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lower part of the handle with one hand, while the other is in the eye of the 
handle, and turn it over, afterwards pushing it in straight again, and so on. 
It is always well to get the work well in hand in the early winter, in 
the garden, as there may be a considerable amount of weather entirely un- 
suitable for outdoor gardening during the later winter months. This time 
can be profitably used in putting in order any tools which may require it, 
&c., and for having some talks over the work which has been done, and 
that to be done, in the garden. This is the time and opportunity to make 
gardening of real value as an educational subject to the children, an aspect 
of which more will be said in the next section. 
Before we proceed further, we may here consider what tools are 
necessary to carry on the school garden successfully. We must take into 
account the nature of the work, the season of the year for which each 
set of tools is required, and to some extent, also, the nature of the soil. 
No absolute hard-and-fast rule should be laid down with regard to the 
supply of tools. It would, of course, be better for each boy or girl to 
have a complete set of the principal tools. The initial cost would be 
great, but the advantages would far outweigh this, and in the end this 
plan would probably prove the most economical. Each boy or girl could 
have his or her set numbered to correspond with the number of the plot. 
He or she would then be responsible for the set — if one was put away 
dirty, by any chance, the boy or girl could be found at once who did it; 
or if a tool got broken or damaged, the blame could be put upon the right 
person at once. The implements would also last longer, and there would 
be no vexatious waiting for tools at a busy time. The following is a 
complete list, with cost, of tools required for a class of fourteen 
children : — 
14 Spades, at 2 s. each ... 
... £1 
8 
O 
14 Forks, at 2 s. each 
I 
8 
O 
14 Draw hoes, at ir. each 
O 
14 
O 
14 Dutch hoes, at is. each 
O 
14 
O 
14 Rakes, at is. each ... 
O 
14 
O 
14 Dibbers, at 6 d. each 
O 
7 
O 
14 Trowels, at 6</. each 
O 
7 
O 
2 Garden lines and reel, at 2 s. each 
O 
4 
O 
X Billhook, at 2 s. 
... O 
2 
O 
1 Wheelbarrow, at 15 s. 
O 
15 
O 
3 Brooms, at is. each 
O 
3 
O 
3 Watering cans, at 2 s. 6 d. each 
O 
7 
6 
I Syringe, at 7 s. 6 d. ... 
O 
7 
6 
I Tool shed, at .£3, 5*. 
••• 3 
s 
O 
2 Pruning knives, at 2 s. each 
O 
4 
O 
Total 
...^11 
O 
O 
