44 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
war garden, by operating it on the community plan. 
Instead of allowing each gardener to till his own land, 
it was better, where possible, to have a large area prop- 
erly plowed and har- 
rowed and then allow the 
gardener to care for his 
individual plot. The ad- 
vantages of such com- 
munity action proved 
great. The land was 
uniformly and properly 
prepared and at small 
expense. Community 
gardening made for both 
better gardens and better communities, for the spirit of 
emulation at once led each gardener to do his best, while 
common toil for a com- 
mon end made for better 
understanding and better 
acquaintanceship; and 
sympathetic understand- 
ing is the rock upon which 
democracy is founded. 
Much of the gardening 
done by employes of facto- 
ries and business houses 
was of the community sort. 
Unused tracts of land lying near mill or shop, and not 
needed for business purposes, were divided among em- 
ployes for gardening, after being properly plowed and 
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