UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION 
Mobile, Alabama. 
September 6th, 1918. 
MR. P. S. RIDSDALE, Secretary, 
National War Garden Commission, 
Washington, D. C. 
Dear Mr. Ridsdale: 
I desire to tender my sincere thanks for the books which you have furnished 
for distribution and use among the war gardeners of Mobile, and as encourage- 
ment and assistance to others to take up this splendid work conducive not only 
to increased supply of food products, but to the health and happiness of those 
who wisely give Mother Earth the attention which just at this time she all the 
more richly deserves. 
It is needless for me to assure you that the books have been extremely 
helpful. I consider them the most complete and serviceable ever produced; 
and excepting only the family Bible, the foundation of all ethics and morality as 
well as the common law, these books are of more vital importance to every house- 
holder, in fact, good citizens throughout the land, than most printed matter 
obtainable. 
Your books on canning and drying are likewise of inestimable value, and 
your splendid co-operation in the common cause of increasing and conserving 
the food supply in, our present crisis meets with the heartiest appreciation. 
Very sincerely, 
(Signed)’ HENRY A. FORCHHEIMER, 
Federal Food Administration Board. 
UNITED STATES FOOD ADMINISTRATION 
Davenport, Iowa. 
September 5, 1918. 
MR. P. S. RIDSDALE, Secretary, 
National War Garden Commission, 
Washington, D. C. 
My dear Mr. Ridsdale: 
We have found your publications of great value in our work in this State 
and it gives me pleasure to thank you for your prompt and cordial compliance 
with all of our requests. 
Your book on War Vegetable Gardening and the one devoted to Canning and 
Drying are filled with information of great value to the gardener and housewife. 
It has been a source of great satisfaction to us to be able to distribute your 
books in every County in Iowa and we have used care to place them in the hands 
of people who need them and who are constantly calling for just the information 
contained in them. 
We feel that your co-operation has been of great importance. 
Faithfully yours, 
(Signed) M. L. PARKER, 
State Merchant Representative, 
Iowa Food Administration. 
