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Show A Victory Garden on every farm is the order of the day in Franklin county. Growing fruits and vegetables veg-etables at home will relieve overburdened over-burdened hauling facilities, release more 'commercial vegetables for fighting men and factory worTicrs, and insure healthy, inexpensive foods for Idaho's farm raniilies, Quince Rice, county USDA war board chairman, announces. Growing of most of the vegetables vege-tables for home use is just as important im-portant as increasing dairy, hog, and poultry production. lOvery quart of canned garden produco raised on the farm, - and every pound of fresh or stored vegetables vege-tables means a saving of farm truck and auto tires, tin and containers con-tainers used for commercial canning, can-ning, and general transportation facilities needed for the war effort, ef-fort, Rice said. Farm families in the county who have not already planted gardens to care for their family needs can still seed most of the important vegetables, explained Hice. TVhere-ever TVhere-ever possible, 4-II clubs and Future Farmers are asked to boost Food for Freedom gardens. Cooperation .of every one will be necessary if Idaho is to reach its 1942 garden goal of 43,100 farm gardens, or the national goal of six million farm gardens is to be realized. The county agent's office has Food for Freedom leaflets available, avail-able, setting up garden requirements require-ments for the average farm family and dealing with every Idaho garden gar-den problem. Smith-Hughes instructors, local club leaders and other gardeners i will be .gald to give individual as- sisiance in planning nue garuenii, as well as the county agents. A family's income can actually be increased from $75 to $2O0 by raising the home supply of vegetables, vege-tables, berries and flints at homo. A supply of fresh, canned and stored vegetables for year-round living is equally important to tho war-time health of the family when man power is so Important, o o |