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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



A HOU 



UL HEDGE 



In the smaller towns where lots are broad and deep and vacant property plentiful the larger garden is advised by the National Emergency Food Garden 

 Commission. The family living on this beautiful, shady street has a garden which provides its every food need so far as fresh vegetables are concerned. 

 The details of this garden are concealed from the street by a hedgerow of corn, which not only is pleasing to the eye but produces luscious ears of green corn. 



supply a family 

 with $100 worth 

 of vegetables 

 during the year. 

 And the Commis- 

 sion feels that a 

 bountiful supply 

 of vegetables close 

 at hand where 

 they may be secured 

 at a few moments' 

 notice is of even 

 more importance 

 than the mere 

 money value. 



Men who are 

 looked upon as the 

 ablest trained 

 thinkers identified 

 with conservation 

 problems of the 

 country, believe in 

 thewholesomeness 

 o f h o m e-g rown 

 vegetables. They 

 point out that fresh 

 vegetables from the 

 home garden are 

 not subjected to cx- 



A FRONT YARD GARDEN 

 Across the street the school house spreading the garden propaganda. Factories of the scattered 

 suburban type in the vicinity. The cottage, standing well back in a broad lot, looks upon its neigh- 

 borhood not across a lawn but over an exceptionally abundant garden. In his zeal for gardening this 

 boy induced his father to tear out the wide front walk and substitute a narrow plank to give greater 

 room to the garden. The picket fence for a wire one) is much better for gardening and the looks of 

 the city than a tight board fence which often conceals untidy yard conditions. 



posure on the mar- 

 kets or in transpor- 

 tation and are not 

 liable to become in- 

 fected in any way. 

 Many of the garden 

 products lose their 

 characteristic flavor 

 when not used 

 within a few hours 

 after gathering. By 

 means of the home 

 garden, the produc- 

 tion of the vege- 

 table supply for the 

 family is directly 

 under control, and 

 in many cases is the 

 only way whereby 

 clean, fresh produce 

 may be secured. 



In the cities, 

 towns, manufactur- 

 ing villages, and sub- 

 urban communities 

 of the United States 

 there are approxi- 

 mately 13,000,000 

 children between 



