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H. G. Hastings Co,, Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
YOUR WAR SERVICE GARDEN 
It isn*t often that we have to take off our hat to a city or town 
man when it comes to garden matters, but we had to do it right 
here in Atlanta last summer. 
The illustration from a photograph shown above is the city lot 
garden of Mr. C. B. Walker, of North Ashby street, and believe us, 
Mr. Walker had a real garden. We forget now how many dififerent 
kinds of vegetables there was in it, but there was everything in 
there that Mr. Walker and his family liked to eat. 
Further, this garden didn’t take any of Mr. Walker’s regular time 
for he works regularly in one of the down town stores. The garden 
above was made and cultivated, kept replanted and the ground busy 
all season i a Mr. Walker’s odd moments, the waiting for break- 
fast time in the morning and after the day’s work was done in the 
evening. 
Mr. Walker did not tell us just what it did to his store hill, but 
if it didn’t come mighty close to cutting it in two while that gar- 
den was going we are ready to buy him a new hat. We certainly 
hope the printer does a good job on this picture, for it was a well 
worth while garden, just such a garden as there can be and should 
be on every farm and in every town or city lot in the South. 
We are not trying to show you Mr. Walker’s garden because he 
planted Hastings’ Seeds (although he did), but because we would 
like to see just as good a garden as Mr. Walker’s on every farm and 
on every town lot in the South in 1918, regardless of whether it is 
planted with Hastings’ Seeds or seeds from other reliable seedsmen. 
Our country is at war, a part of the greatest war the world has 
ever seen. It must be fought to a victorious finish. France, Eng- 
land, Italy, Belgium and other nations have been fighting a common 
enemy for 3V& years. Our own boys are already over there by the 
hundreds of thousands and more going every week. No one knows 
yet how many millions of our boys must go before it ends. 
They must be fed as well as the French, British, Italians and oth- 
ers. Really this war will in the end be won by food, for men can- 
not fight unless well fed, and the United States must do most of 
the feeding and right here is where a good “War Seri’ice Garden” 
for you comes in. 
It’s true that the fresh vegetables from your garden and the cans 
you put up won’t go to France, but every mesar of vegetables from 
your garden, every can you put up from it for winter use that dis- 
places what you have been buying from your merchant releases 
just that much more food and canned goods for our soldiers both 
at home and in France. 
Don’t be fooled by the silly lies passed around that our Govern- 
ment is going to seize the home canned vegetables and fruits on 
closet shelves. There is nothing to it. These lies are started by 
enemies in this country. Make a real “War Service Garden” in 1918. 
Eat all you want from it, can or dry the surplus. Serve your coun- 
try in this way. at the same time save money for yourself. 
