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THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



war garden, by operating it on the community plan. 

 Instead of allowing each gardener to till his own land, 

 it was better, where possible, to have a large area prop- 

 erly plowed and har- 

 rowed and then allow the 

 gardener to care for his 

 individual plot. The ad- 

 vantages of such com- 

 munity action proved 

 great. The land was 

 uniformly and properly 

 prepared and at small 

 expense. Community 

 gardening made for both 



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The crowded city has many types 



better gardens and better communities, for the spirit of 

 emulation at once led each gardener to do his best, while 

 common toil for a com- 

 mon end made for better 

 understanding and better 

 acquaintanceship; and 

 sympathetic understand- 

 ing is the rock upon which 

 democracy is founded. 



Much of the gardening 

 done by employes of facto- 

 ries and business houses 



was of the community sort. ^^' well-worked type involves no doubt 



Unused tracts of land lying near mill or shop, and not 

 needed for business purposes, were divided among em- 

 ployes for gardening, after being properly plowed and 



