1 62 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
hold what is good, and make it a means to stabilize 
those vegetables the price of which fluctuates now in a 
most unsatisfactory and dangerous way. 
While I believe that we should consider first our own 
attitude toward dried vegetables and work out the best 
methods of using them for ourselves, we are warranted 
in believing, as conditions are at present in Europe, that 
there will be need of large quantities of all kinds of foods, 
including these dried vegetables, in those countries 
which are now famine-stricken. Although it is undoubt- 
edly true that the German troops are using enormous 
quantities of dried vegetables, it is not demonstrated 
to what extent they will be employed in the feeding of 
our own boys. No civilian will take the attitude that 
the boys should be fed on food which he himself refuses 
to eat. If we learn to use them extensively, it is a 
practical certainty that our own armies will employ 
them extensively, as have the armies of Great Britain, 
France, and Germany. 
Inspired, therefore, as an emergency measure to meet 
war’s demand for more complete utilization of the na- 
tion’s food supply, the drying of garden products must 
continue. It must save summer crops for winter use 
and help to care for the needs of the nations which have 
been starving. It must take its place as a regulator in 
the world’s problem of food supply and demand. 
“There seems to be no reason,” says Mr. Sweet, of 
the United States Food Administration, in his commu- 
nication to the National War Garden Commission, 
“why the abundance of one season or locality should 
not be made available by this means for periods of 
scarcity or for regions where fresh fruits and vegetables 
