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Victory Edition 1919 



HOME 



CANNING &DRYING 



of Vegetables & Fruits 



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Published by 



National War Garden Comn 



Washington, D. C. 



Copyrtgh* lOlOby NATIONAL Vi/AR GARDEN COM 



THE KAISER IS CANNED CAN T 



idea which real estate dealers all over the United 

 States are taking up and preparing to push with 

 all vigor now that building operations can go 

 forward with increased speed. 



That many cities and towns are alive to the 

 needs of the future and the demands for service 

 that will be made upon them, is evidenced by- 

 reports which the Commission has been receiving 

 during the past month or so. They are asking 

 for advice as to the plans for the coming year; 

 and in many cases state that they have been busy 

 during the fall and winter in going over their 

 experiences, comparing notes and trying to dis- 

 cover where they have made mistakes and how 

 they can correct them this year so as to improve 

 an their past record. Here is a letter from 

 Urbana, Illinois : 



"We have already begun to make plans and 

 get ready for another year. We have a feeling 

 here that the garden should be placed upon a 



permanent basis for educational and community 

 purposes and should be made the concrete and 

 objective means of encouraging health, thrift and 

 industry. We have established central offices or 

 headquarters and are now" — this letter was writ- 

 ten November 25 — "holding frequent meetings 

 and gaining much useful knowledge from an 

 exchange of experiences. The women have 

 taken great interest in the work. 



"Personally I have great faith in the influence 

 of the garden as a means of social unity. It 

 should form the foundation for close community 

 organization which should make for individual 

 and local efficiency. This in turn makes for in- 

 dividual prosperity and happiness and means 

 state and national efficiency. The garden with 

 related topics of health and industry appeals to 

 everyone. I vote with both hands to keep and 

 prosper the garden while we have it and so 

 extend and enlarge its scope and vision of 

 usefulness as to make it the means of that 



Victory Edition 1919 



WAR GARDENING 



and Home Storage ofVfegetables 



Published, by 



National War G arden Commi s s ion 



Washington, D. C 



CbpyHgKt tOIOby NATIONAL WAR CAPDCN COM'^ISSION 



