CHILDREN'S GARDENS 



the direction of trained men who give the chil- 

 dren the instruction necessary for good, intelli- 

 gent work. The Home Gardening Association 

 of Cleveland has done similar work with most 

 gratifying returns. 



Newspapers have encouraged this move- 

 ment by offering prizes for good work, and St. 

 Louis is an excellent example of what can be 

 accomplished by encouragement and apprecia- 

 tion, the results being evident in all parts of the 

 city. Village Improvement Associations have 

 demonstrated the importance of this work in 

 many places from Massachusetts to Missouri. 

 Very efficient work has been done at the Indian 

 and Colored Schools of Hampton and Tuske- 

 gee. Gardening, or agricultural education, is 

 one of the solutions of the race problems. 



The " Children's School-Farm " of New York 

 City illustrates what can be done by the indi- 

 vidual effort with the aid of philanthropic per- 

 sons and public officials to render assistance in 

 support of an object that has been demonstrated 

 to be of great moral value. Excellent results 

 have been accomplished in Rochester under the 

 support and encouragement of the Women's 

 Educational and Industrial Union. In Minne- 

 sota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri and 

 other Western States, where there is plenty of 

 ground, the school-garden movement is being 



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