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Gardening 



gives a child an opportu- 

 nity to talk over many 

 important problems, and 

 to learn much about the 

 work in hand and also 

 about the larger affairs 

 of life. 



Gardening gives an 

 appreciation of property 

 rights. We own our 

 gardens. We know the 

 thought and labor we 

 have put into them and 

 that without our labor 

 they never would have 

 existed. We know that 

 what we have thus 

 created by our own 



FIG. 12. Another great advantage in gar- pffo-fj, Kplnnox to lie; 



dening is that it allows children to work ( as 



with older persons. This gives an oppor- and through an Under- 

 tunity for talking over many important ,. r 



problems not connected with garden work. Standing Ol OUr Own 



property rights we are 

 led to understand the property rights of others. 



Gardening leads to industry and an understanding of 

 the importance of labor. By working in the garden we 

 establish habits of industry, and through the garden 

 we come to appreciate the value of labor and the im- 

 portance of industry. When we care for a garden 

 properly, it thrives and repays us in good harvests. 

 When we spend only a little effort on it, the harvest 

 is correspondingly scant. Thus we come to realize 



