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Show I The Patriotic Inspiration. I - : : ,m "But," said Charles Lathrop Pack, prcs- lmM Idont of the National War Garden Com- mission, which Is about to start a drive . to make at least SO.OOO.OGQ back yard and ll lot farmers In this country this year, H "the 'No Man's Land at home must bo mado to produce.. And one great reason for Its cultivation Is that it may stand as a monument to take thc place of that H blackened and blighted land In Europe jl which has been ravaged and torn by shot, ll shell and mlno as no othcr territory In all the world's history of wars. What finer Inspiration for thc war gardener in America could there be than to go Into tt the back yard and say. 'I will do some- ,MM thing to mako -up for thc destruction lll which militarism has brought to tho fair fMM land of France. I will do my bit here to ll help feed those bravo and patient suf- jH ferers .abroad; I will do my share to make thc world safe for democracy.' David Franklin Houston, Secretary of ,H Agriculture, also adds a plea for thc cul- and argues that one of thc chief reasons for such action is that It will afford re- H lief to thc farmer, already overburdened with tho task of trying to raise all tho wheat and other staple crops needed for iH our armies, our allies and for those at home. The farmer, he states, is seriously JH short of labor, and such as ho will be ablo to obtain should bc used on big crops and not to raise garden truck. "Tho cultivation of 10,000.000 home gar-dens gar-dens Is perfectly feasible." ho said, "and all who are physically able should enlist iH , In this great and patriotic army. The hoc Is tho machino gun of this sorvico IH nnd thc timo to prepare Is now. Even IH though tho ground Is not ready for IB planting, thero arc many other things to JH bo done. Get your seed and fertilizer at once, as you may be unable to obtain IH them, later on, Tho general does not iH wait until the morning of battle to outline IH his scheme of battle. Ho knows in advanco every move hl3 troops will make. Gar- dcnlng Is not pomplicated, but It also ro-quires ro-quires thought, preparation and planning 'way In advance of thc timo for action." |