THIS YEAR A VICTORY GARDEN 



LL THE WORLD LOOKS TO AMERICA FOR FOOD 

 THIS YEAR. THE POST-WAR FOOD NEEDS ARE 

 GREATER THAN THOSE WHICH PREVAILED 

 DURING HOSTILITIES. FAMINE THREATENS 

 MANY PARTS OF EUROPE. THE VICTORY 

 GARDENS OF 1919 MUST TAKE THE PLACE SO WELL 

 FILLED BY THE WAR GARDENS OF 1917 AND 1918. 



HIS YEAR'S WORK OF THE NATIONAL WAR 

 GARDEN COMMISSION IS GOING FORWARD 

 WITH INCREASED VIGOR. THIS COMMISSION 

 STANDS READY TO CO-OPERATE WITH EVERY 

 ORGANIZATION AND INDIVIDUAL INTERESTED 

 IN HOME VEGETABLE GARDENING AND IN HOME CAN- 

 NING AND DRYING. 



Y REASON OF CLOSE AFFILIATION, THROUGH 

 ITS CONSERVATION DEPARTMENT, THE AMER- 

 ICAN FORESTRY ASSOCIATION HAS DIRECT 

 INTEREST IN THE SUCCESSFUL WORK NOW 

 BEING CONDUCTED ON AN INTERNATIONAL 

 SCALE BY THE NATIONAL WAR GARDEN COMMISSION. 

 MEMBERS ARE URGED TO SEE THAT THEIR FRIENDS 

 ARE SUPPLIED WITH SUCH OF THE COMMISSION'S FREE 

 PUBLICATIONS AS CAN BE PUT TO GOOD USE. THE 

 BOOKS COVER VEGETABLE GARDENING AND HOME 

 STORAGE, HOME CANNING AND HOME DRYING OF VEGE- 

 TABLES AND FRUITS. 



Copies will be Sent upon Request 



The National War Garden Commission 



Washington, D.C. 



Charles Lathrop Pack.President. Percival S.Ridsciale;Secretoiy 



