Show HOME HOMETOWN i TOWN HELPS START YOUR GARDEN EARLY Department of Agriculture Puts Forth Plea for forthe the Raising of More Food Products Gardens are going to be j Just as Imp Im Im- p the time coming year Jear as during the war period United States depart department ent t of or agriculture specialists declare High food tood costs they say say are arc likely to to remain remain remain re re- main until more to eat is grown and distributed Farm gardens village viltage gardens gardens gar gar- gar gam- dens and city backyard g gardens all an allwill allwill will help Food produced in the garden garden gar gar- den not only helps balance Jalance the family budget but releases that grown on farms for the use of people who are entirely dependent t upon others With the lengthening of ot the time days It will not be beo long until land can be bo worked and mind such hardy crops crops crops' as peas onions lettuce radishes and beets planted especially throughout the time lower lower lower low low- er Gulf Gult coast region The average date of ot the last killing frost of ot the winter in this section is not later than V l k-g- k a 4 S a e i I I I m Corner of a Town Garden March 15 This Ibis zone Includes the tIme southern portion of ot South Carolina the sou southern n them half of ot Georgia Alabama and Mississippi almost the whole of ot Louisiana and all aU southeastern Texas Several of ot the time more hardy garden crops including those mentioned above abo e will vill withstand considerable frost and may be planted at least a month before be be- fore the time average date for tb last ast fros frost Irish potatoes are aie easily Injured by freezing but they r require ur a about about a month to come up and planted at nt about the time same time its as letTuce and radishes It pays to take a chance on onI the time early plan planting pf pt certain of the time themore more h hardy garden vegetables If It they are killed kilted or severely Injured they may be replanted A good method is tomake to tomake tomake make about three plantings at Intervals intervals Inter Inter- vals of ot three w weeks eks and if It the first planting Is Is' Is killed the time later ones take Its place |