| Show GREAT NEED FOR HOME GARDENS CALLS FOR MORE WORK IN EVERY BACK YARD T W i nl 3 k av 1 aa 29 P home food plots like these help table and pocketbook they help nation too the obligation of every man woman and child out of uniform to help feed himself will be greater in 1918 than in 1917 1017 therefore the home gardening and canning activities of last year must bo be repeated this Is tile the message of the united states department of agriculture to every family those who cannot produce can conserve and save food there must bo be no backsliding back sliding among experienced gardeners they must repent repeat their contribution of food absence of novelty must not deter those who tried gardening for the first time in 1917 from capitalizing their increased knowledge and skill those with experience must make every seed count to get satisfactory returns from their work with hoe rake and watering can there must be no slacking off gardening Is business but in 1918 everyone everyone must attend to that business and now a word of caution dont try to raise inore more than you can use and water systematically all spring and summer A few square yards vell tilled will yield more than a halfacre allowed to run to weeds the department advises strongly a against ainest effort by amateur gardeners to P produce aduce truck crops for sale such enterprises terp rises commonly prove unwise burdensome to fill all concerned and not infrequently financially uner unprofitable much precious seed and fertilizer to say nothing of time and labor were wasted last year in such undertakings the governments home gardening specialists cia lists believe that best results will be att attained ined it if each family attempts to raise only enough vegetables to supply its own table and to afford tile the surplus which its members can dry can ot or store for later home consumption the gardener who lias has provided for the immediate needs of 0 his family and its canning and drying requirements therefore should devote attention to fall crops of root vegetables such as aa potatoes beets late turnips carrots and parsnips par snips which can be stored easily casily for later use it also would be well to give attention to the production of mature limn lima or other beaus beans which can be shelled and kept in bags help on home food plot the garden specialists of the department and of the state agricultural colleges stand ready to help everyone make the greatest great esP possible success of ills his home garden and to assist in the canning of surplus food with the operation cooperation co of the press the dep department artmen t will carry th the e garde gardening 11 advice of its specialists directly to many millions of readers to supplement this food from your back yard series of which this article la Is the foreword the department has issued two new war garden bulletins tor for every home gardener who wishes to help teed feed himself they are the farm garden in the north farmers bulletin no home Gilr gardening dening in the south farmers bulletin no the city and suburban Suburb nn vegetable garden Far farmers mersO bulletin no your postal card to the division of publications U S department of agriculture ri will bring your free copy read these articles as they appear study the handbooks liand books around the winter lamp you will be ready to deal with soil and seed Us is soon as spring weather permits |
