New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1917-04-13
N.,;on.Wide Movement to
Enlist Boy Scouts,
21s,OOO Strong
one.Pound Meals for
Army To Be Packed
ev,ry One Urged to Learn
Scientific Canning to Con-
serve Food Supply


-. N, auspices Of the Boy Scouts
,,.,-;ea. sro going 20 prove inval-
-, ,hs United States during the
,.,,od and help 10 end the high
-, n food here. according to O. Il
p'e, n the United States Depart
-,,t Of Agriculture.
y, Benson, who is in charge Of the
~,rn,r,'s agricultural extension
~ came here yesterday TO confer
~, ,S,ials OF the Boy Scouts st their
...5o,s-.ers. 200 Fifth Avenue, on the
=, 70, mobilizing the 275,OOO scouts
"a oseers for food production. He
IA ,be backyard gardening campaign
,,,i,g the nation and that the
cement 10 a great extent will prove
-. ,,,o,iop OF the food problem that
AZ eonfronts this country
4, ,bese new resources arc properly
..,.,rvsd. Mr.. Benson says, they will
-. priees down next fall and also
.,,,,.b 4 reserve food supply that will
:, Invaluable 70 tho country IN ITS
-o.scution Of the war.
This Boy Scout movement alone
-,,,. more than 100000 new gardens
..,ourbou, tho country this spring
,8 Mr.. Benson. "ln addition TO rais-
.. garden himself, each scout IS
,l,5r,d to persuade nine other persons,
=, scouts. TO raise gardens. That
.,,,. ton gardens per scout and there
a.. slsOOO scouts. not counting the
,,,r, in the organization. These mill
nd gardens will furnish an addl-
as, % the food supply which the ma
no, will appreciate more next iall
-ssn il does now
BOYS TO Ration Army
plsn By which the rnited States
rny can be furnished with millions o.
,ourds Of balanced rations on n fe"
,sury notice. through the cooperation
q n, Boy Scouts, was revealed by Mr..
Benson yesterday. Boy Scouts all over
n, country will be instructed in scien-
afe methods Of preserving the surplus
.ood products Of their gardens. Ihey
sil be taught how 20 prepare bal
srssd ration M ouc-pound packages
opscially for army use.
One Of these packages will be sui
fe,rt 10 feed soldier for one day, if
o, short rations. Normally. a soldier
would eat one at a meal The food Will
b compact and IA marching soldler
could carry several dNys provisions IN
his napsack
Millions Of these onc-pound packages
Of iooo will be stored by Boy Scouts
Under the direction of the scout mast
Us When the government needs the
.ood for rs soldiers, the War Depart
sen. will communicate with the BOY
scout Headquarters here. Immediately
rsgrsms will be sent 20 scout masters
a. over the country. They will at once
SIP the rations from their districts to
tunifal distributing point named py
re government Within a few hours
aaons enough TO equip a great army
Elhe pouring ln.
ne basis Of the one-pound ration
El Be either spaghetti. rice or homlny:
va this. IN scientifically balanced
F'poriions, viii be meat, potatoes to-
stets, carrots and onions. The ration
az R heated IN the can, thus furnish
Il soldier a quick, appeuzlng and
''sisting meal.
Increase in Gardening
he interest being shown throughout
n' 'esniry in the gardening movement
= n.leated. Mr.. Benson said, by the
.a0 hat the Department Of Agricult-
~ "a already distributed more OF IT'S
taFhleis on gardening this spring
"a !, did throughout all last year
Naally as important as the efforts TO
a'l'e this country's production OF
.-'a'sufs, said Mr.. Benson. is the ne.
ssy Of preserving the surplus and
Nahg waste. This can be done by
ssg under modern methods, he de-
tltng 100000 gardens is to be
~ part OF the Boy Scouts work.
~ Gt 70 make their gardens 100 per
-. - 'neient by not allowing a single
~ potato TO go 20 waste. Mr.. Ben
Wongly urges all amateur gar
- 10 DO the same.
- N'ue boy. who learned canning
our department. wrote me that
l.i.s raised four gardens from one
neee Of ground His spring crop,
u,' Was one garden. his summer
Bs second and his fall crop a third
"a ss',h was winter garden lie
e,,,." had twenty-seyen rows. and
a..fs'a nils TO row Each hill, he
tr,,.. vas one-Quart Jar fllcd with
t.,.. vegetables which his other
"a, teIotns had produced. In his
q Sstden' he had 'one row Of corr
q, COB. two rows Of corn of the
wt,Ie one row each Of carrots
''s.sb!,s 10 'S'0SKe ana o'nei
ssahlng will be Just as important
htrI tne Boy Scouts work as rails
Ae, Aoies. II they didn't preserve
ts,s,, ,Ip.as, there would be an over.
ven " iood in districts where ther,
~, ,hy boy scouts. while in a die
b hefed miles away there nigh
Set., nous shortage II the Boy
cat s,S.-se their surplus canned. they
st,n 70 relieve the shortage else
as sosding the risks and difficul
ses.., a'pping fresh vegetables. Tn,
essss..., value Of any garden is largel,
na,Ns On the ability Of the cwnel