6o THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



A gardening club was organized witli elected officers 

 representing as far as possible the different depart- 

 ments of the shop and different plots of land. The 

 general administration of the project was in the hands 

 of the shop industrial department, but the gardening 

 club was consulted and asked to pass on many mat- 

 ters which had to do with the satisfactory carrying-on 

 of the work, thus giving them something to say as to 

 what should be done. Part of the plowing was done 

 with a tractor. The land was divided into individual 

 plots each containing from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet; 

 and stakes were set diagonally at the corners of each 

 plot with the number of each plot showing at each 

 corner. At the largest garden center a tool-shed about 

 sixteen by thirty-six feet in size was erected where run- 

 ning water was available and a man placed in charge 

 so that tools could be given out on check. This shed 

 was open from daylight to shortly before working hours 

 each week-day, again at noontime, and from six o'clock 

 in the afternoon until dark. It was also open on Satur- 

 day afternoons and to some extent on Sundays. A 

 slight charge was made those who desired to hire tools 

 instead of buying their own. 



To supervise the gardens and give general instructions 

 to the men who had not previously had gardening ex- 

 perience, a practical farmer with training in an agri- 

 cultural college was employed. As at other plants 

 throughout the country the gardens in many cases be- 

 came family affairs, and all the members of a family 

 took part either in work or in supervision. 



