COST OF EQUIPMENT 



men and women would gladly give for good work." 

 Workers differ, so does the amount of labor, as 

 well as the knowledge required of them. Here 

 is what one writer says of a supervisor: 



"She should be a woman that is capable of 

 supervising and directing the work of preparing 

 the ground, laying out the plots and erecting 

 buildings, as she will necessarily have to plan 

 the laying out of the garden and direct both chil- 

 dren and work. Some knowledge of surveying, 

 plowing and drafting is indispensable. Upon 

 the supervisor also falls the duty of engaging 

 workers and the responsibilities of overseeing 

 each step. She must make estimates and pur- 

 chases of seeds and plants, and the whole govern- 

 ment of the practical gardening is to be planned by 

 her. In addition to this, she should give daily 

 nature study talks which must be adapted to the 

 varying ages of the children. As harvesting 

 progresses, accurate records of produce per child, 

 the attendance of said child, and the effect of 

 work upon his physical, mental and moral being 

 must be registered. All of these steps are worth 

 while because gardening (in this country) is yet 

 in its infancy, and because statistics must be 

 obtained with which to convince those who are 

 as yet unwilling to embrace the idea of its merit. 

 Such individual records kept for 250 children 

 to be afterward added, balanced, and the average 

 found, more than fill the teacher's time during 

 the hours in which the children are at school. 



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