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ceeding work of the instructor, in setting and check- 

 ing up work for the children. Interchangeable parts 

 are a great economy in machinery. The same prin- 

 ciple is true here. The measurements of each child's 

 plot and path should be the same, so that the work, 

 problems and instruction apply to each. 



Why finish individual plots when school stops? 

 If the garden with individual plots is part of school 



A lesson in thinning carrots given for one boy's plot applies to 

 each of the group 



work, it should be planted and harvested during the 



school session. The essence of purpose in a Chil- 

 en's Garden is the best good of the child, and what 

 good for the child is not understood in a school 

 ere the children leave their plots at the end of 



June without harvesting the crop and leaving the plot 



spaded and in order. 



The simple lessons about the soil and plant growth 



