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ure almost equally valuable with its war-time aid. This 

 will be true at all times, but more strikingly so during 

 the first five or ten years of the great reconstruction 

 period. The food problem then will be of pressing im- 

 portance. It will be on a par with many of the other 

 enormous reconstruction problems that will face the 

 world. It will require the continued application of broad 

 thought and effort. There will be no let up in the demand 

 for food ; in fact, it will be greater than during the actual 

 days of the conflict. 



One of the great helps which the war gardener will 

 have again next year to assist him in his labors will be 

 the Daylight Saving law. This measure met with uni- 



In summing up the benefits gained from the law this 

 year, Senator Calder, of New York, author of the meas- 

 ure, emphasized particularly the help it had been to war 

 gardeners. In a statement which he has made he said : 

 "The Daylight Savings Law which became effective on 

 the last Sunday in March has more than fulfilled the 

 prophecies of its advocates. It has really turned one 

 hour of night into day. People live by custom. They 

 rise in the morning by the clock ; they eat their meals 

 by the clock, and go to bed by the clock, so that during 

 the time this law has been in operation a vast majority 

 of the people of this country have been awake one hour 

 more of daylight and asleep one hour more of dark 

 than they were formerly. 



"This additional hour of day- 

 light has been most helpful to 

 the men, women and children of 

 the nations who have taken ad- 

 vantage of it to plant war gar- 

 dens, thereby not only relieving 

 the strain upon the farm but to 

 a very considerable degree tend- 

 ing toward economy in family 

 expenditures. It has also saved 

 in gas and electric light bills not 

 less than ten per cent of the 

 money formerly spent for this 

 purpose. In addition, it will 



SHOW WINDOWS AIDED 

 PAIGN 



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Every store in the country had a war 

 garden window and this valuable space 

 was given over to demonstration gardens. 

 At many of these stores the garden books 

 ot the National War Garden Commission 

 were given to customers. Bigger display 

 plans for next year are now under way. 

 This window is by Brager of Baltimore. 



versal approval in the United 

 States during the first season of 

 its operation in this country ; 

 and the gains therefrom were 

 of inestimable benefit in the 

 nation's war preparations. The 

 first seven months of trial 

 proved its value. The law as 

 enacted by Congress last spring 

 provides that it be in effect 



MODEL GARDEN AND MODEL COSTUME 



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Commission by James Montgomery Flagg, were used as part of the decorations.^ The 

 picture is shown with the approved garden costume of the "soldiers of the soil." 



"gardener" in the 



"each V'ear '" SO that the rlnrke Two model gardens were marked out for the "city farmer," by Woodward & Lothrop of Washington 

 ... . lw - Iks District of Columbia. The famous "Sow the Seeds of Victory" poster, made for the_National War Carder 



will be turned ahead again an 

 hour on the last Sunday of next 



March and remain so until the last Sunday of the follow- 

 ing October. 



The National War Garden Commission which took an 

 active part in urging the passage of this progressive 

 legislation feels that it has cause for gratification in the 

 results accomplished. The extra hour of daylight gave 

 the home food producers a vast total of extra time for 

 their work and added many millions of dollars worth to 

 the value of their product. 



during its seven months of operation this year save at 

 least one million tons of coal. It has afforded in the con- 

 struction of cantonments for our Army, in the manufac- 

 ture of munitions and war supplies of every character 

 and in the building of ships one hour more of daylight 

 for the men engaged in these industries. 



"It is a universal practice for working men and women 

 to begin their day's labor at eight o'clock and in some 

 industries, at seven o'clock in the morning. They can- 



