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THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



war garden, by operating it on the community plan. 

 Instead of allowing each gardener to till his own land, 

 it was better, where possible, to have a large area prop- 

 erly plowed and har- 

 rowed and then allow the 

 gardener to care for his 

 individual plot. The ad- 

 vantages of such com- 

 munity action proved 

 great. The land was 



y (flj[ uniformly and properly 

 'Kj-jy^Q 3 m3r prepared and at small 



expense. Community 



ic crowded city has many types gardening made for both 



better gardens and better communities, for the spirit of 

 emulation at once led each gardener to do his best, while 

 common toil for a com- 

 mon end made for better 

 understanding and better 

 acquaintanceship; and 

 sympathetic understand- 

 ing is the rock upon which 

 democracy is founded. 



Much of the gardening 

 done by employes of facto- 

 ries and business houses 

 was of the community sort. The well - worked ^ e involves no doubt 

 Unused tracts of land lying near mill or shop, and not 

 needed for business purposes, were divided among em- 

 ployes for gardening, after being properly plowed and 



