Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 166, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1919 — Do You Think It Paid? [ARTICLE]

Do You Think It Paid?

St. Joseph, Mo., employed a fulltime expert garden instructor last year who organized the pupils of the elementary school into garden clubs. About 3,000 pupils reported that they were doing garden work before the schools closed in June, says Their superintendent. Of this number 2,394 entered their names for membership in the United States school garden army. The school children gardened 32 acres’ without help and helped their parents work an area of 394 acres. Although the season was very unfavorable, a conservative estimate of the food produced by the pupils would be $15,000 at market prices.