THE PATRIOTIC GARDEN 



He also Fights who helps 



a Fighter Fight * * (HHoover) 



g«S^wS»! 



Message from the Food Administration 



THE GARDEN owners of America have it in their 

 power to produce food for themselves and for others, 

 so that the millions of people who face hunger next 

 year can be largely relieved by them. Food raised in Am- 

 erican gardens for home consumption next year will enable 

 the organized mercantile interests of the country to build up 

 reserves in supplies to meet these demands from abroad. If the 

 housekeepers and the gardeners work together, we can feed our 

 own army better in France. 



The home makers in America can grow food that will serve as 

 ammunition and help us win this war. The result of this year's 

 crops is now being preserved in many ways and placed in our 

 cellars and storehouses. With proper care, we have enough of a 

 supply to carry us through the winter, but next spring the cam- 

 paign will open again. 



In spite of the fact that here and there has been inadequate use 

 of supplies grown, on the whole, the general increase in garden 

 supplies has been of great significance. Next year it must be 



more significant and even more intelligently planned, as to 

 planting, as to harvesting-, as to marketing, preserving and stor- 

 At this time, when savings of all sorts are necessary in order 

 to pay for the war, we must try to choose the food crops that are 

 most productive, most economical and most worth while for each 

 individual home and table. 



The seed supply of next year must be carefully conserved. 

 Those who can should save their own seed from their own 

 gardens. Every one who takes care of himself in this particular 

 affords some relief to the general strain. 



By concerted action in production and in conserving, we can 

 not only support ourselves well, but c n care for our own army 

 and for the women and children of t ose lands abroad which 

 have been devastated by war. 



Patriotism can be most effectively shown by non-combatants 

 by contributing to their own support and that of others. 



U. S. FOOD ADMINISTRATION! 



Gardens Add $100,000,000 to Nation's Wealth 



O. R. GETER 



hJew York 



A BROAD REVIEW OF THE COUNTRY-WIDE SPIRIT IN HOME GARDENS— WHAT "WAR GARDENS" REALLY MEAN 



EMERGENCIES which have never 

 arisen before in the history of the 

 country, or in the world for that 

 matter, have given an impetus to 

 the "back-to-the-soil" movement in the 

 cities and towns of the nation which will have 

 an important effect in breaking down the Ger- 

 man submarine blockade and staving off 

 threatened famine. Of necessity the little 

 back yard garden, which has been ignored by a 



majority of the busy world, has been placed 

 upon a pedestal where it promises to stay. 



When the call to arms came this spring the 

 army of home gardeners gained several 

 million recruits, due to one of the most remark- 

 able drives for increased food production in the 

 history of the world. Innumerable old rusty 

 hoes and rakes were brought out with the first 

 days of warm weather., and as a result America 

 will be approximately $100,000,000 richer this 



fall, according to estimates made by experts 

 in the Department of Agriculture. 



Hundreds of thousands of acres of idle 

 ground located in the cities and towns of the 

 country have served a useful purpose this 

 summer which will be felt the world around. 

 At no time in history has it ever been recorded 

 that such recognition has been given the back 

 yard garden and the humble commuter and his 

 small town cousin will have found themselves 



Many line lawns of country estates were pressed into service this year and turned into productive areas. These two "before and after" views of the lawn of Mr. G. C. Eastman, Rochester, 



N. Y. are but typical of what was the almost universal practice. Grass succumbed to potatoes 



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