GARDEN YARD = 
great calling of earning your living from the 
soil, could not have chosen a better moment for 
entrance. Keep in touch with the Department 
of Agriculture. It is your department, a sort 
of college or training school which you maintain, 
and anything you want to know the Department 
will gladly try to tell you. If you want to know 
what is best for you to plant on your patch, 
send a sample of your soil, tell where your farm 
is located, what are your means and experience, 
and the suggestions made will fit your particular 
case. Ifyou send any of your requests, whether 
for advice or for bulletins, addressed simply to 
the Department of Agriculture, Washington, 
D.C., you will get a reply, and will find out who 
is the head of the special department your re- 
quest was referred to. The Department is 
doing needed work, and by corresponding with 
them and getting advice, you can give proof of 
your interest. 
