12 CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



much less than the cost of hauling over it, and which 

 probably would be removed if those whose money 

 pays for the hauling had begun to learn about good 

 roads before they were twelve years old. 



The nation is thinking about these things. Now 

 must begin a method of teaching the child, that will 

 lead to wider application of the knowledge in his 

 adult years, and this teaching must be on the ground 

 in the Children's Garden. 



Children should be taught that the wealth of the 

 world is produced by the moving of things. In the 

 schools they should be taught how to apply this knowl- 

 edge. Then every boy and girl, man and woman, 

 would realize that any saving, in the cost of any step, 

 in the production of any thing, means an increase in 

 wealth. It is the application of this knowledge in the 

 individual home, by the individual person, which is 

 needed to relieve some of the present conditions. 



In the Children's Garden this is well illustrated, and 

 the results are apparent. Man cannot grow the crops, 

 but he can move things about so that Nature will 

 grow them. By careful planning what things to do, 

 when to do them, and how to do them, Nature will 

 give a valuable profit over the cost of the effort, but 

 if the work is not done well, and at the right time, 

 there may be a slight loss in every move, resulting in 

 a large loss as a total. 



Among the mass of the people this is perhaps the 

 difference between those who are going ahead and 

 those who are falling behind. Those who succeed 



