Norwich bulletin., 1917-08-01
LOCAL HOME GARDENS
 INSPECTED BY COMMITTEE
Six Hundred Plots Supervised Outside
 of Regular School Gardens.

On Tuesday afternoon members of the Home Gardens committee, accom- panied by A. c. Sheldon, supervisor, made tour of inspection of the gar dens of the town, included in this movement Secretary H. R. Branche and Trea surer George H. Loring. Mrs. A. c. Sheldon, Mrs. J. J. Desmond Mrs. Daniel s. Haviland and Miss Mar tha Anderson, comprised the party which was conveyed in MT. Loring au- tomobile, which he has generously used in the service of this work throughout the season.
 Ahe first plots visited were those at Trading Cove on the De Wolf farm. Here the Boy Scouts have large area planted to 9seans, looking thrifty and well cared for and thirty-two plots are divided among sixteen others rais- ing a variety of vegetables William Sheldon stated that last Saturday he counted thirty-two workers in these plots. This section was the last as signed SC larger plots were given out.
 The Lucas lot on West Main street of about one and a quarter acres is be- ing worked in seventeen plots and here were noticed no less than twen- ty-eight workers at one time on Sat urday.
 There are additional plots on West Main street, Asylum and Fairmount streets.
 Plots on the Sarah. Huntington place. nine in number, the Harland road five Mohegan Park entrance ten or twelve, and the Wallace S. Allis place. nine were visited. On Mckinley avenue three. On these plots the sign board erected by the Home Gardens com committee has been especially com mittee for the Connecticut Conserva- tion of Food Supply. for it's unique wording and stimulating effect and reads as follows:
 Be Patriotic,
 Plant enough for all your needs.
 Wied the hoe and kill the weeks"
 The plots given by the T. B. Mar tin company for their employees were in wonderfully vigorous and thrifty five plots. Potatoes are being rais- ed on the cooperative plan. There are four or five acres under cultiva- tion. the product of which will be sold at cost. Much of this land has been sown to second crops the first hay ing been harvested
 The Toto<et Mill has a fine lot of plots extending on both sides of the river, all in ffourishing condition.
 The Ponemah Mill. while not under the Home Gardens supervision, has a fine looking stretch of plots.
 Laurel Hill has about twenty-two pits, eleven at the Crannska place and the same number at the Thermos com pany.
 Once a month. the supervisor. Mir Sheldon of the Connecticut Agricul- tural college, calls a meeting of those holding plots at the grounds on which their holdings are, to talk over conditions and inspect and advise where necessary. Every plot is in spected by him about once in eight or ten days and if attention is needed a card is sent to the holder. During the time when potatoes needed especial watching and care this was very thorou ghly and frequently done. In only one or two instances were any aphis discovered. There are practic- aHv none in Norwich.
 There are about six hundred garden plots supervised outside the school gardens. >In all thev total about one thousand. Norwich has. responded nobly to the call for more gardens and one has to view them personally to realize the immense amount of care and labor spent on them and the sat- isfying results complished.
 IL Is usually considered that under supervision sfxty-f1ve per cent of the work Is efficient and up to standard. There is every indication that Nor wich will show ninety to one hun dred per cent. They are fourishing in the highest degree.
 The interest of those working gar dens is constant and unffagging. and work goes nearly and late. Many are hoping and planning to carry on the work another year and the result may prove very far reaching