SOIL FERTILITY 



To replace with suitable words as symbols of clear 

 and true ideas the street gamin's vocabulary is a 

 part of the school gardener's business. It is not 

 always to be done by direct teaching. As Doctor 

 Richard Hodge once said before a mother's 

 meeting, when talking about teaching religion 

 to children below the age of adolescence, " You 



Hauling Street Sweepings, Louisville, Ky. 



are not to teach religion directly to little children 

 but as a natural and inevitable by-product of 

 what you do teach and the way you teach." 



In villages and rural districts several different 

 kinds of animal manure may be offered as fer- 

 tilizers. They vary in fertilizing value,* but 



♦Sec Farmers' Bulletin No. 21, Farmyard Manures. 

 103 



