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saving. One implement will often serve for two or more 
gardeners, the gardeners arranging to use it at different 
times. Employes of factories who have worked to- 
gether in this way have found the community sys- 
tem of much benefit. Other groups too have found it 
equally helpful. 
Community gardening also makes it possible for 
expert supervision to be provided. A group of scat- 
tered individuals would probably find it difficult to 
engage the services of a skilled gardener to help them 
in their planting and cultivating. At slight expense to 
each person involved, a community group of gardeners 
can employ some expert to look over their gardens once 
or twice a week, or as often as is found necessary, and 
to guide them in all problems of cultivation. 
Some groups of community gardeners may be for- 
tunate enough to have among them a man trained in 
gardening, who is willing to give them the benefit of 
his experience without charge. In other cases it may be 
necessary to pay the supervisor in some way for his 
instruction. In any event, whether the community 
group possesses a trained gardener or not, all the mem- 
bers will be able to gain a certain amount of benefit from 
the experiences of their fellows. Each will possess some 
bit of information which will be helpful to the others. 
Another gain to the community workers is the friendly 
rivalry which is aroused by close contact with fellow 
food producers. Each acts as a pacemaker to the 
others. Each strives to make his plot “the best.” He 
begins by aiming to keep his garden freer from weeds 
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