Show Time Has Shown Value of Garden Contests Nearly all cities with a line s sense hse of civic pride have haye inaugurated city beautiful or civic lc Improvement ement move move- ments These Th sc usually are ale undertaken en enby by clubs or other civic organizations while neighborhood Interests are looked after by garden club clubs to stimulate Interest In and vegetable gr growing are usually one of the most Important phases of this movement ement Garden contests managed and pro muted by such organizations have proved pro popular lt has been found most satisfactory to choose judges I I from flom outside towns The work worl In I cities where the competitions have I proved most successful and popular Is usually apportioned to committees I IOne One committee takes charge of receiving reo re- entrIes and soliciting them I Another committee takes charge ot of publicity seeking newspaper notices antI and circulating garden literature Another committee has the work of taking photographs of the varIous gardens one of the attractive features I being the throwing of the garden on ona ona a screen when the winners are announced an the winners beIng kept secret until slides of their gardens are ex ex- Another committee e Is named to visit the gardens to give gl advice atI from time timeto to time The result Is these garden contests have ha been found to net a real cash value alue to the contestants In food food- supplies antI and flowers for the tion of home and yard |