success, and the Norton Agricul¬ 
tural Society is looked upon by 
the company and its employes as 
a permanent institution. Many 
who have never handled the spad¬ 
ing fork and the hoe are becom¬ 
ing enthusiastic amateur garden¬ 
ers. Far from turning a good 
workman into a poor farmer, one 
of the most important results of 
the Norton garden activities has 
been the making of good work¬ 
men into better workmen. The 
procession of men who at the end 
of a summer afternoon in the 
shop tramp over the hill to enjoy 
an hour of vigorous exercise out 
of doors is matched the following 
morning by the returning ranks 
of clear-eyed, vigorous men, 
ready to engage with equal en¬ 
thusiasm in the regular voca¬ 
tional work which they have 
chosen. The harvest time, which 
brings to the man the tangible 
evidence of what intelligent ef¬ 
fort, persistence and industry 
will produce in the garden, gives 
him a clear realization that the 
exercise of the same qualities in 
the shop is as certain to bring its 
reward. Better still, as the offi¬ 
cers of the company and its men 
busy themselves in their gardens 
side by side, there arises the 
spirit of comradeship among all 
who embark together on some 
great adventure/’ 
This idea is spreading around 
the world and other nations are 
coming to the United States to 
learn of the benefits which have 
come to this country as a result of 
the community and shop garden 
movement. The inhabitants of 
the Philippines have entered into 
spreading this work with an 
over enthusiastic deter- 
the world m i na ti 0 n to improve 
their own condition at the same 
time that they are performing a 
broad humanitarian service. 
A report to the National War 
Garden Commission from the 
Secretary of Agriculture of the 
Philippines tells something of 
the way in which they are plant¬ 
ing gardens there. This work 
has been well organized and is 
being stimulated through district 
and municipal campaigns, so that 
everybody is reached and encour¬ 
aged to help in the food-produc¬ 
tion effort. Demonstration gar¬ 
dens are being planted through¬ 
out the islands in the public 
squares and plazas of the differ¬ 
ent municipalities to serve as a 
standing call to the Filipino peo¬ 
ples to help in the world food war. 
The instance is cited of a fourth- 
grade school boy in one of the 
islands in the Philippines who 
has taught a big lesson in food 
production to the natives of the 
whole island. He entered the 
contest which was held there and 
was given a small piece of land to 
cultivate. On it he raised a va¬ 
riety of vegetables. He was told, 
however, that it would not be pos¬ 
sible for him to grow a second 
crop of corn, as it never had been 
done and that the weather and 
other conditions would not per- 
