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results be obtained it is necessary to continue the preach- 

 ing of the lesson of food need. It is only by keeping the 

 thought constantly before the minds of the people that 

 they can be impressed sufficiently with the importance 

 of the work. They must be reminded again and again, 

 "lest they forget." In the press of 'other work, in the 

 welcoming back of our soldiers — who deserve every 

 tribute that can be paid them — and in the vast business of 

 reconstruction now occupying so much thought, it is 

 essential to keep the home food production idea to the 

 fore. This is being done. Everybody is urged to co-operate. 



With plenty of 

 time in which to pre- 

 pare and with the 

 experience of the 

 past two years as a 

 guide, the National 

 War Garden Com- 

 mission already has 

 gone far in getting 

 ready for its 1919 

 campaign. T h o u - 

 sands of posters 

 have already been 

 sent out, especially 

 through the South 

 where garden plant- 

 ing is under way at 

 the time of this 

 writing. Garden 

 books also have been 

 sent out in consid- 

 erable quantities, as 

 well as several series 

 of short daily garden 

 lessons for the south- 

 ern papers, to be 

 printed by them for 

 the benefit of their 

 readers. Soon the 

 work will be in full 

 swing throughout the 

 entire country. 



Several handsome 

 new posters have 

 been prepared by the 

 Commission and will 



Every War Garden a PeacePlant- 



— Charles LathropPack.President. 



be used in this year s NATIONALWAR GARDEN COMMISSION 



campaign, along with WASHINGTON, D.C. 



the beautiful and 



striking "Sow the Seeds of Victory" poster by James 

 Montgomery Flagg which inspired so many home food 

 producers and attracted so nmch favorable comment 

 last year. The new designs, one of them entitled "War 

 Gardens Over the Top," and the other, "War Gardens 

 Victorious," are the work of the well-known artist, 

 Maginel Wright Enright. They show the Victory Gar- 

 dener leading his vegetables on to the conquest of the 

 new world enemy. General Hunger. Instead of a "muni- 



tion plant," this year it will be: "Every Garden a Peace 

 Plant." The gardening books to be distributed by the 

 Commission this year, the majority of them already oiif 

 the press and ready for shipment as called for, are of 

 more attractive and durable form than last year. Im- 

 provements have been made in the contents of the book, 

 and they have heavy covers with the Flagg poster on the 

 front in colors. 



One of the Commission's representatives, Everett H. 

 Kelley, is now on a tour of the country which has taken 

 him through a large part of the South and will carry him 



on to the Pacific 

 Coast, up into the 

 Northwest and all 

 through the Central 

 West. In urging the 

 importance of great- 

 er food production 

 "F. O. B. the Kitch- 

 en Door," he is con- 

 ferring with various 

 officials and com- 

 mittees in the cities 

 and towns he visits ; 

 and he is illustrating 

 what was done last 

 year by moving pic- 

 tures which he car- 

 ries with him show- 

 ing war gardeners 

 at work. He is 

 a c c o m p a nied by 

 Mrs. Kelley, who is 

 helping to spread the 

 message. S e v e ral 

 other representatives 

 of the Commission 

 will start on tours 

 of the northern parts 

 of the United States 

 in the near future. 

 Among those who 

 will take an active 

 part this year in 

 stirring up Victory 

 Gardening are the 

 agricultu r a 1 agents 

 of the United States 

 Railroad Adminis- 

 tration. J. L. Ed- 

 wards, who is in general charge of this branch of the 

 service, has called on the regional directors and the super- 

 visors of agriculture of the different lines, to give this 

 work their careful attention ; and as a result the agents 

 are making extensive plans for aggressive work and 

 showing much enthusiasm. Typical of letters received by 

 the Commission is that from B. F. Bush, regional direc- 

 tor, Southwestern Region, who says : "I wish to state 

 that the railroads in the Southwestern Region will again 



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