. The school garden - as regarded and carried on in the different Provinces. to-date teacher. Some teachers, judging from whatthey attempt in this work, still con-tinue to consider that school garden-ing is an additional subject to becarried on during the spring months,when work inside becomes ratherirksome, even distasteful. Suchteachers are merely playing with thesubject. All school subjects should beeducational and such the gardenshould be made. The school gardenshould have at least two greatvalues, either of which will justifyits continuance; these are: (1)Esthetic. (2) Economic. 1. The ae
. The school garden - as regarded and carried on in the different Provinces. to-date teacher. Some teachers, judging from whatthey attempt in this work, still con-tinue to consider that school garden-ing is an additional subject to becarried on during the spring months,when work inside becomes ratherirksome, even distasteful. Suchteachers are merely playing with thesubject. All school subjects should beeducational and such the gardenshould be made. The school gardenshould have at least two greatvalues, either of which will justifyits continuance; these are: (1)Esthetic. (2) Economic. 1. The aesthetic value Schoolgardening should aim at creating aninterest in home beautifying, theprinciples underlying such, the bestmaterials to use, the methods ofplanting and caring for such material. 2. The economic value- In theschool garden an interest in and adesire should be created for, experi-menting with various shrubs, flowers,vegetables and grains. Throughthese experiments the pupils learnin a practical manner the principlesof scientific horticulture and SCHOOL GARDENERS AT WORK AT HOME The childrens plots at schoolmust necessarily be small, but, evenso, they may produce the aboveresults. They will fail in their truepurpose if their counterpart on alarger scale is not carried on by thechildren in their homes. Most teachers in Manitoba followup the school gardening with compe-titions in home gardening, and these 24 The School Garden gardens are regularly visited, in-spected and valued throughout thesummer. Some teachers in 1914 requiredtheir pupils at home to establish plotsin (1) Alfalfa, for fodder and forseed; (2) Three year seed selection,wheat, oats and barley; (3) A threeyear crop rotation. In 1915 several hundred boys wereformed into clubs to compete in thegrowing of husking corn in eachinspectorate, and finally in a pro-vincial competition. The home gardens are of consider-able value to the interested furnish a splendid opportunityfor visi
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