Show Food Gardens Urged As Vital Defense Measure By Garden Clubs' Head An appeal for home vegetable gardens to be planted by all who have an opportunity has been issued by Albert J. President of the Men's Garden Clubs of 1 E. New York Pointing out the need for food production near large population centers to replace shipments from distant points which may be interrupted by Irving called attention to the fact that planting must be done this spring to provide production for the coming twelve To wait until the actual outbreak of war might be too late for any practical benefit to be Irving is the newly elected president of the national organization of Men's Garden Clubs which are scattered throughout the United the two world said vegetable gardens cultivated by the amateur gardeners of this country provided vegetables for millions of our people and releasing commercial production and transportation for our war we enter a third world home gardens will become even more necessary than in the other One of the great problems will be to insure adequate food supplies to our large population centers which are now supplied to a great extent by fresh vegetables shipped long Transportation is sure to be congested and may be interrupted by enemy should not wait until war to expand home vegetable Every amateur gardener who has ground on which vegetables can be should plant them this Experienced gardeners have the duty of showing by example how this Invaluable source of vitamin-rich foods can be without detracting in any way from national production in other Each vegetable garden made this spring can become a demonstration from which others may No one knows how quickly the need In 1945 20 Million Victory Gardens Produced 8 Million Tons of Fresh for millions of gardens may come assume that in due time a campaign for home vegetable gardens wUl become a part of the official civilian defense But gardens cannot be started at a moment's or crops produced Protection for the next twelve months depends upon action Initiated this I appeal to every home gardener in the nation to devote to vegetables sown this space in his garden sufficient to supply his family for a such a program the fundamental needs of the nation will be greatly helped by meeting its nutritional In addition it promote the individual's well being and of the Gs Club in a resolution adopted December after reciting the Importance of Victory Gardens to the national defense in World War this club endorse a program encouraging families throughout this nation to embark on the maintenance of |