May, 1916. 



THE CANADIAN HORTICULTURIST 



137 



Make the Back Yard a Garden This Year 



Why Fight Against Nature? 



BOARD FENCES STIFLE GROWTH 



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Make the BEST Garden 



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Every citizen can render service in the 

 production of foodstuffs. Even in the heart 

 of populous cities something can frequently 

 be done. Cellars and roofs have been uti- 

 lized for this purpose in New York. Every 

 ounce of needed produce grown is so much 

 added to the wealth of the country. If some 

 part of the energy of every householder in 

 Canada were bent upon producing something 

 eatable, no matter how small, thousands of 

 tons of valuable producr; would be forthcoming, 

 all of which, whether consumed in the house- 

 hold or not, would help to make available for 

 u.se in other ways an equal quantity, and would 

 aid in modifying the cost of living. I^ast year 

 considera,ble progress was made in the appro- 

 priation of seemingly waste land in towns and 

 cities to useful purposes. Considerabie succe.ss 

 was achieved, and this year it is not to be 

 doubted the experiment will be extended with 

 greater results. In fact. In many centres plans 

 made la,st fall or during the winter are already 

 being carried out. 



Germany has laid down utilization of the 

 land as one of her first principles. Every inch 

 of land, according to the Teutonic proclaima- 

 tion, that is not used is so much of the coun- 

 try's resources wasted. France has adopted a 

 I'egulation to the effect that every bit of space 

 must be used for production: tailing this being 

 done by the owner the state is to take posses- 

 sion. Britain has given orders that golf courses 

 and all meadow land are to be used for grazing 

 purposes, and that previous pastures are to be 

 put down in crops. Private parks are also 

 being wooded out and the land devoted to prac- 

 tical agriculture. A campaign is being con- 

 ducted, having for its object the utilization of 

 backyard gardens and all manner of vacant 

 land. Thus the chief belligerents are setting 

 the world an example in production and thrift 

 that Canada would be wise to profit by as widely 

 as possible, and that municipalities and public 

 bodies should do their utmost to encourage. 



Scores of reports of the operations carried on 

 in the season of 1915 by small householders 

 speak of produce being grown worth from 

 twenty-five to fifty dollars, every dollar of 

 which meant .so much added to the wealth of 

 the country as well as .saved in the cost of 

 living. Financial profit is not the only gain 

 forthcoming. Lessons of industry and thrift 

 are Inculcated and the whole household, from 

 the oldest to the youngest, come under the 

 influence of those qualities. They also have the 

 gratiflcation of eating fresh vegetables, the en- 

 joyment of which is tremendously enhanced by 

 the proud knowledge that they are home grown. 

 What the families cannot eat themselves they 

 have the pleasure of giving or selling to their 

 neighbors, or sending to some charity. It is 

 hard to imagine any greater or more enduring 

 satisfaction than a household in modest cir- 

 cumstances can experience than that to be 

 derived as the reward of loving Industry in a 

 backyard garden. 



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