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Gardening 



FIG. 20. A knowledge of gardening is often an aid in earning a living. More 

 families make a living by growing plants than in any other way, and hundreds 

 of thousands of other families help out their incomes by cultivating home gar- 

 dens. These boys and girls are receiving a training that is more likely to prove 

 useful than any other practical work that could be given them. 



living. Market gardeners, fruit growers, and farmers 

 are all engaged in raising plants and selling their products, 

 and these industries will always be important. What 

 a person learns as a child in gardening will be very useful 

 indeed if his life work is in any way connected with the 

 growing of plants. 



Thus we see that we are likely to be well repaid for 

 any time we spend in learning gardening. And this is 

 the more true because much of the garden work can be 

 done in time that would not otherwise be spent in a 

 profitable way. 



Questions 



Name some reasons for learning gardening. Why is the 

 exercise obtained in gardening especially valuable? What 

 substances necessary for a healthful diet are furnished abundantly 



