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Southwest to the cold mountain slopes of the North- 

 east and from the rocky coasts of the north Atlantic 

 to the sandy beaches of the Pacific, brought home to 

 every one who saw them the idea that everywhere, in 

 all sorts of places, people of all kinds were toiling to 

 produce food. The moral, "Go and do likewise," was 

 too obvious to be missed. 



Whatever would attract attention to the need of 

 gardening, or help the gardener with his work, or 

 assist in putting to work the large areas of "slacker 

 lands," the Commission tried to portray by word or 

 picture in the pages of the daily press, the weekly 

 magazines, and the periodicals of less frequent publica- 

 tion. It stood ready to furnish, and did furnish, garden- 

 ing and conservation matter of any sort to any one who 

 requested it. Service was the motto of the Commission, 

 and that service was well repaid in the splendid response 

 of the American people to the appeal for gardens. 



