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of papers were served by lh|v 9 and another 

 the Associated Press, the ? lif tie farm 

 United Press, the Inter- would ift do us any harm 

 national News Service, the 

 Western Newspaper Union, 

 the Newspaper Enterprise 

 Association, the News 

 Feature Service, the Inter- 

 national Syndicate, and 

 other important agencies. The Washington correspond- 

 ents of the leading dailies 

 of the country sent to 

 their home papers, by wire 

 and mail, items of national 

 or local interest telling of 

 the activities of the war 

 gardeners. The value of 

 this patriotic service in 

 furthering home food pro- 

 duction cannot be over-estimated. Some of the largest 

 and most influential 

 newspapers in the coun- 

 try gave most prominent 

 place on many occasions 

 to the Commission's call 

 to the home food pro- 

 ducers and conservers of 

 America. The Philadel- 

 phia North American, for 

 instance, reproduced the 



