The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-06-07


ls'nsf. Emergency Food Gar
me Na.sssion. OF which Luther Bur
dsa og ,he horticultural wizard Of Cal
bauk 'ns i one of the head push. has
lforil'a Z ne plan OF community gar
sDdcrseu nd IN connection Herewith
deniIE' "a a. some practical suggestions.
~ huIletin says: - ,s..,o
'Mans fexnerience, but who have ac-
gsrden'n.s., ,shle land and the desire to
eess y s.,selyes partially independent
make uls a,snal food sources this year
d m Dsosing their spare time TO grow
by vegetables, are attracted by the
ing y Community gardens. SO many
idea y have come to the National
inq'ilI Food Garden commission
Bnelsssanss' nracticability of such enter
- w''s nat Il has been thought well
prses ~ special bulletin of advice
y J, me subject. -
VIVA suggestive rather than defin-
lassnG Conditions win probably vary in
" communities which attempt such
al cs' No special form of organic
afoe'i;s advised except that it should
snvn ss simple as possible, with one
Be IVY, member Of the garden c0mmun-
acuse S;rector TO see that all work is
pro s@a advantages Of community gar
are several. Considerable
aelllp ssrealing labor can be saved by
lach.s' tba Moving ard narrowing of
~ al,' Garden tract. The pro rata ex-
" for this work will be light and
s a,' worth paying to escape the toll of
WV s;mg Nv hand. Moreover, In the
ss 'a,nat;on Of an extended garden
euls ~ 4 possible to use other labor
us ',a,, tools. like the wheel hoe, which
Msl not practical in. small backyard
gardens. - , ~, a., =,
a,vidual members, comparing the cost
y community gardens with that of
shs same tract IL titled In individual
s,ats IN the purchase of garden tools
r noas rakes, wheelbarrows, sprink-
~ cans and the like-because sever
Il workers in the garden at different
sanos can use the same tools. In the
same way money can be saved in pur-
shasing fertilizer, seeds, and spraying
shemieals for insects and plant dis
Eases. and a further advantage is that
shs community garden is likely to have
me benefits Of artificial spraying and
ssrtilIzation which are often dispensed
With by the individual who cultivates
small garden.
aThe greatest advantage of all which
can come to the workers in a c0mmun-
~ garden Is the possibility of their
4 attaining expert instruction. For a
mali cost some expert gardener--per-
! hans market gardener on the out
/ skirts Of the city-can be hired to visit
! he community garden at intervals and
teI the novice workers about their
Mistakes Once week would be often
enough for such practical instruction.
& Such first-hand advice for a new gar
4 dener often means the difference be-
4 tween a heavy crop and complete
E crop failure
: TN general those who engage in
E such enterprise should be as far as
& possible persons of the same interests
q and tastes, and also OF about the same
s habits in life. Their leisure time
4 should be about the same. Shunt off
s TIE chronic kickers, and those who are
pnstitutionally convinced that others
s are always trying to get the best of
4 them Everyone who goes into such an
& arrangement should understand exact
8 y what the cooperation proposes to
E Do 1t ought to be down In black and
q white before anything is started or any
money spent. While each member Is
existing to share in the produce, he
also pledging his pro rata amount of
labor The points OF trouble in any
community garden undertakings are
lkely to come In these two places.
1T Is important that the volunteer
manager may be man in whom all