1 68 THE WAR GARDEN VICTORIOUS 
the business. They had to be shown how. They were 
willing but they needed guidance. The number of 
competent instructors was limited, and it became nec- 
essary for the war gar- 
dener to look to the 
daily press for informa- 
tion telling him what to 
do. In this the press did 
not fail him. Almost 
unanimously, from one 
end of the country to 
the other, the news- 
papers daily published 
material furnished by the Commission. If this could be 
totaled it would run into tens of thousands of columns. 
After calling the at- 
tention of the country 
to the vital need of 
war gardening, the 
Commission prepared 
a series of short gar- 
den lessons telling the 
home food growers 
what, when, and how 
to plant. These les- 
sons were brief and 
shorn of technicalities 
but authentic, and gave the gardener all he needed, to 
know. They were sent to the newspapers on news-clip 
sheets, a dozen or more lessons on each sheet, while a 
DAYL IGHT SAVED - A GARDEN MADE 
