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to give it proper attention. Careful, thoughtful work should be 

 insisted upon rather than quantity. 



Demonstration plats for the supervision of the teacher should be 

 set apart. These plats should be used to demonstrate certain truths 

 with regard to individual crops. The farmers of the community 

 should be encouraged to take an interest in this phase of the work 

 for their own benefit. 



The preceding school-garden plan (fig. 8) should prove suggestive 

 to the teacher in laying out grounds. 



SCHOOL EXHIBITS. 



Every school should have its fair or its exhibit day. There are 

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in character, and it is possible for every pupil to participate. Look- 

 ing forward to an exhibit of products and work will prove quite an 

 incentive to the pupil to do his or her best in the garden, plat, or 

 other work. The interest thus awakened among pupils will react on 

 the community and attract its attention to the school. It will be 

 necessary to offer prizes for the best exhibits, and in soliciting the 

 articles for this purpose the attention of beneficent and enterprising 

 people will be called to the progressive spirit of the school and its 

 importance magnified. In turn, the recognition given the school by 

 patrons and others will prove encouraging to the pupils and will be 

 conducive to better results in their work. 



