VICTORY GARDENS! 



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assists in increasing home food production in the United 

 States this year, can feel that it is an act of the truest 



and deepest humanity. 

 Said a recent dis- 

 patch from the other 

 side : "The enthusiasm 

 in the first flush of 

 allied victory is now 

 giving way to a reali- 

 zation of the appalling 

 conditions and the 

 actual needs of the mil- 

 lions in Belgium and 

 northern France." 

 Anxiety over the food 

 situation was said to be paramount. That is the question 

 which is of first importance. Once it is solved, other 

 economic and social problems in connection with re- 



construction will be well on the way to taking care of 

 themselves. One of the finest and most inspiring slogans 

 which helped the Amer- 

 ican Army in the car- 

 rying through of some 

 apparently impossible 

 war tasks was "It 

 can't be done. We'll 

 do it." Put that into 

 effect in the home food 

 campaign of 19 19. 



All the world that 

 is, all the world worth 

 mentioning 1 o v e s a 

 winner. That is why 

 they praise and honor the men who "do things." Is it 

 worth trying to reach that goal of 10,000,000 Victory 

 Gardens ? "It can't be done ? Let's do it !" 



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Prize winning ex- 

 hibit of the Trinity 

 Methodist Church 

 Canning Club at M cri- 

 den, Connecticut. This 

 display scored pj out 

 of a possible 100 

 points. 



This blue-ribbon en- 

 try won the National 

 Capitol Prize Certifi- 

 cate offered by the 

 National War Garden 

 Commission; also a 

 prize from the local 

 chamber of commerce. 



UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF SIDNEY A. EDWARDS, AGRICULTURAL AGENT OF THE 

 CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, MERIDEN, HAD ONE OF THE LIVELIEST WAR GARDEN AND CAN- 

 NING CAMPAIGNS IN THE COUNTRY. IN ITS WAR GARDENS THE CITY RAISED ABOUT 

 5100,000 WORTH OF ITS OWN FOOD. THIS MEANT MUCH IN A CONGESTED MANUFACTURING 

 DISTRICT. 



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