpoint of 

 view. Did we cultivate more assiduously our back- 

 yard gardens, those of us whose daily grind chains 

 us fast to a bell or whistle or even an office clock, 

 there would be fewer nervous breakdowns. It is 

 curious how our cares drop away from our poor 

 fagged minds when we get out in touch with the 

 good brown earth. It must be a deep-seated trou- 

 ble, indeed, which will not lift ever so little when 

 the robin's song is in the air and the sweet, moist 

 smell of the soil comes up after a rain. To possess 

 the land and till it is the primal heritage of man. 

 To delight in the work of his hands, the reward 

 which beckons him. 



