Objectives and Methods a 
Van Borie Kilpatrick 
Fic. 8. A school demonstration garden. The pupil is shown the various 
operations of planting and cultivating his crops in this garden. Then he is able 
to use this knowledge in caring for his garden at home. 
come an important factorin the work. They cannot, 
however, take the place of the school and home gardens, 
which must necessarily be the basis of the instruction 
and training. 
The principal crops grown in school gardens are quite 
the same throughout the entire United States. The 
detailed plans for both classroom and practice work, 
therefore, will vary chiefly according to climate. In the 
more northern states, where the growing season is shorter 
and the outdoor work begins late, the garden work must 
be followed through the summer to be most effec- 
tive. In the more southern states the long growing sea- 
son allows many crops to reach full maturity before the 
