Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-01-06 | Page 11 | Vacant Lands Are to be Cultivated

VACANT LANDS ARE TO BE CULTIVATED (Correspondence of The Associated Press. ) I London, Jan 6- The scarcity of foodstuffs has led the board of agriculture agricul-ture to empower local authorities to use vacant building land tor food 'tops. The Vacant Land Cultivation society, a pet scheme of the late Joseph Jo-seph Fela who was wldel) known in (the i nited stales ha? already been entrusted bj the government with ihe whole work in London, and will In-able, In-able, through tho London county coun oil, to acquire any untaxed land that Is sultahle This society allots small pieces of land to families for ulii.e tion purposes. At present ihe sodetj lias about 800 holders working some eighty acres around London Apart from public gardens and parks there are 14,000 acres of idle land In Loudon, and experience has shown that London land is capable of producing produc-ing at ar prices well OVfer 500 worth of food per acre. Bo great is ihe. public pub-lic Interest In the scheme lhat the Vh- 'cant Land BOciet) is being snowed un-; un-; der by applications from every kind of I person, many of them land hungry" I countrymen settled m London. oo