Gardening 



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FIG. 6. The best place of all for a garden is on the farm. Here land is abun- 

 dant, so the rows should be planted wide for horse-cultivation. The photo- 

 graph shows a model farm garden of one third of an acre in North Dakota. 



ther advantage of the community garden is that it gives 

 the pupil training in cooperative effort practice in 

 that " team work " which is so essential in a democracy. 



The school-supervised home garden is made at the home 

 of the child under the supervision of a teacher ; and for 

 successful participation in the care of the home garden 

 a pupil is given a certain amount of school credit. The 

 garden is visited at intervals during the growing season 

 by a supervisor who gives advice and instruction and 

 judges the activity and interest. of the pupil. Certain 

 records are kept by the pupil, and these are correlated 

 with the work done in the school. 



School supervision of home gardens is undoubtedly 

 one of the best means of combining school and home 

 activities. It aims to promote and improve the home 



