COST OF EQUIPMENT 



the pupils should be divided into at least three 

 sections for class or special work. As soon as 

 convenient, they should be placed under some 

 system of monitors or helpers or sub-instructors 

 drawn from among themselves.* This will lighten 

 the general daily work of the garden. 



It may be well to insist that such discipline 

 as is necessary should be almost military. The 

 children like it better, provided the spirit is not 

 that of the martinet, but one of mutual help- 

 fulness expressed in firm, gentle, unyielding yet 

 sympathetic manner. There should be no cod- 

 dling, no pets, no excessive demands upon the 

 child, no injustice through confusing the adult's 

 and the child's point of view. There should be 

 as little of the school atmosphere as possible, but 

 prompt obedience coupled with the utmost pos- 

 sible liberty. 



In a first-year garden the individual beds would 

 probably be 4x8 feet or 5 x 10 feet, with none over 

 10 X 20 feet. An arrangement could be made to 

 accommodate children of varying ages, and in the 

 following year, the garden could be graded either 

 from the standpoint of size of plot or from that 

 of quantity or quality of work. The amount of 

 fundamental equipment necessary would include 

 first of all, spades, rakes, hoes, weeders, watering 

 cans, and the few other tools already named. 

 An estimate of cost of the most essential tools 

 might read: 



* See report of class secretary, page 45 

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