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Show THOUSANDS OF REQUESTS MADE WASHINGTON March 12 Since the home gardening movement began throughout the country as a means to meet the Increased cost of food, the department of agriculture has been swamped with hundreds of thousands of requests for free seeds. Officials of the department say that, unfortunately they have no seeds to distribute The free seeds pro ided by congress are distributed as members of congress themselves direct and this year's supply of about $200,000 worth was long ago exhausted. No more free seeds will be available until late in the summer. |