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was given emphasis in the early autumn when 125 cattle 

 raisers met in Washington to confer with Secretary of 

 Agriculture Houston and Food Administrator Hoover 

 over the world-wide shortage of meat. These producers 

 were told by the representatives of the federal govern- 

 ment that the shortage will continue for several years. 



duce in our war gardens. Next year we must do even 

 better. We will then have more war gardens and 'the 

 average product will be larger. Housewives of this 

 country this year have preserved and canned at least 

 450,000,000 jars of vegetables and fruits. Next year, 

 profiting by their experience of this year, they will can 



"A DILLAR, a dollar, a ten 

 o'clock scholar, 



Why do you come so 

 late?" 

 "I've stayed at home to dig 

 the weeds; 



This gardening stunt is 

 great." 



With this condition before us the Commission urges 

 every city gardener to look ahead to the coming year of 

 production and conservation. 



It is not merely a question of today, but one of to- 

 morrow that we must answer. With the prospect of 

 having close to two million men under arms and the 

 possibility of having to help feed a big part of Europe, 

 we are confronted with the vital need for planning ahead 

 for 1918. 



Germany reports that its war gardens produced more 

 this year than any year since the war started. This 

 shows the value of experience. We have had one year's 

 experience and have raised $350,000,000 worth of pro- 



OLD KING FOOD in his 

 merriest mood 



Sat a-watching his gar- 

 den plot; 

 He counted his Beets and he 

 reckoned his Beans, 

 And he said: "Will we 

 starve ? We .will 

 not!" 



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millions more. More will be needed, for too much em- 

 phasis cannot be placed on the fact that there will be a 

 greater demand for food exportation next year than 

 there ever has been before. We must fill this demand. 

 To make this possible the home gardeners must augment 

 their forces and increase their labor of patriotism and 

 the soldiers of conservation must extend their activities 

 in canning, drying and otherwise preparing foodstuffs 

 for winter uses. To reap the full benefit this year's ex- 

 perience must be applied to the solution of next year's 

 problems. That the results will then be even greater 

 than those of 1917 is assured and America will win re- 

 newed recognition as the most powerful factor in the 

 great war for human rights. 



J DENNY O'NEILL, who recently became state high- 

 way commissioner for Pennsylvania, has issued a 

 statement advocating the planting of trees along the 

 roadside throughout the state. He urges that the shade- 

 less roads of the state be transformed into well-shaded 

 avenues, and is particularly strong in his advocacy of 

 fruit trees for this purpose. As especially desirable he 

 suggests ox-heart cherry and the apple tree. For purely 

 shade trees he suggests the sugar maple and red oak. In 

 a letter to the engineers and road superintendents of the 

 various counties he instructs these officials to interest 

 residents along the highways, by appeal through care- 

 takers and foremen on state roads. He names fall arbor 

 day, October 26, as a good time to make a start. 



T^HE GULF, Mobile & Northern Railroad plans exten- 

 -^ sive improvements at Mobile, Ala., to cost $1,000,- 

 000. The project includes three new piers and a series 

 of warehouses. The new construction will be especiallj 

 designed to handle lumber traffic. One pier will be ar- 

 ranged to take care of 2,000,030 feet of sawed lumber, 

 and another will have a capacity of 5,000,000 feet. The 

 plans have been submitted to the War Department, and 

 after approval the railroad company will need a 

 large amount of piling and timbers. 



fyHE ENDURING strength of wood is evidenced in 

 -'- the Fairbanks house in Dedham, Mass., built in 

 1636, and believed to be the oldest frame houss in the 

 United States. The oak timbers were brought from 

 England about 1635. They are still solid. 



'T'HE Harvard Graduate School of Business Adminis- 

 ^ tration in co-operation with the Department of For- 

 estry, announces a course in the lumber business for col- 

 lege graduates who look forward to undertaking some 

 branch of lumbering for a life work, and also to grad- 

 uates of forestry or engineering schools who desire spe- 

 cial instruction in the lumber business. The course 

 covers two years, and upon completion graduates are 

 given a degree of Master in Business Administration. 



