| Show I- I Fresh es i 11 Vegetables es for or tie the Family F amz I d fir firc c r r'S S 'S Red beets beans lettuce carrots tomatoes are just a few of the vegetables this young lady busy in her garden can look forward to during the coming months During those months the Ule family will not only have fresh vegetables that will keep them healthy and strong but there will be plenty left over to can and preserve for consumption consumption con con- during the following winter which produced pounds of food But there was waste and unnecessary unnecessary unnecessary sary sacrifice too Many a hopeful big city garden yielded nothing but blisters and backaches In some places park lawns golf courses and public c recreation areas were plowed up and planted to potatoes Ornamental Ornamental Orna Orna- Ornamental mental plantings in private grounds were sacrificed flowers were forgotten forgotten forgotten for for- gotten to make room for vegetables and gardens were attempted in congested congested congested con con- big city locations where success success success suc suc- suc- suc cess was obviously impossible Today an abundance of land is available for Victory Gardens without without without with with- out sacrificing landscape beauty or orthe orthe orthe the growing of flowers which are just as important to morale as vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables are to physical well This is particularly true in small towns and in the suburban areas arens of big cities Nutrition Is Watchword 11 Nutrition is the watchword of the present program First of all our soldiers must be well nourished So must defense workers in fields and factories Britain Russia and our other allies must be kept supplied with food But the program goes beyond that A battle is being waged on the home front against tion Regardless of how long the World war lasts the nutrition battle at home will go on until every American American American Amer Amer- ican is receiving enough of the right kinds of food In considering the two main phases of the Victory Garden program program pro pro- program gram the farm effort will of course be the backbone Every farmer who can possibly do so will have a garden garden garden gar gar- den where he can produce fresh vegetables and fruits for home use and have some surplus to market Secretary of Agriculture summed up the movements movement's philosophy philosophy philosophy phy when he told delegates attending attending attending attend attend- ing a recent conference in Washington Washing Washing- ton This situation is different from 1917 Then the effort was to save food so there would woul be pl plenty nty fo for our troops in i r ranee wow Now the me need is for a balanced diet When the farm family grows its own vegetables vegetables vegetables bles it eats more and thus improves improves im im- improves im- im proves the family's health We Ve hope for an increase of farm vegetable gardens in 1942 The goal we have set is I Growing vegetables on the farm puts the food right where it is to be used it doesn't take any freight cars or trucks to move food to those families Home vegetable gardens release more commercial vegetables for other purposes Commercially canned vegetables tables are packed in tin and and we are short of tin As a reinforcement to the farm garden movement the work of smalltown small smalltown smalltown town and big city gardens will help swell Uncle Sams Sam's food output In communities large and small every family that has access to a favorably situated plot for producing part of its food supply is being asked to join a Victory Garden club These town and city gardeners are being cautioned that their gardens must be economical that every seed every pound of fertilizer and every implement counts that there must be no waste The members of these garden clubs will meet and discuss their problems together and obtain guidance from experts Provisions Provisions Provisions Pro Pro- visions are being made in many cities by the Civilian Defense organization organization organization or or- for the establishment of community gardens in which plots are assigned to families that do not have fertile garden soil of their own Schools and organizations are promoting promoting promoting pro pro- the program How big a job is it to put in a garden and make it produce successfully successfully suc suc- Simple to Garden Its It's relatively simple according to gardening experts They point out that with modern knowledge of soils plant foods new tools and the improved improved improved im im- im- im proved vegetable varieties developed developed developed devel devel- by plant breeders it is possible possible possible ble to grow fresh vegetables for the family in a favorable location with only a few hours hour's light exercise each week The secret of effective gardening lies in the size of the plot Too big 4 Y M Y R Fresh radishes for salads are what this young lady is gathering Her Victory Garden will give the necessary necessary necessary sary balance to the family's daily meals a garden is likely to be neglected One just large enough producing the vegetables a family needs and no more in in balanced proportions can be kept well without hard work Another secret is in not trying to grow too large a variety One authority authority authority au au- au- au suggests six different vegetables vegetables vegetables bles as a basis basi tomatoes basis tomatoes snap beans carrots cabbage lettuce and greens All are high in food and vitamin value Moreover tomatoes beans carrots and greens can be easily canned These gardening experts will tell you one more thing thing that that youve you've got gotto gotto gotto to feed the soil if you expect it to produce for you This means providing providing pro pro- providing viding it with plant food And this is just as true if you garden on the farm or in town The average farmer farm farm- er knows by experience with field crops that fertilizer will enhance the size of his crop increase its resistance resistance re re- re- re to disease improve the quality and promote around all hardiness He will apply that knowledge in making his Victory garden contribute to the national defense The city gardener can profit by the farmers farmer's experience The three fertilizer elements most needed for plant growth are nitrogen nitro nitro- nitrogen gen phosphorus and potash These elements are mentioned in this order order or or- der in the analysis of commercial fertilizer For effective gardening use said one authority it has been found advisable to apply the fertilizer fertilizer lizer before planting time mixing it in in thoroughly with the soil when the first spading or plowing is done The quantity to apply will vary with the soil type but the Victory Gardener will be safe in using 5 1 V. po pounds of a 11 0 d iu a-iu- U 10 to each square feet of garden Once having undertaken its gardening gar gar- gardening gar gar- dening project protect the average family will reap dividends far exceeding the crop of vegetables at harvest time Of prime importance in wartime wartime war- war time tune Is the morale factor Gardening Gardening Garden Garden- ing is a morale builder without equal anywhere There is no better antidote antidote anti anti- dote for war blues than thana a session with a hoe hoc Gardening provides a release from the worries and nervous nervous nerv nerv- ous tension of long hours spent at a desk or in the machine shop of ot a munitions s factory It gives the housewife a change of pace from the routine of ot domestic duties a |
