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ground that evokes his abiding love, and with it all 

 of his resources of energy and skill in times of peace. 



Neither is gardening, and especially the culture of 

 vegetables which come to maturity in a few weeks or 

 months, more than the beginning of industry in the 

 true garden home. The fruits of tree and vine lie 

 beyond the scope of the emergency garden or city 

 plots, requiring years for profitable production. 

 Then there is the matter of small livestock, with its 

 assurance of milk and meat, as well as fresh eggs for 

 breakfast. If to these considerations we add the need 

 of permanent demonstration plants and other forms 

 of popular instruction, together with the institutions 

 of social and intellectual life, we readily see how far 

 short the war garden necessarily falls of meeting the 

 need. 



There are a number of American cities where the 

 war-garden idea has taken root and become a per- 

 manent institution, and where new subdivisions have 

 been laid out with this idea in view. In such cases 

 the lots are made unusually large, ranging from one- 

 fourth of an acre to an acre, and planned with special 

 reference to the accommodation of poultry-yards, rab- 

 bitries, and similar small livestock. The movement is 

 particularly advanced in California, especially in the 

 neighborhood of Los Angeles, where it has become a 

 genuine gospel. For example, how different from the 

 ordinary announcement of the new subdivision is the 

 following : 



"The shadow of the coming economic reaction lies 

 across the path of every wage-earner. 



