SURVEYS, EXERCISES, AND PROJECTS 



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SURVEYS, EXERCISES, AND PROJECTS 



1. Garden Survey. — Plan a garden survey of your community. Let it 

 cover the conditions for the last year or two. Size of garden. Number of 

 kinds of vegetables grown. Chief products. Uses made of products. Number 

 of people in each family. Whether horse culture was employed. 



2. Review the facts obtained in above survey, or conduct independent 

 survey to determine the profits or income from gardens having a surplus to sell. 



3. Determine from the facts obtained how many families produce most 

 of their vegetables for (1) summer use, (2) for winter use. Also find methods 

 of storing, preserving, drying, etc. 



4. Calculate the total amount of money saved to the community by home 

 gardening instead of buying products needed. 



Fig. 55. — (jne attachment of the wheel cultivator is a small turning plow which may be 

 used to cover grass and weeds. This boy makes good use of it. (Bateman Mfg. Co.) 



5. Determine approximately the time and amount of labor lost where 

 horse culture is not used. 



6. Garden Plans. — Draw several of the best garden plans found in the 

 community. Then draw several of the poorest plans, where beds are chiefly 

 used. Contrast these and replan the poor ones. 



7. Study vegetable borders found in the community. What crops are 

 grown in them? What methods of mulching and culture are used? 



8. Make some ideal home garden plans to include all vegetables which 

 should be grown in the spring, summer and fall gardens. 



9. Truck Gardens. — Visit market gardens and truck gardens, and study the 



10. Tools and Implements. — Make a list of the garden planters, wheel 

 hoes, other kinds of cultivators, and other kinds of garden tools and implements 

 found in the community. Determine if possible why some people have these 

 and .others do not. Are they purchased because of fads, or for their actual 

 benefits? 



11. Garden Soils. — If two or more types of soil are found in the com- 



