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Our Booth at the N. E. A. Convention, St. Paul, Minn., July 4th to 11th, 1914. 
We will have an interesting display at booth No. 202 at the meeting of 
“Department of Superintendence,” N. E. A. at Cincinnati, O., week of 
February 22nd, 1915. 
Donating Seeds to the Children 
Many Boards of Education, Women’s Clubs, and other organiza¬ 
tions donate the seeds to the children. From our observations and ex¬ 
perience we are more and more convinced that this is a great mistake. 
The children should always be required to pay a nominal price for 
the seeds, except in rare instances where they are too poor to buy them. 
Seeds that they have selected themselves, and purchased in this way will 
have a much greater value to them, and will therefore receive greater 
care and attention. 
Right here is an opportunity to teach a valuable lesson in economy, 
as the children learn to sacrifice, and save their pennies, to purchase 
something that will be of more value to them than candy or chewing gum. 
Mrs. J. B. Griffith, New Castle, Pa. writes us as follows. “This 
is the first time we have sold the seeds to the children, and we find the ♦ 
interest much greater than when we donated them.” 
It is perfectly proper, and advisable for Boards of Education to 
appropriate money to plow and fertilize the ground for the school garden, 
and to furnish the necessary tools, instructors, etc. Any further assist¬ 
ance will be much more effective if used in prizes to be awarded for 
efficiency in work and products. 
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