The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-08
Thrift Gardens.

In the spring a young mans fancy
lightly turns to thoughts of love, but
this spring is an unusual and out of
the ordinary spring and while the
thoughts may turn little to thoughts
of love, they are liable to be turned
back again on account Of the high cost
which naturally follows matrimony.
Most everybody, whether he is mil
lionaire or wage Garner, is interested
in cutting the cost of living Right
now is the time to propose real
remedy for conditions and one which
may be available to every man and
woman who happens to have plot of
ground about his house or who is will
ing to cultivate the ground of some
other man. All through the country
the plan for planting "Thrift Gardens"
is being urged. A Thrift Garden" is
just like any other garden that is set
out in the spring, only there are lot
more of them. Kenosha always has
gardens, but every year Kenosha
wastes hundreds of acres of land which
would be available to raise the potato
supply of the city and in addition pro-
vide cellars filed with cabbage ard
beets and every other form of veget-
ables in addition to furnishing full
supply for the summer months--better
than can be purchased in the regular
markets. Experts say that plot
twenty-five by fifty feet properly seeded
and cultivated, will produce garden
truck to the value of q hundred dollars,
all on an expenditure Of seven dollars.
DO you know of any way that you can
better cut the cost of living?
The great trouble with the people of
the United States today is that we
have been profigate with our nat
ure s store house and present conditions
are largely due to Willful waste
There are vacant lots all over the city
Of Kenosha which could be converted
into gardens and the produce taken
from these gardens would supply sew
eral cities the size of Kenosha That
these chances have not been utilized in
the past has been due to the fact that
The people found it too easy to buy
their vegetables and in most cases
they would rather strain their pocket
book lot, rather than strain their
backs little The great waste through
the failure to use the back yards of
Kenosha has been appalling in the
past. Conditions now demand that this
waste of natural resources be eliminat-
ed. Back yards IN Kenosha this year
should be made to rejoice and blossom
like the rose and it will be just as good
it they blossom like the radish, the
turnip, the rutabaga and the onion
Thrift gardens in Kenosha this year
will add materially to the wealth of
the city. They will add in more ways
than one, for in addition to the cash
value Of what may be raised in these
gardens there are other considerations
worthy of note. The garden in the
back yard and on the vacant lot adj
joining your home is going to give you
occupation for your spare time; it is
going to tend to create a contented
mind; 1T is going to bring you little
closer to nature. 1t is going to teach
the children in your family the
basic principles Of life and the love
of Mother Earth
Then there is the health and exercise
value of the thrift garden. Exercise
Tor exercise alone, to busy people, is a
bore and not long continued, but exer-
else which brings real accomplishment
In the way of succulent vegetables for
che table becomes matter of real in
terest. There is as much difference in
the taste of vegetables fresh from
the garden and those bought in
the market as there is in seasoned
and unseasoned food.
This, q call back to nature with an
assurance of rich dividends of the best
that Mother Earth can give you and
with it dividends of good health, CON
tented mind and the assurance that you
are doing something to stop the waste
of the nation. 1T offers the possibility
for every householder to reduce the
cost of living by his own industry
through utilizing what has heretofore
been waste.
Get ready to join the army Of thrift
gardeners in Kenosha. Have the back
yard ploughed up the day the frost
quits the ground and become one of
the back-to-nature leaders in a real
movement against the common foe
High Cost of Living.