22 Gardening 
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Van Eorte Kilpatrick 
Fic. 20. A knowledge of gardening is often an aid in earning a living. More 
families make a living by growing plants than in any other way, and hundreds 
of thousands of other families help out their incomes by cultivating home gar- 
dens. These boys and girls are receiving a training that is more likely to prove 
useful than any other practical work that could be given them. 
living. Market gardeners, fruit growers, and farmers 
are all engaged in raising plants and selling their products, 
and these industries will always be important. What 
a person learns as a child in gardening will be very useful 
indeed if his life work is in any way connected with the 
growing of plants. 
Thus we see that we are likely to be well repaid for 
any time we spend in learning gardening. And this is 
the more true because much of the garden work can be 
done in time that would not otherwise be spent in a 
profitable way. 
Questions 
Name some reasons for learning gardening. Why is the 
exercise obtained in gardening especially valuable? What 
substances necessary fora healthful diet are furnished abundantly 
