88 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
resulted in popularizing home gardening. War-garden 
associations were created to arouse people to the need of 
the work, to get them started, and to give them guidance 
and assistance as they proceeded. The cooperation in 
this community effort came from many sources. Offi- 
cials of all sorts, almost without exception, gave the 
movement their endorsement and support and fre- 
quently served on the committees while prominent 
individuals showed equal patriotism in their desire to 
see vegetables grow where none had grown before. 
That the war-garden associations thus formed will be 
permanent bodies, or continue as committees of the 
local chambers of commerce, boards of trade, or other 
bodies, is assured. So excellent has been the work ac- 
complished in this organized way that community effort 
to aid home food production must continue. With the 
knowledge and experience already gained, these local 
committees should become more and more a factor in 
helping to solve food problems as they arise. Their pur- 
pose and their power doubtless will expand; and they 
will become community centers servingfor the discussion 
and initiation of other methods of food production. 
