1 68 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 



HOE FOR THE GARDEN 



the business. They had to be shown how. They were 

 willing but they needed guidance. The number of 

 competent instructors was limited, and it became nec- 

 essary for the war gar- 

 dener to look to the 

 daily press for informa- 

 tion telling him what to 

 do. In this the press did 

 not fail him. Almost 

 unanimously, from one 

 end of the country to 

 the other, the news- 

 papers daily published 

 material furnished by the Commission. If this could be 

 totaled it would run into tens of thousands of columns. 



After calling the at- 

 tention of the country 

 to the vital need of 

 war gardening, the 

 Commission prepared 

 a series of short gar- 

 den lessons telling the 

 home food growers 

 what, when, and how 

 to plant. These les- 

 sons were brief and 

 shorn of technicalities oa^uGht saved - A garden made 

 but authentic, and gave the gardener all he needed to 

 know. They were sent to the newspapers on news-clip 

 sheets, a dozen or more lessons on each sheet, while a 



