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resulted in popularizing home gardening. War-garden 

 associations were created to arouse people to the need of 

 the work, to get them started, and to give them guidance 

 and assistance as they proceeded. The cooperation in 

 this community effort came from many sources. Offi- 

 cials of all sorts, almost without exception, gave the 

 movement their endorsement and support and fre- 

 quently served on the committees while prominent 

 individuals showed equal patriotism in their desire to 

 see vegetables grow where none had grown before. 



That the war-garden associations thus formed will be 

 permanent bodies, or continue as committees of the 

 local chambers of commerce, boards of trade, or other 

 bodies, is assured. So excellent has been the work ac- 

 complished in this organized way that community effort 

 to aid home food production must continue. With the 

 knowledge and experience already gained, these local 

 committees should become more and more a factor in 

 helping to solve food problems as they arise. Their pur- 

 pose and their power doubtless will expand; and they 

 will become community centers servingfor the discussion 

 and initiation of other methods of food production. 



