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is probably easier to knock them off and step on them than to 
resort to sprays. Hand picking is also best for destroying the 
eggs of squash bugs and potato beetles. The use of sprays or 
sprinkling in a small one is usually advisable only in the case 
against these silent, eee insects. In this very “adventur- 
vas ; 
e 
spot of beauty—of beauty and of utility as well cquire a 
working knowledge of a new science is adventure, and those 
i urity acquaint themselves with the art of gardening, 
n. 
to bring the adventure to a successful issue—and that issue is a 
successful crop. 
GARDENING AND MORALITY 
Most of the boys and girls who are brought before the juvenile 
courts are victims of iden oe poverty. It is to be noted that 
some of tl FE f the bright- 
est and most Gipebles ie perdae who, ibeg poverty, are 
tempted to steal They ar 
y 
not satisfied a the conditions, aspire to better things, and if 
shown a better way would probably be eager to embrace it 
The mere association of boys.and girls with growing hisnts will 
