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Show U . S . Gardeners GardenersAid GardenersAid Aid in Nation's Nations Nations'Victory NationsVictory ' 'Victory Victory ' ' DriveIncreased Drive DriveIncreased Increased Number of Gar Gar- Gardens Gardens Gardens - dens This Year Vital VitalFor VitalFor VitalFor For Balanced Diets . ( Released by We Western tern Newspaper Union ) Uncle Sam s wartime warbme food foodneeds foodneeds foodneeds needs have put the all but butforgotten butforgotten butForgotten forgotten family famlly vegetable vegetablegarden vegetablegarden vegetablegarden garden back on the map MIl MIllIons Millions Millions lIons of Americans are now nowpOrIng nowporing nowporing pOrIng over seed catalogs catalogsI catalogscheckmg catalogschecking catalogschecking I checkmg checking tools and eyemg eyemgI eyemglIkely eyemgLikely eyeinglikely I lIkely planting plantmg sitesOnce sites sitesOnce Once the frost is as gone , an anumy anarmy anarmy umy army of gardeners recrUited recrUitedfrom recruitedfrom recruitedrom from [ farms small towns and andbIg andbig andbig , bIg cities clbes will prepare the theearth theearth theearth earth with spades and ferbl1z fertrliz ferbl1zers fertrlizers fertilizers ers Then will come seedmg seeding seedmgweedmg seedingweeding seedingweeding weedmg weeding andculbvatmg andcultivating and cultivating culbvatmg in m a avast avast avast vast effort to produce plenty plentysf plentyof of : > f fresh vegetables FOB F FOBthe O B , . lhe the kitchen doorThIS doorThis door doorThis This effort is part of a great na natonal natonal nat tonal onal Victory Garden program In Inthe Inthe Inthe the weeks since smce Pearl Pcarl Harbor offi ofli officlals oflicials officials clals cials of the U S department of ag agneuIture agriculture agnculture neuIture riculture have been consult ng With Withgardening withgardening withgardening gardening experts from every state stateOrgaDizations stateOrganizations stateOrganizations OrgaDizations Organizations everywhere have havepledged havepledged havepledged pledged their aid-garden aid garden aid - garden clubs Boy BoyScouts BoyScouts BoyScouts Scouts Girl Gul Scouts Campflre Campfire Girls Girlst 4 H clubs As the program develops developsactivIties developsactivities developsactivities activIties \ will III follow two maJorImes majorlines major Imes lines 1 Farmers and their lam families familiesthroughout familiesthroughout lites litesthroughout throughout the United Umted States StateswIll Stateswill Stateswill wIll co-operate co operate co-opeJ'ate opeJ'ate opeJate - - ' by plantmg planting planting5 5760000 5 760 000 vegetable gardens 2 : Small town and big city citydwellers citydwellers citydwellers dwellers will sponsor commu commundy community community ndy nity and school gardens and andwhereer andwherever andwherever where\er where er wherever \ possible Indlvidnal Individual Indlvidnalfamily Individualfamily Individualfamily family Victory gardensThis gardens gardensThis This newest move in the war on onthe onthe onthe the Axis is reminiscent remlIDscent In many manyways manywa manywarS was ways ) rS of the st at rring rrmg das days ; ) of World WorldWar WorldWar WorldWar War No 1 when back yard gardenv gardenw garden v w e 1x P Pr r pi vpi piA pit 4 A v t x so ; a1 ' L 'L L ' . tT J JK K Yf Yf4yf Ldy r ? 4yf + ' . 1 1Miss \ Bliss 1\1ISS 1 1ISS Miss Peg reaps the results of hav hay havJog haylog havSag Jog log a garden of her own The green greenbeans greenbeans greenbeans beans she sbe is collecting will w1l1 be deh deli dehclous delicious dcliclous clous cious at the family s evening- evening evemng eveningmeal - mealers meal mealers ers did their bit to make good the theslogan theslogan slogan Food Will Win WID the War WarBut WarBut WarBut But there are wide differences dIaerences too tooand tooand tooand and it is hoped that many of the themistakes themistakes themistakes mistakes of the 191 191718 1917 ? 18 \ war \ ar garden gardenprogram gardenprogram gardenprogram program will be avo ded this time tlIDe tlIDeThe timeThe timeThe The last war demonstrated that thathome thathome home garden ng can contribute contnbute 1m im 1mportantly importantly importantly portantly to the food supply In 1917 1917alone 1917alone 1917alone alone 1150 1 150 000 acres of city and andtown andtown andtown town land were under cult vat on By By11918 1918 there were 5 OOP 000 000 gardens which produced 528 000 000 pounds poundsof poundso1 of o1 food foodBut But there was waste and unneces unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary sacr fee fce too Many a hopeful hopefulbig hopefulbig hopefulbig big city garden yielded Ylclded nothing nothmg but butbl butbl : bl sters and backaches In some someI someplaces someplaces someplaces I places par park ! . . lawns golf courses and andi andpublic andpublic andpublic i public recreation areas were plowed plowedup plowedup up and planted to potatoes Orna Ornamental Ornamental Ornamental mental plantings plantmgs in m private pnvate grounds groundswere groundswere groundswere were sacr need ficed fieed flowers were for forgotten forgotten forgotten gotten to make room for vegetables vegetablesand vegetablesand vegetablesand and gardens were attempted in cQn cQngested cQngested congested gested b g city loca local beat tons ons where suc success success suecess cess cessas \ Mas \\as as was obviously ImpossibleToday impossibleToday impossible impossibleToday Today an abundance of land IS ISava isava isava ava lable for Victory Gardens w th thout thout thout out sacrificing sacnficing landscape beauty or orthe orthe orthe the growing growmg of flowers 1l0wers which are areJust arejust arejust Just as Important to morale as vege vegetables vegetables vegetables tables are to physical well be ng ngThis ngThis ngThis This is part cularly true in small smalltowns smalltowns smalltowns towns and in the suburban areas of ofbig ofbig ofbig big cities citiesNutrition cItiesNutntlon Nutrition Nutntlon Is Watchword WatchwordNutnt WatchwordNutrit WatchwordNutnt Nutnt Nutrit on Is the watchword of the thepresent thepresent thepresent present program First Fust of 01 all our oursold oursold 1 sold ers must be well nourished So Somust Somust . must defense workers in m fields and andfactones andfactories andfactories factones factories Britain Bntaln Russia and our ourother ourother ourother other allies must be kept supplIed supplIedwith suppliedwith suppliedwith with food But the tbe program goes goesbeyond goesbeyond goesbeyond beyond that A battle is being bemg waged wagedon on the home front aga nst malnutr malnutri malnutrit ! t on Regardless of how long the theWorld theWorld theWorld World war lasts the nutnt nutrit on battle battleat battleat battleat at home will go on until unhl every AmerIcan Amerscan Amer | lean Ican scan is receiving recelvmg enough of the nght right nghtkmds rightkinds rightkinds kmds kinds of loodIn foodIn food lood foodIn In considering consldermg the \ two \ 0 ma manphases n nphases nphases phases of the Victory Garden pro program program program gram the farm effort will of course coursebe coursebe coursebe be the backbone Every farmer who whocan whocan whocan can poss biy bly do so w 11 have a gar garden garden garden den where he can produce fresh freshvegetables freshvegetables freshvegetables vegetables and fruits for home use useand useand useand and have some surplus to marketSecretary marketSecretary market marketSecretary Secretary of Agriculture Wickard Wickardsummed Wickardsummed Wickardsummed summed up the movement s phlloso philoso phllosophy philosophy philosophy phy when he told delegates attendmg attendmg attend attending ing mg a recent conference in m Washing Washington Washington Washington ton ; Th s situation is d fTerent fferent from from1917 1917 Then the effort was to save savefood savefood savefood food so there would be plenty for forour forour forour our troops in m France Now the need needis needis needis is tor for a balanced d et When the thefarm thefarm thefarm farm family grows its own o\\n o n \ vegeta vegetatiles vegetables bles tiles it cats eats more and thus 1m im 1mproves improves irnproves proves the tarn lam ly Iy s health We hope hopefor hopefor hopefor for an increase mcrease of 1 300 000 farm farmvegetable farmvegetable farmvegetable vegetable gardens in m 1942 The goal goalwe goalwe goalwe we have set is 5760000 5760000Growmg 5 760 000Growing 000 000Growing Growmgegetables Growing Growmg \ % vegetables \egetables egetables on the farm farmputs farmputs farmputs puts the food right where it is to be beused beused beused used it doesn t take any freight freightcars freightcars freightcars cars or trucks to move food to those thosefamll thosefamil thosetamll famll famil es Home vegetable gardens gardensrelease gardensrelease gardensrelease release more commercial vegetables vegetablestor vegetablesfor for other purposes Commercially Commerciallycanned Commerciallycanned Commerciallycanned , canned vegetables are packed in m tin tm tmand tinand tinand -and and - and we are short sbort of o1 tmAs tinAs tm tin tmAs I As a reinforcement to the farm farmgarden farmgarden farmgarden garden movement the work of small smalltown smalltown smalltown I town and b g city gardens will help helps , s veil vell yell Uncle Sam s food outputIn outputIn output outputIn In commun ties tics large and small smallevery smallevery smallevery every fam famly Iy ly that has access to a afavorably afavorably afavorably favorably situated plot for produc ng ngpart ngpart ngpart part of its food supply is being asked askedto askedto askedto to join jom a Victory Garden club _ . " . - --P- P - - Psa - - sa . ) - _ BfA ' einA [ fAa , , , . , .ys ys . .ysaiC1 aiC1 aiC1u u u . . man n uwvwrt + From rrom industrial centers center : . , and other oher ( defense deCense localities loealtties now working at top attop speed for Cor the nation s Victory program the excellent business bu.mess bumess : . condl condi condlhons conditrons conditions hons trons found Cound there are overflowing overllo\\1Dg overllo 1Dg overflowmg \ Into the more rural sections sechons of the United theUnited Slates States as the above map shows As farm crops and rural pro pro- - - production I duction increases mcreases belter better business bus/ne.s busne.s bus ne.s nes / : . conditions will show in the ( he fair Cair areas areasrt , i.n in . TT e _ _ J While production has been in increasing Increasing increasing byfarmers creasing the prices received by farmers for what they sell have also alsobeen alsobeen alsobeen been rising Average prices are now nowthe nowthe nowthe the highest in 13 years Prices which whichthe whichthe whichthe the farmers pay have also been go Ing going up but not qu te to so rapidly and andthe andthe andthe the ratio between prices rece ved vedand vedand vedand and prices pnces paid is stead ly Iy becoming becomingmore becomingmore becomingmore more favorable It has already alreadyreached alreadyreached alreadyreached reached the goal of o1 parity panty and the thepol thepot thepol pol pot cy of 01 the government I is is : . , to main mainta mainto mainta ta to n prices at around that level In Inthat Inthat Inthat that way farm Income w 11 U be kept keptat keptat keptat at the average rate These to vn and city gardeners are arebeI1g arebeing arebeing beI\1g beI 1g being \ caut taut oned that their gardens gardensmust gardensmust gardensmust must be economical that every everyseed everyseed everyseed seed every pound of tert fert lizer and andevery andevery andevery every implement lIDplement counts that there theremust theremust theremust must be no w \ waste aste The members of ofthese ofthese ofthese these garden cfubs dubs stubs will meet and anddiscuss anddiscuss anddiscuss discuss the r problems together and andobtain andobtain obtam obtain guidance gwdance from experts Pro ProVIS Provis Provis VIS ons are being bemg made m in many manyI manycIt manycit manycit I cIt es by the Civilian Defense or organ organ organ gan zation for the establishment establlshment of o1 ofcommunity o1community ofcommunity community gardens in m which plots plots'I plotsare plotsare ' are ass gned to tamihes families that do not nothave nothave nothave 'I I 'Iare have tert fert fertle Ie le garden so I 1 of their own ownSchools ownSchools ownSchools Schools and orgamzat organizat ons ens are pro promotmg promoting promoting motmg moting the programHow programHow program programHow How b g a job is it to put in a agarden agarden agarden garden and make it produce suc sue successfully suecessfully suecessfully7 suecessfully7Simple cessfully ? ' Simple to GardcnIt GardenIt Garden Gardcn GardenIt It s relatively s mple according accordmg to togardemng togardening togardening gardemng gardening experts They point pomt out outthat outthat outthat that with modern knowledge kno\\ledge kno ledge \ of or so Is Isplant isplant Isplant plant foods new tools and the 1m im 1mproved improved improved proved vegetable varietes vanet es devel developed developed developed oped by plant breeders it is possi possible possible possible ble to grow fresh vegetables tor for the thefamlly thefamily thefamily famlly family in m a favorable location with withonly withonly withonly only a few hour s light I1ght exercise each eachweek eachweek eachweek eachweekThe week weekThe The secret of effective gardenmg gardening gardening1 1 es in the size of the plot . . Too bigfv big fv- fv - I - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - . Fresh radishes for salads arc wbat what wbatthis whatthis whatthis this young- young younglady - lady is as gathering gathermg ner Her ner'Iclory Hervictory HerVictory 'Iclory Iclory victory ' Garden will glic ghe gh e the neees neces neeessary necessary necessary sary balance to the family s da Iy ly Iymeals lymeals lymeals meals mealsa a garden Is likely to be neglected neglectedOne neglectedOne neglectedOne One just large enough producing producingthe the vegetables a family famlly needs necds and andno andno andno no more in m balanced proportons proportonscan proport ons onscan onscan can be kept well w thout hard workAnother \ work \ ark arkAnother Another secret is in lD not trying to togrow togrow togrow grow too large a var ety One au authonty authority authonty thonty thority suggests six d fferent vegeta vegetables vegetables vegetables bles as a basis-tomatoes basis tomatoes basis - tomatoes snap snapbeans snapbeans snapbeans beans carrots cabbage lettuce and andgreens andgreens andgreens greens All AU are high in food and andvitam andvitam andvitam vitam n 11 ii value Moreover tomatoes tomatoesbeans tomatoesbeans tomatoesbeans beans carrots and greens can be beeas beens beeasly eas ens Iy ly canned . . These garden ng experts will tell tellyou tellyou tellyou you one more thmg-that thmg that thing-that thing thing - that you ve ye got gotto gotto gotto to feed the so 1 I if you expect it to toproduce toproduce toproduce produce for you This means pro provldmg providmg providing vldmg vidmg it w th plant food And thiS thiSIS thisis thisis IS just as true if you garden on the thefarm thefarm thefarm farm or m in town The average farm farmer farmer farmer er knows by experience expenence with field fieldcrops fieldcrops fieldcrops crops that fert fertilizer lZer will enhance the thesize thesize thesize size of his crop increase mcrease its re reslstance resistance resistance slstance sistance to d sease improve the thequal thequal thequal qual ty and promote all around hardmess hardiness aroundhardiness aroundhardmess He111 He will \\111 111 111apply willapply \ apply that thatknowledge thatknowledge thatknowledge knowledge in making makmg his Victory Victorygarden Victorygarden Victorygarden garden contribute contnbute to the nat onal oval defense onaldefense ovaldefense The city gardener can canprofit canprofit canprofit profit by the farmer s experience expenence expenenceThe experienceThe The tl-ree tl ree thee |