CHAPTER X 



COOPERATION IN GARDENING 

 Unity in the "Second Line of Defense" 



FORTUNATELY the movement to coordinate 

 gardening activities in America, from the outset, 

 met with sympathetic response. Thanks to the 

 loyal cooperation accorded the National War Garden 

 Commission, there was never any (Question of the success 

 of the garden campaign. Such question as there may 

 have been was merely as to the extent of that success. 

 At no time was there hesitation on the part of those 

 enlisted in the army of the soil as to carrying out the 

 suggestions made to them. In a spirit of loyal and 

 hearty cooperation organizations of all sorts and indi- 

 viduals of all classes throughout the United States 

 worked with the Commission to overcome every obsta- 

 cle that threatened the success of the food-production 

 campaign. 



Merely to tabulate the names of the various clubs, 

 committees, and individuals who helped in this move- 

 ment would require a volume. Such a list would 

 include hundreds of state, county, and local organiza- 

 tions which through their officers, committees, and 

 branches stimulated the interest of their own members 

 and of others in war gardening. It would contain the 

 names of hundreds of chambers of commerce and other 



trade bodies; city and county officials; mayors and 



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