34 SCHOOL AND HOME GARDENING 



requires all the heavy and laborious work to be done by hand 

 tools, instead of allowing the use of horse power, for the work 

 is too heavy for small children. 



2. The newer plan, now adopted by many schools, is to 

 make the garden as long as possible and let the rows run the 

 longest way of the garden, preferably north and south; then 

 let each pupil have a row or a half -row or a smaller fraction 

 as his own (Fig. 18). The distance between rows may be 

 from two and a half to three and a half feet. If desired, one 

 pupil may use the first few feet of several rows, the second 

 pupil uses the next few feet of the same rows, and so on, 

 until all the pupils are assigned a place (Fig. 17). 



If the garden is long enough, this second plan allows the 

 use of a horse to plow and pulverize the soil, and perhaps do 

 ,the heaviest cultivation, particularly during the vacation 

 season. A wheel hand hoe can also be used to better 

 advantage. 



In either of these plans of laying off the garden each pupil 

 of a certain age or grade may plant the same things, so there 

 will be a chance for comparison and competition. The second 

 plan is usually preferable, because it teaches the methods to 

 be used in the home garden. 



Making a Chart. — After it has been determined which of 

 the two above plans to use, the next thing is to make a planting 

 chart. First let several pupils, working in pairs, measure 

 oflE the grounds. If necessary, a tape line may be borrowed 

 for this purpose, or two light poles or reeds may be marked 

 off in feet and used for the measuring. 



A map or chart may now be made on a large sheet of paper, 

 using a scale of about one-eighth inch to the foot. Draw a 

 straight line on the map for each line to be planted (Fig. 12) ; 

 or mark off each rectangle on the map, if the " bed " plan of 

 planting is to be followed. 



Write on the lines the crops to be grown and how far each 

 is to run along the row. Some power of initiative may be exer- 



