L. L. MAY & CO. 
ST. PAUL, MINN. 
First Prize, Bed of Beans 
munity school garden. It develops a sense of ownership and 
proprietary right in the child, tends to bring him into closer 
relation with the parent, who cannot help having an interest 
in the thing so close to home ; it keeps the child at home and 
off the street, away from demoralizing influences, and gives 
him a pride in his home, by making it a more beautiful place 
all around, and is a large factor in the movement to beautify 
our cities and villages. In addition to all this, as I have before 
mentioned, it provides succulent fresh vegetables and 
sprightly blossoms throughout the season, and is no mean 
factor in the reduction of the high cost of living. 
In one of the smaller cities gardens were established in 
connection with four (4) schools at an expenditure of seventy- 
five dollars by the school board. During the season the pupils 
sold two hundred and fifty dollars worth of flowers and veg- 
etables proving the investment a most excellent one from an 
economic as well as an educational standpoint. 
