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Show CHILDREN'S GARDENS The child garden movement that has been stnrted In bo many places was for a time something o,f a Joko. Tho children may have planted the vegetables and flowers. Dut tho parents par-ents bought the fertilizer, had the ground spaded up, nnd were npt to do most of tho weeding. Aftcrwnrd they were supposed to pay the youngsters young-sters for tho vegetables thus produced. produc-ed. Long lists of prizes awarded to the children for garden work aro now appearing ap-pearing In many of tho newspapers. Ono such list now at hand names ono child of four as receiving a prize for several varieties of flowers. An agricultural collego expert a few days ago went through tho children's chil-dren's gardens In a town of somo 7000 people. Ho gavo a hasty glance to perhaps half tho plots, and remarked remark-ed that thoso ho had seen contained products worth at least $1000. Evidently Evi-dently when tho fall harvest Is completed, com-pleted, theso youngsters had added several thousand dollars to tho wealth of that town. It was dono out of tlmo provlously spent nt aimless plays. It Is a Joko no longer. Tho American boy Is not trained to work. Ho resents regular tasks If compelled to hoe up weeds whllo hearing tho yells of tho neighborhood boys over In a back lot, his soul ro-volts ro-volts at tho gross Injustlco of tho world, nnd the heartless cruelty of parents. Hut tho modern American child Is a pretty maturo Httlo creature. Ho Is perfectly cnpablo of raising a profitable prof-itable garden If ho wants to. Thero nro n good many boys today taking cattlo show and county fair and school prizes for amounts of vegetables vegeta-bles ralBed tho past summer running up into tho hundreds of dollars. The garden movement Iibb raado n much bettor progress slnco the government gov-ernment nnd stato exports conceived tho Idea of organizing tho youngsters Into clubs. A boy does what Ills gang does. If his mates decide that raising rais-ing tho biggest pumpkin Is Just ns good fun ns knocking tho longest threo bagger ,Uo wants to take a hand In tho game. |