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glad of the opportunity afforded by the community 
market to secure vegetables that were fresh and choice. 
One of the most prosperous and successful of these 
community markets was at Oakland, California, under 
the direction of Mrs. James Hamilton, the city direc- 
tor of food production, who showed courage and energy 
in pushing her project to success. It will be well to 
let her tell something of her own story. Here is part 
of what she has to say: 
So far this market has been the means of saving hun- 
dreds of tons of vegetables and fruits, together with 
quantities of berries, eggs, chickens, pigeons, rabbits 
and honey. The greater part, if not all, of the perish- 
ables otherwise would have been wasted. This market 
has taken care of the war-garden supplies of our city 
since it was opened, together with the supplies of several 
of our big growers of both fruits and vegetables. It will 
be a very great means of stimulating production for 
next year because the grower knows he will be given a 
place where he can market his supplies advantageously. 
In Brookline, Massachusetts, a community market 
was established in an unused church, placed at the dis- 
posal of the market committee by the trustees. Here, 
on two days of each week, surplus garden products 
could be brought for sale. As gardening had been stim- 
ulated to the maximum there was much to be sold. 
Those who wished to sell their own products were pro- 
vided, at nominal rental, with individual tables. Sales 
were made by the market committee for those not 
wishing to sell in person. For this service a small per- 
