Show production of food important As armanest Ar manent production by county agent anson B caile the production of food is just as important in winning the war as aa la Is the production of runs guns tanks and airplanes in kane county where no industrial plants are engaged la in war production the people can still show air patriotism and contribute to our war effort by producing as much food as possible at home the goal set up by the federal government la Is to have every rural and farm family food feed itself both summer cummer and winifer from food produced on tho the place prom from the farms in utah we have ben been asked to have at least 18 farm gardens this to is gait gai dens more than litchi had in 1941 it Is our patriotic duty to meet this minimum goal and to make our gardens dens adequate to teed feed the farally in winter as aa well as aemmer wherever land water and labor are available ever every family should have a vegetable garden the housewife often has baa some difficulty faculty convincing the husband that a diome vegetable garden Is worthwhile wo we often hear bear the argument that vegetables can be obtained by purchasing them cheaper than they can be grown to obtain some information on point several people kept records ot of their gat eat dens dena last year and we found that the average home jarden garden in utah Is worth 76 au average alzeor alza ot these gardens was 36 square rods when theao figures were converted to lo an aa acte acre basis it was waa found that the land us used Is d tor for the production of 0 the ae family itam lly garden was worth woith per acre this Is considerable more than the ahe income derived from land whop whan planted to any other lother common crop li in addition to tte records anthe on the value ot of a homo home gaT garden don records were also 06 mide made on the amount of ct hours required quiren to take care of the gardens the average of all records slowed 41 hours of actual labor would take jake care ot of A garden 36 square avda in area abu was worth 76 dollars do llara dividing the value of the produce by 41 hours we arrive at the ot of 1190 ter per hour tor or tho the alma time spent in the garden there are very tow few tar far taws or any other wkho mako miko near two dollars an chour adur and when the men folks claim tho thouc yc not no afford to spend their time working la 1 a tho the garden bardoni they are either badly misinformed formed lazy or W obstinate it 1 la their patriotic patr lotto duty to work more this year and they abound do so whether they like it or not we need all ail the food wo we can produce and we need tobaie io have lit it produced where it la is consumed umed food that must be to ui requires valuable transportation space that pat should be devoted to military pur poses osea home production of tood food also allows the commercial supplies to be used for or our armed forces and our allies helping t bo win iho war the year th the production 0 a of 0 food at hamd will also result in considerable saving in money went tor lor food this money saved can be spent tor for war sah and bonds and thus vhf gar ii W in lane county 6 early tt tables are now becoming well matur od and willston will boon soon be overripe over ripe plant plantings ings hies s dbr later season uio la summer should be made where water laavall la available and plans tor for a fall and winter storage garden are in omer now waule seed la is still obtain obtainable able printed information on vow bow to store vege bibles will be aval available lable la in the dunty agents office at ait st georgo george before fall fali and those wishing this tion should fill in their requests now |