. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 941 in the country or the city, this opportunity for development. Do not be discouraged if those who sit by the wayside question your success. Some persons will expect to see the children carrying baskets of flowers to the hospitals at the end of the first year; they will expect the garden to be a thing of beauty, free from wee
. Annual report of the New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University and the Agricultural Experiment Station. New York State College of Agriculture; Cornell University. Agricultural Experiment Station; Agriculture -- New York (State). Rural School Leaflet. 941 in the country or the city, this opportunity for development. Do not be discouraged if those who sit by the wayside question your success. Some persons will expect to see the children carrying baskets of flowers to the hospitals at the end of the first year; they will expect the garden to be a thing of beauty, free from weeds. Do not be discouraged if j'ou can- not accomplish all this. If a fair start is made in the first year, time will bring about desired results. Each year the work will grow stronger; each year the garden can be more profitably cultivated; each year the children's love of the soil and the green things growing will increase. Let us first consider a school-garden under favorable conditions. There is a piece of ground, a half-acre, perhaps, in extent, not far from the school. This ground is at the service of the teacher and the children. The problem before them is to make it a productive piece of property; to give the greatest educational value possible per square foot. The proper handling of this work should to bring about definite educational and social development for the children. Following are some of the factors that should be considered in this development: 1. Civic pride.—Every citizen should consider what part he can take in making his city more attractive and more desirable in every way. The children should begin to think of these things. Before the piece of ground is touched, they should be given an opportunity to discuss the condition of the property and make suggestions for its improve ment. The school-garden should be one of the most marked demon- strations of civic betterment. 2. Order.— A school-garden should be an expression of or- derly arrangement. If the c
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