IN VACATION AND TERM TIME 



well cared for. The lo x 15 feet is believed by 

 many experienced teachers to be fully as large as 

 the average child under fourteen can well manage 

 in the one, two or three periods per week usually 

 required. 



The size of the individual plot, aside from con- 

 sideration of the area of the garden and the age 

 of the child, should he determined in part bv the 



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character of the work planned and by the quan- 

 tity of produce that will make gardening seem 

 worth while to the child, or even, in some places, 

 to the parents. They may in the summer time pre- 

 fer to have the children work at home or elsewhere 

 for a mere pittance in cash or even to gather coal 

 from the ash dump. Small plots will yield from 

 I2.50 to I5.00 worth of vegetables, not otherwise 

 obtainable by many poor families, and, if sold to 



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