6o THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
A gardening elub was organized with elected officers 
representing as far as possible the different depart- 
ments of the shop and different plots of land. The 
general administration of the project was in the hands 
of the shop industrial department, but the gardening 
club was consulted and asked to pass on many mat- 
ters which had to do with the satisfactory carrying-on 
of the work, thus giving them something to say as to 
what should be done. Part of the plowing was done 
with a tractor. The land was divided into individual 
plots each containing from 2,000 to 2,500 square feet; 
and stakes were set diagonally at the corners of each 
plot with the number of each plot showing at each 
corner. At the largest garden center a tool-shed about 
sixteen by thirty-six feet in size was erected where run- 
ning water was available and a man placed in charge 
so that tools could be given out on check. This shed 
was open from daylight to shortly before working hours 
each week-day, again at noontime, and from six o’clock 
in the afternoon until dark. It was also open on Satur- 
day afternoons and to some extent on Sundays. A 
slight charge was made those who desired to hire tools 
instead of buying their own. 
To supervise the gardens and give general instructions 
to the men who had not previously had gardening ex- 
perience, a practical farmer with training in an agri- 
cultural college was employed. As at other plants 
throughout the country the gardens in many cases be- 
came family affairs, and all the members of a family 
took part either in work or in supervision. 
