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able amount of their own food, at least through the sum- 

 mer months. It was to bring this fact before the people 

 that this club was organized. We have tried to show the 

 people of -Louisville how, by the use of a certain amount^ 

 of industry and thrift, they could save a considerable 

 amount of the money now paid out. 



Many of the members of the club sold the vegetables 

 which they raised, but this was not required of members, 

 and in fact, most of the members used most of the 

 produce they raised, selling only the surplus. We did 

 not encourage children to plant vegetables foi: the money 

 return they would get from them, except in special cases. 

 In fact, I feel that the greatest benefits they received 

 were in the way of added knowledge and self-reliance. 

 "We tried to see that the children did the work in such 

 a way that they got pleasure as well as benefit from it. 

 Thus the children measured their gardens for the plant- 

 ing, etc., and kept account of the yields. We also con- 

 ducted two classes in the summer schools of the Second 

 Presbyterian Church and the Cathedral House, each in 

 connection with a garden. 



I found that parents were glad to have their chil- 

 dren belong to the club, because: (1) It kept the chil- 

 dren off the streets; (2) kept them outdoors and also 

 gave them some spending money. 



Total number of gardens at end of season, 1914 984 



Number of gardens having groups of children working (mostly 



on vacant lots) 12 



Number of children -working in above 12 gardens 164 



Total number of children and adults having gardens 1,148 



Total number of instruction gardens used as central meeting 



places and being visited on an average of every twelve days 17 

 Some of the above gardens were visited weekly and some less 

 often. 



Of the above gardens about 90% were vegetable or 

 vegetable and flower gardens, about 10% being flower 

 gardens only. The flower gardens were mostly located 

 in the densely settled portions where space was limited. 



Average- size of garden was (over entire city) 550 sq. ft. 



Average size of garden in suburbs.. 1,400 sq. ft. 



Average size of garden in city 200 sq. ft. 



Average production of vegetables sold (estimate) $ 3.00 



Average production of vegetables, total value 10.50 



Total value of vegetables raised by members 10,000.00 



?10,313.50 



