16 Gardening 
gives a child an opportu- 
nity to talk over many 
important problems, and 
to learn much about the 
work in hand and also 
about the larger affairs 
of life. 
Gardening gives an 
appreciation of property 
tights. We own our 
gardens. We know the 
. thought and labor we 
have put into them and 
that without our labor 
they never would have 
existed. We know that 
ds ee -| what we have thus 
jE A created by our own 
Tie a, Another grat advan in se: efforts belongs to us 
with older persons. This gives an oppor- and through an under- 
tunity for talking over many important = f 
problems not connected with garden work. standing or our own 
: property rights we are 
led to understand the property rights of others. 
Gardening leads to industry and an understanding of 
the importance of labor. By working in the garden we 
establish habits of industry, and through the garden 
we come to appreciate the value of labor and the im- 
portance of industry. When we care for a garden 
properly, it thrives and repays us in good harvests. 
When we spend only a little effort on it, the harvest 
is correspondingly scant. Thus we come to realize 
