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When the problem is being worked out, whether for 

 the first time or for a realignment of forces and appor- 

 tionment, an inventory of the town's gardening re- 

 sources should be taken. A survey for this purpose can 

 be made by existing agencies, or a special force or com- 

 mittee can be appointed for the purpose. A complete 

 community survey in a town should include all lands 

 within the district, private yards as well as vacant 

 lots. The Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade, 

 or the Civic Club is naturally the nucleus for such an 

 effort; but the school board or a church or political 

 club can conduct the work just as effectively. The 

 local Council of Defense, the Mayor's War Committee 

 or a similar organization should help. Through these 

 agencies communities in all parts of the United States 

 were intensively organized for the war-garden campaign 

 conducted in 1917 and again in 1918. 



When it is known that there is such united effort 

 back of a movement, it gains in strength and prestige 

 and there is greater stimulus to the individual worker. 

 People will enter with more vim and enthusiasm into 

 a task which has the backing and support of all their 

 fellow-townsmen. Public meetings should be held to 

 enlist interest and to secure more general cooperation. 

 At these meetings there should be addresses by some 

 of the leaders in community thought, in addition to 

 discussion of the work by those who are more directly 

 concerned with its operation and guidance. 



In making a survey of the available garden space in 

 a city or town, there are certain well-established meth- 



