The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-06-08
PENROD OF THE
U.S. G. ARMY
By BOOTH HARRINGTON


Dear Mr.. Secretary A kind
friend of mine told me you wrote
to him to tell me 10 write letter
about raising vegetables to eat
and all His name is Mr.. Tarking-
ton or sumpthing like that and he
said that he void address, the letter
and all and write what Is at the top
of this letter to start with. Well,
| do not know much about raising
vegetables yet but l will tell all
l know. Miss Spence said our
class better join the U. S. School
Garden Army and when she says
we better why we usulay we got to.
Besides she said the U. S. Govern
ment says so too and it is the
School Garden Army is an Army
of the vegetables myself and all.
belong to it we are Just as much In
the army as if we had guns, and
will get badge and all and besides
can get some money by selling the
vegbles. Well. void like to have
some money and SO void any other
boy and girl Besides this void
do it anyway because if l am In the
u. S. S. G., am in the Army and
have badge. And can eat some
of the vegbles mmyseif and all.
Well, anybody wants 10 be in the
army of course, SO | am now a 60
ing to be a member Of the army.
Anybody what says am not gong
to be ask whoever they like; they
will tell them quick nough am
going to be in the Army because
am going to be in the U. S. S. G..
Army. 1t has the u. S. before 1t
and guess that is enough for me
i guess.
Well 80 we thought we better get
some practice raising some yege-
tables, so we went to Sam Williams
yard and got Two colored boys SO as
to have them to do good deal Of
the work. as they have got to work
almost all the time anyway at their
own house These two colered boys
they used to live in the country out
about five and one-half miles and
they know how to raise cabaj and
all.
Well, Sam said we could dig up
his back yard and he void help
some. We also got some seeds that
we got by trading some old iron to
the rag man. and we had onion seed
and we had some potatoes eyes and
some corn. Well. it did not look
like much use. You can dig up a
yard and put these things in and
cover them. up, and maybe put
some rich dirt on top, and 1t does
not look like much use. l tell you
Wei we sat around there after
school for several days: when we
had put all these things in the
ground we felt like we wished they
would come up SO we colo look at
them.
This is not the first time Sam
and have planted seed because
expect in our time we have planted
more cherry stones and peach
stones and orange seeds and lem
ond seeds and apple seeds anG
once we must have planted anyway
1,OO0,OOO watermelon seeds in oui
yard but you cold go to the place
100000 times and look at 1t fol
a couple of hours if you wanted to
but you void never see any differ
ence. But that was when we were
little and now we are going to be In
the u. S. s. G. Army of course we
void know better When we were
little we void just as leaf do oul
planting in October as any Other
time.
Well so one morning before
school Sam Williams called me t
come over there and he was al
hopping when got to our farm be
cause there was little plant stick
ing up out of the ground and signs
Of some more coming with little
leaves and all. tell you we never
did feel better than when we say
that because 1t was our own little
plant on our own little farm and Il
made us feel hungry like we want
ed to eat 1t ourselves right away
but we did not because Of course
1t void be too young and II w
went and eaten 1t we cold not sci
1t. Well. we we're pretty glad al
day and after school we sat and
looked at our farm and pulled some