late vegetables and illustrated her very interesting talk with charts 
showing methods of keeping vegetables for winter use. 
Canning and evaporation were then discussed. 
It was the sentiment of the meeting that it had been a very in- 
teresting one and many of the members requested that the Club 
should meet more frequently during the war for discussion and action 
on food production and conservation and other subjects that the 
present crisis may bring forth. 
The Club wished to record their desire to keep up the standard of 
good planting throughout the country no matter how great the strain 
of these war times may be and also to record the policy of the Club — 
"That the Garden Club of America undertake to increase the effi- 
ciency of existing food gardens, to increase the acreage of ground 
under such cultivation and to plan for the conservation of the food 
thus produced." 
The business of the meeting being over, Mrs. King moved, Miss 
Mcllvaine seconded the motion that a most appreciative and earnest 
vote of thanks be given by the Garden Club of America to the 
Chairman and Members of the Committee on Arrangement for the 
Meeting, Mrs. Robert. C. Hill, Chairman, Mrs. Frederick Pratt, 
Mrs. Arthur Scribner, and Mrs. James Stokes, whose hospitable 
efforts are evident to each one present at the meeting. 
This motion was unanimously carried. 
On motion, the meeting adjourned at 5 o'clock. 
(Mrs. Bayard Henry.) J. J. R. Henry, Secretary. 
War Activities of Member Clubs 
In response to the following appeal from the President of the 
United States: 
"Every one who creates or cultivates a garden helps to solve 
the problem of the feeding of the nation." 
the President of the Garden Club of America wrote to the 
Presidents of the Member Clubs to ask what their Clubs would do 
to help in the present crisis. The following replies have been received: 
Albemarle Garden Club 
The Albemarle Garden Club is working with the state organiza- 
tions and agricultural schools. 
