that he had to pay more for everything he bought, and the 

 men he hired refused to work unless he paid them more, 

 because their friends in the factory were getting higher 

 wages. 



There was just one thing for the farmer to do '■ — pay his 

 greater expenses and charge still more for the food he 

 raised. It is perfectly clear that it makes no difference in 

 this food question how many times the wages are raised. 

 The farmer must meet the new expenses each time and get 

 enough more for his food to pay the difference, or go out of 

 business. 



What can be done to relieve this situation "i There is 

 one way, and only one way, out. The number of those 

 who grow food must be greatly increased. All must join 

 hands and help solve the food problem. If this had been 

 proposed ten years ago, the city people and the factory 

 people would have declared that they had no chance to do 

 this, that they had no gardens to work, and no opportunity 

 to get any. But the terrible calamity which has fallen 

 upon the world has proved all this untrue. City people 

 and factory people can get gardens to work and must work 

 them. 



Even in our largest cities many acres of ground have 

 been found available for gardens, and thousands, who 

 formerly longed for something interesting to do through 

 the idle hours of long summer days, have discovered the 

 delight of planting seeds and sharing in the miracle of the 

 growing and ripening crops. They are also learning that 

 health and vigor come through hours of happy labor in the 

 garden. There is no pursuit which brings more blessings 

 in its train. 



