The DeLand weekly news. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1887-190?, 1906-04-13

Ioilege. was secured as director Of ths
school % Horticulture. The buildlnRu
we're soOD erected. and the School -
, tablishet as the first public Handicrafs
school % Hartford. Besides gfvina
apprentice work. and a course An bore
uculture and botany % the boys from
the Watklnson Farm School, the fof-
lowing SEASON n course IN school eaF.
dehlng was established. This cour0o
vas opened n the boys and girls from
the city ~ OOls.
The srhO0i garden vork AZ Sha
Sehool 20 Horticulture proved attrae.
tive and popular from the irst. ana
after one ~ two years Of fire. worR
tuition was charged for each peraoa
who took a garden. TITS tuition red
not keep any one from having a ear
den. ~ 100 hours ~ work for tha
school pays any boys tuition.
Inc sehool garden work has henn
sysfematixed. until now there n a svo
Years course IN school gar,ieninR foR
boys ara girls. ~ wen NJ 0ne % train
pubic school TEACHERS. ani one cotrs1
for adults which Il largely taken b.
clergymen o. the city.
One % the reasons which has made
This work so popular Il because ~ the
fact that the school shows rpsuita
Every boy here. every person. for that
matter who has a garden gets \ ercat
deal more In value from his garden
than the price Of the tuition.
Tho first year the boys begin their
garden WORK the ist - May. They
come ont cor n lesson ono day a week.
| They como into the classroom. where
each Roy receives n notebook. MARKS
his own attenda nce keeps a weather
report. and writes down frOm dicta-
zion. or copies frpm the blackboard. q
detailed lesson Tor that DAY. VITA
the seeds they ara given. they then
pass with the instructor % the toll.
/ nom. where each boy rpceives his
tools. and with these 10 goes o. his
garden. where IN Instructor ~ always
/ pr. eut 90 explain The things which he
harms In tho classroom. In going 10
his garden he passes BY the Observa.
ton plots. which arr studied.
The ss-cond year the bOys be-in IN
March. taking up the mixing OF the
soil. pottinE and rppottlng En- tomato.
PEPPER. and egg plants that they have
in their gardens
Tho third year they begin In FeAr-s-
ary ana take M rOpt -rafting. cutting.
pruning, spraying digging and sitting
trocs spading and airing for groundR
as well ~ ne garden lessons.
Tho fourth year hoys hagin IN ian
nary and take M Tho making ~ hot
beds. mana rrmcut - ho'he-is. nun
In. SIN wing. soil analysis liant
foods. testing Sod. planting the gar.
den. besides The C1rlsn lessons. ana
IN ne autumn they have budding,
fruit culture. md asrara rus culture.
tn" fffh year fh"v take m systen-
. atir study - 10 ell re- ming IN
/ January. AT ---'.-s continue untl
after 80 isf 80 D.'..nr
That Tho r1-l.r, pay Is hosi shown
from a record ~ 'ha garden ~la'ls irr-
me ~" past sun u'~. 4 frss r#4r bov
ct Stc1 worth o ft'ri v.r- ~
S@5Gi n fourth vo1r h1v 50 o. AMI
one ~ The Clergvrro1 SiT2i worth Of
produce In The rarlrns.
The FIRST year The gardens ar 10
- r.. The sn~oni wear 10 ~ n,
the third year 10 ~ y che fourth
year 10 Z ~ q. The clargymen have
gardens 10 ~ - Public school
teachers have gardens 10 - ana 10
~ n thr plan = Q" give them =
practicai training Go The method %
training school children IN the work.
Alneady several schools % Hartford
have established gardens IN connee.
ton with the schools. and the School
\ Of Horticulture is furnishing instruc-
tors OF late; thoS.. that are giving IN
Struction werc trained AZ the School
% Horticulture. But there Is another
hing that TIE srhnol dos n keepa
the chndrrn corrupted during the sum
mer months. keeping tn bows and
Girls OF the city streets. because they
cone % love their gardens AMI come
out % WORK IN them. and - work OUT
their tuition. Thls Il DOT al. as soOn
~ the planting n done IN the ear-
dens the ehIldren take GU the system
ATTIC study q weeds. they become IA
miilar with them and learn methods
OF destroying them. Also a. TIRE School
rhere ara about 20 observation plOts
containing many 20 our common
things and the chlldren learn % know
/ mem In all sta0ss OF development
Ieopie are beginning % rpallae thna
q 10y from the Schoni % Horticulture
V better 20 work IN their garden than
the averaee man they can set, 30
cause TIE boys viii not pun up en-
pensive seedlings a. the men % oflen
%. Frequent calls are made upon Mr..
Hersenway for a hoy % take care %
q garden o. lawn. and many % eha
boys are ahle 90 spend most % thar
Pare time during the summer IN this