The Nevada County picayune., 1908-09-10
Agriculture in the Public sehoo,e

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 froleSSor $. A. Minear of Fort stockton, Texas, in National Co. operator, says;
 School gardening is presented with .he clements of permanency inherited Tn itself, for Europe mas over q hun. ored thousand school gardens today. "hlch have become a feature Inf tho educational field.
 In Cleveland and Dayton Ohio in liiiaurIphla and Kansas City. it has raised adjoining real estate. and in tue cl'F or San Antonio, Texas. ii mas raised the value of lots where children worked with the soil and growing plants.
 HIS work Is comparatively new to leXaS, but il is not. however, in an experimental stage for in the District oI columbia, Connecticut. New York and other states if has been conduct ed with various results.
 On the other hand. there are many educators who look upon this work as a Tad, but they are stimulated by po- IItical movements. which will event ually fade away.
 Agriculture ill q broad sense is the primary basis of wealth in this colp- try and We should do all in our power 10 bring carly 10 the mind of the child facts which will point out the necessity and importance of such work conducted on systematic and scientific basis.
 It Is well known by all who have the opportunity of being connected with the public schools. that the pub. lie school education causes us to for get our relationship 10 the soil and points to the farmer as being a man without a future. To allow such to continue is a sad mistake and will no doubt injure the child
 The work in a city may be entirely different from what it should be in a rural district. In the city the main ideas should be to combine moral and physical training, 10 throw of the class room restraints and to give the child an opportunity to stretch it's limbs. To accomplish such, it should be done through some form of manual training, and there is no form better than the school garden.
 In the rural districts the point of view should not be 10 maintain com mon methods used al home. The mental strain does not exist ill these schools as in the city because the average country boy brings about the equilibrium between the mental and physical functions, therefore it would be wise 10 teach an elementary prin- ciple of agriculture i'll such schools, and have garden where it could be conducted in a manner which would eventually effect the industrial devel- opment of this state,
 No attempt heretofore has been made 10 present the methods for this state in written form and hope these chapters will help lead the way 10 better things Conditions existing at San Antonio, Texas. have been constantly htpI III liliiAN III Pi i'P''iiAS this work therefore, what IS said will vary according to the locality.
 The community system of garden ing is where the children take care of tho garden in general. This system does not strongly develop the idea Of individual responsibility, and a boy has tendency to care little for the plants which others have shared Ill producing. This brings about lack of interest and many boys will shirk responsibility.
 The individual system is where each boy possesses n small plot oi ground for a garden. Each boy per forms every operation of preparation planting and general care of the plants grown in his garden rms system furnishes basis Of valuable knowledge and is superior to any system yet tested.