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Show WOMEN URGED TO PLANT GARDENS Women are urged to asssist in planting victory gardens to supplement sup-plement the low ebb in food sup--plies by Arvil L. Stark, chairman for Salt Lake Victory gardens. He pointed out the necessity of using every available plot of land, and reminded them of the critical state of the national food supplies. sup-plies. The prewar argument that fresh vegetables can be bought for less money than seed and - equipment for producing vegetables at home is nullified this year by the fact that adequate supplies of vegetables vegeta-bles will not be available in stores he declared. i While amounts of food produc-ed produc-ed in a single small garden fre not large, the 18,500,000 gard-ens gard-ens in the United States last year produced 8,000,000 tons ot I vegetables and halved point values val-ues on canned vegetables. |