The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-05-25

home garden Furthermore usually pro-
vides sufficient ground to grow enough
produce to supply the home and to put
the enterprise on commercial or bust
ness basis. The child with garden en-
bracing $500 square feet or over is able
| to raise at least ten dollars worth of
lproduce and to obtain a fair idea of the
possibilities of gardening. Such a prop
osition tends to broaden the child's Wis
ion.
"The home garden also is usually large
enough to keep the child occupied while
out of school and at an occupation that
| is wholesome and under the eye of the
parents. 1t provides at the same time
for closer companionship between par
cnt and child and encourages the idea
of mutual helpfulness.
Teachers Employed for Twelve Months.
In general the bureaus recommends
tion to schools regarding home garden
work is to engage in each graded school
one teacher who is prepared by training
and experience to take charge of the
garden work for the whole school Such
teacher should be engaged for IL months
and with the understanding that she
should devote the regular number of
hours to teaching the usual school sub
ject, or better, all the elementary sci
ence subjects in several grades, and that
the garden work should be done after
school hours. on Saturdays and holidays,
and during the summer vacation. Ar
rangements may, if desired. be made to
give a vacation to the garden teacher
during the winter. Such teacher |
will demand higher salary to compensate |
her for the extra service. In large |
city where many such teachers have been |
employed the services of garden spe-
cialist as supervisor would be helpful
I'm the larger schools, where the en-
rollment exceeds three hundred, one or
more additional teachers will be neces.
sary, for one teacher should not be ex-
pected TO supervise properly more than
about $50 back yard gardens. Expert.
ence has shown that as much produce can
be raised from this number OF well SUI
peryised gardens as from twice the num-
Der of gardens inadequately supervised.
"The teacher should assist the pupils
BY way of securing land when back yards
are not available. Nearby vacant lots
AN usually be procured for the purpose
The teacher also assists the children in
planning their gardens and ordering their
iced in advance of the planting season.
She instructs them in the starting of
he window and in hot. beds and she
demonstrates the methods of fertilizing,
padding. rsking, hoeing, watering weed
ng, thinning, marketing and canning. :,
Early in the season sheworks with groups
4 children. One afternoon she will an.
lounce that the children in certain !
lock will meet in John Smiths back :
ard for a demonstration in preparing !,
be soil and planting the seeds. The :
afternoon she will repeat the
erformance in Mary Jones' back yard
or the benefit of the children in that
ection. This program is continued I'M
II the field has been covered After
he spring rush she works with the indi.
idusls, making sure that they are keep.
" up succession of cropping and are
laking the very best use OF their land :
nd their efforts" :
These recommendations. according TO
n. Jarvis. are intended for the ordinary !
ty school. In few Of the larger cit. !
., on account Of an absence of back
ards. the plan can not be worked out :
erfectly, but in most cities there are
lore back yards and vacant lots than !
generally believed. In the moro con. :
ested cities, the effort should b. 20 :,
pproach as nearly as possible this ideal. :
II the svsilble land should be utilized !,
nd the typical school garden with It's
nall plots may he the nearest approach. 2
be resoureeful teacher usually viii find
way. =
IL 10 the hope of mr. Jarvis that al I
no are interested in the promotion Of /
ne important work viii bend Their e.
'rts toward standardizing The garden
ork in schools.