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AMERICAN FORESTRY 



the various crops. Tomato vines, for instance, were 

 employed to enliven the soil for the asparagus bed. Corn 

 stalks were placed in a ditch under the late potatoes to 

 hold the moisture. Waste tomatoes from canning oper- 

 ations were thrown on a fertile spot, where the seeds 

 germinated and produced plants which were sold to eager 

 buyers for late planting. As a lesson in thrift such gar- 

 dens as this fur- 

 nish inspiration to 

 all home garden- 

 ers. They are a 

 manifestation o f 

 the true patriot- 

 ism. Their owners 

 are the true con- 

 servationists. Their 

 carefully guarded 

 food supply is the 

 true secret of na- 

 t i o n a 1 prepared- 

 ness. Without them 

 America would 

 face the chill of 

 winter with dread 

 and apprehension. 

 Without them we 

 would have dififi- 

 c u 1 1 y in feeding 

 even ourselves, to 



WHAT COULD BE SIMPLER THAN THIS? 

 Here you see one of the easiest forms of vegetable and fruit drying. The three trays are 

 made of strips of wood witli galvanized wire mesh. They are placed on a table and facing the 

 end of the trays is an electric fan. Excellent results are obtained in this way. 



say nothing of supplying food for our troops in foreign 

 fields and the people of our European allies. With the 

 rich harvest of these gardens and the careful conserva- 

 tion of their output we can go into the coming winter 

 with the calm assurance and quiet confidence which are 

 essential to a nation at war. We can know that America 

 is in position to do its duty toward civilization a duty 

 which involves food supply as much as it involves men 

 and munitions. 



Among the nations engaged in the fight for freedom 

 America is the one country with a surplus of foodstuffs. 

 All Europe is in a state of chaos. Her fruitful farms 

 are devastated and her producing peasants have become 

 embattled warriors. Lacking the land for cultivation 

 and the men for doing the work she must look to the 

 United States for the means of sustaining life. Without 

 our help she must face famine, and famine means defeat. 

 Her soldiers cannot fight unless they are fed. Under the 

 pinch of hunger her domestic population cannot give her 

 armies adequate support. America's duty, therefore, is 

 manifest. We must share our abundant stores with the 



people of Europe. That this may be possible we must 

 practice food thrift without cessation. Nothing must be 

 wasted. Nothing must be unwisely used. The surplus 

 of summer must be made the abundance of winter. By 

 canning, drying and storing for our own uses we will 

 release foodstuffs for European export. Nothing less 

 should be considered. If the world war is to result in 



victory for demo- 

 cratic arms and 

 democratic institu- 

 tions nothing less 

 is possible. Every 

 American citizen 

 must become a sol- 

 dier in the army of 

 food conservation. 

 Food waste is the 

 foe and food ex- 

 travagance the en- 

 emy plotter. Food 

 economy must be 

 the watchword and 

 food thrift the bat- 

 tle cry. To keep 

 these things in 

 mind and act ac- 

 c o r d i n g 1 y will 

 mean victory. To 

 ignore them will 

 Faith in the people of 



mean that the fight is hopeless. 



America leads to the conclusion that the American food 



DO YOUR APPLES LOOK LIKE THIS? 



A dish of dried apples, neatly and efficiently curled by modern methods of 

 drying. Think of the apple pies made possible by having a store of such 

 apples on your pantry shelf. 



supply will be so wisely utilized as to bring about com- 

 plete triumph for the allied forces of democracy. 



DROFESSOR R. R. FENSKA who has been pro- 

 * fessor of engineering at Wyman's School of the 

 Woods at Munising, Michigan, has resigned to 

 accept a position as assistant professor of forestry at 

 the University of Montana, Missoula, Montana. 



A DEPARTMENT of Forest Chemistry has been 

 '^ established at The New York State College of 

 Forestry with Dr. S. F. Acree, formerly of the United 

 States Forest Service Laboratory at Madison, Wiscon- 

 sin, in charge. 



