AMONG SCHOOL GARDENS 



school or home gardens; the other offered seeds free 

 for four observation plots in the school garden or in 

 adjoining fields. There was to be a plot showing 

 seven different species of wheat (agriculture); one 

 growing different maples (forestry) ; one with different 

 kinds of onions (horticulture); and a plot to show 

 different kinds of nasturtiums (floriculture). One hun- 

 dred and sixteen schools, 150 teachers entered on the 

 work and returns were made by 48 per cent of them. 

 The work has thoroughly recommended itself by 

 its good effect on the school discipline, and in bring- 

 ing home and school together. Another year seeds 

 will be sold to the children. Tree seeds and a special 

 collection of vines will also be offered, and printed 

 instructions will be given them as well as the teachers. 

 — From advance sheets of Report of Schools' Division 

 of Agricultural and Experimental Union. By courtesy 

 of.Prof. S. B. McCready. 



NOTE 6. PAGE 73 

 "At the Macdonald school gardens children are to 

 be taught three important matters in connection with 

 agriculture; namely, the selection of seed, the rotation 

 of crops, and their protection against blight and dis- 

 ease. In six of the gardens the experiment of grow- 

 ing two plots of potatoes side by side, spraying one 

 not at all and the other three to five times in the course 

 of the season, gave in the treated plots a gain in har- 

 vest as follows: Knowlton, Que., iii per cent; Rich- 

 mond, Ont., 100 per cent; Carp, Ont., 85 per cent; 

 March, Ont., 81 per cent; Guelph, Ont., 43 per cent; 

 Brome, Que., 41 per cent." — Robertson, J. W. : Educa- 

 tion for Agriculture, page 5. 



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