1 62 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



hold what is good, and make it a means to stabilize 

 those vegetables the price of which fluctuates now in a 

 most unsatisfactory and dangerous way. 



While I believe that we should consider first our own 

 attitude toward dried vegetables and work out the best 

 methods of using them for ourselves, we are warranted 

 in believing, as conditions are at present in Europe, that 

 there will be need of large quantities of all kinds of foods, 

 including these dried vegetables, in those countries 

 which are now famine-stricken. Although it is undoubt- 

 edly true that the German troops are using enormous 

 quantities of dried vegetables, it is not demonstrated 

 to what extent they will be employed in the feeding of 

 our own boys. No civilian will take the attitude that 

 the boys should be fed on food which he himself refuses 

 to eat. If we learn to use them extensively, it is a 

 practical certainty that our own armies will employ 

 them extensively, as have the armies of Great Britain, 

 France, and Germany. 



Inspired, therefore, as an emergency measure to meet 

 war's demand for more complete utilization of the na- 

 tion's food supply, the drying of garden products must 

 continue. It must save summer crops for winter use 

 and help to care for the needs of the nations which have 

 been starving. It must take its place as a regulator in 

 the world's problem of food supply and demand. 



"There seems to be no reason," says Mr. Sweet, of 

 the United States Food Administration, in his commu- 

 nication to the National War Garden Commission, 

 "why the abundance of one season or locality should 

 not be made available by this means for periods of 

 scarcity or for regions where fresh fruits and vegetables 



