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regret. Fortunately there will be few "slackers" of that 

 variety just as there will be little "slacker" land in the 

 United. States this year, few back yards and open spaces 

 in our cities and towns that will not be displaying a fine 

 array of beets and onions and peas and beans and other 

 vegetables. 



From the reports which have come to the National 

 War Garden Commission it is easy to judge of the whole- 

 hearted and enthusiastic manner in which America has 

 responded to the call to "Keep the Home Soil Turning." 

 The good start which was made last year when the Com- 

 mission began its nation-wide campaign to increase the 

 nation's food supply through home gardening, has borne 

 fruit a hundred fold this season. Like the proverbial 

 mustard seed it has spread until today there cannot be 

 found a city, town or village in the land which is not 

 doing its duty in this direction. 



Clubs and organizations of all sorts, committees of the 

 various state and county councils of defense, county farm 

 bureaus, chambers of commerce and other trade bodies, 

 manufacturing plants and big industrial concerns, rail 

 roads, banks and business houses, colleges, schools and 

 libraries, these and many others have joined in to sup- 



port, by their endorsement and active participation, the 

 vital work of producing food. "Food must follow the 

 flag" they were told ; and they set about organizing com- 

 mittees and community clubs to plant gardens. 



The "City Farmer" today ranks with any of the other 

 workers who are making it possible for the United States 

 and her Allies to continue the war. In numbers the war 

 gardener has jumped at a bound from insignificance to 

 almost top place, for with the exception of agriculture 

 there is no occupation in which more people in this coun- 

 try are now engaged. In the value of his product, also, 

 the city farmer takes high place. 



Only a few years ago "the man with the hoe" was 

 spoken of pitifully or made the subject of jest. Today 

 he has become a bulwark of the nation ; democracy looks 

 to him for light and help ; and he is held in high honor. 

 It is with deep respect and with due reverence that we 

 speak today of the "soldier of the soil." The hoe has 

 become a mark of merit which any American citizen can 

 be proud to display. He will always be able to point to 

 it with pride as the weapon with which he did his part 

 to help "make the world safe for democracy" and save 

 his nation and world freedom in its day of dire peril. 



DONATIONS TO THE WELFARE FUND FOR LUMBERMEN AND 



FORESTERS IN WAR SERVICE 



AMERICAN FORESTRY will publish each month the list of those making donations to this fund. Many of the donations 

 from members of the American Forestry Association so far received were made without solicitation and were inspired by 

 reading in the magazine that a relief and comfort fund for men of the forest regiments was to be started. Many substantial 

 contributions are being received from lumber companies and lumbermen following requests sent to them by the Secretary of the 

 Welfare Fund for Lumbermen and Foresters in War Service, by the lumber organizations of which they are members, and by 

 the committees of lumbermen which had charge in various sections of the United States of securing enlistments for the forest 

 regiments. Contributions to April 15, 1918, are as follows: 



Previously acknowledged $11,825.16 



Amsler, Col. C. W 10.00 



Angelina County Lumber Company 10.00 



Barnes, Miss Anne Hampton 20.00 



Beckwith. Mrs. Daniel 25.00 



Berwind. John E 100.00 



Birkle. John A 3.00 



Blanchard Lumber Company -. 25.00 



Blytheville Lumber Company 10.00 



Borreson. Jules T 10.00 



Bradley. E. J 5.00 



E. P. Barton Lumber Company 50.00 



Case Fowler Lumber Company 10.00 



Chapman, S. F 25.00 



Cherry River Boom and Lumber Company 100.00 



J. S. H. Clark Lumber Company 10.00 



S. P. Coppock & Sons Lumber Company 10.00 



Cornell Foresters 15.00 



Douglas Fir Club 520.00 



Eckert, Harry K 3.00 



Ellington & Guy, Inc 10.00 



Tommy and Betty Fleming 25.00 



Gelpcke, Miss A. C 5.00 



Gerrans. R. D 4.00 



Hayes. Rutherford P 5.00 



Hebard Cypress Company 100.00 



Higgins Lumber Company 25.00 



Hudson River Lumber Company 10.00 



Illinois Lumber and Builders' Supply 25.00 



Indiana Quartered Oak Company 25.00 



J. S. Kent Company 10.00 



Keystone Lumber Company 50.00 



A. S. Kibbee & Son 25.00 



Klumle, C. E 10.00 



Kreamer Lumber Company 5.00 



Lufkin Land and Lumber Company 10.00 



C. C. Mengel and Bro. Company 25.00 



Merritt Bros., Inc 25.00 



Milne, Hall & Johns Co., Inc 25.00 



Morrow. Dr. William G 1.00 



Newell Lumber Company, Ltd 10.00 



Norton. E. E 10.00 



Norwich Lumber Company 100.00 



Pickett, Hyde & Langgans Company 10.00 



Pine Plume Lumber Company 25.00 



Schofield Bros 25.00 



George W. Stoker & Son 5.00 



Teal, Joseph N 10.00 



Wadesboro Lumber Company 10.00 



Walterboro Lumber Company 50.00 



Warner, John 5.00 



Weller, Miss Mame E 5.00 



W. M. Weston Company 25.00 



Williamsport Hardwood Lumber Company 10.00 



Wister-Heberton Company 5.00 



Woolman, Edward 5.00 



Total $13,511.18 



AT the request of the city administration, the United 'T'HE Forest Service seed extracting plant near Fraser 



- r *- States Forest Service will donate 30,000 yellow pine -"- on the Araphao Forest was recently destroyed by 



and Douglas fir transplants from the Monument Nursery fire. The buildings and equipment, together with 2,500 



for planting along the highways throughout the Denver bushels of lodgepole pine cones awaiting extraction were 



mountain parks system, next spring. burned. 



