CHAPTER XIII 
THE FUTURE OF WAR GARDENING 
The Fruits of Peace to Spring from the Seeds of Victory 
C OMING events, we are told, cast their shadows 
before. Among the prophetic shadows now hov- 
ering over us is a finger of cloud which points to 
vital changes in the business of feeding the world. In- 
deed, these changes are already taking place. In part 
they have taken place, but many of us, being of those 
who have eyes yet do not see, are still unaware that the 
old order has changed and that the new order of things 
has come to pass. 
No other single occupation born of the war has 
affected a greater number of people than has gardening. 
Starting from a mere nothing before the United States 
entered the war, this form of service grew in less than 
two years into a new occupation, which numbered its 
followers by the millions and, in the number of people 
employed, exceeded any other branch of gainful occu- 
pation with the single exception of actual farming. 
The fact that such a vast number of American citi- 
zens took up this work shows that they appreciated 
the merit of it, and this is one of the reasons for the 
confident prediction that war gardening has come to 
stay. It is something that the world will not willingly 
let die. Home food production will continue because 
it has been found worth while; and, like other things 
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