“Vegetables ——Vitality ——Victory 
“One Indispensable Line of War Production Is Food,” Says Secre- 
tary Before National Defense Garden Conference in Washington 
With the Government demanding larger and more Defense or Victory Gardens, it is 
your duty to do your part by producing maximum crops. This applies not only to Vege- — 
tables but to all Farm Crops as well. To produce maximum crops it is essential to plant 
good seeds of true type and vitality. Plant enough seed to secure a full stand. Secure 
your supply of seeds early and plant at the proper time. Many varieties of the better types 
of Vegetable Seeds are in very short supply. 
Treat seed with the proper inoculent for the control of seed borne diseases (Semesan 
and Cuprocide are the recommended inoculents for Vegetable Seeds. Nitragin for Le- 
gumes, Improved Ceresan for Grains and Sorghums, Semesan, Jr., for Seed Corn, Semesan 
Bel for Potatoes). Fertilizer also plays an important part in growing bumper crops. Seed 
beds should be well prepared and enriched with barnyard manure or high grade commer- 
cial fertilizers. 
Clean cultivation and irrigation when necessary are recommended to produce crops 
rich in vitamins. Insecticides are also necessary to keep the plants free from insects using 
either a Non-poisonous Liquid Spray or Non-poisonous Dust. Dusting is preferred, apply- 
ing the Dust with a Hand Duster using Pyrocide Dust No. 10 which is non-injurious to 
humans and warm blooded animals and leaves no poisonous residue on fruit when used 
alone. 
A National Victory Garden Program was launched at a conference of two hundred 
representatives of publications and organizations interested in horticulture, called by 
Secretary of Agriculture Wickard and Director McNutt of the Office of Defense 
Health and Welfare Services, in Washington December 19 and 20. 
The program calls for the growing of food for family consumption in home, farm 
and community gardens and by school gardens, for both family and school use. Also 
fruits, flowers, lawns and shrubs will be encouraged as “an essential part of American 
life and a stimulus to national well being.” 

Oe Victory Garden p rogramme 
ADOPTED UNANIMOUSLY BY NATIONAL VICTORY GARDENING CONFER- 
ENCE IN WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 20, 1941 
The Objectives of Home Gardens are: 
1. To produce food for home consumption to the end that the food habits of the fam- 
ily may be improved from the standpoint of nutrition. 
2. To maintain the morale of the individual family and the public. 
3. To save family food expenditures. 
4. To conserve labor, materials and transportation facilities. 
