The Birmingham age-herald., 1918-07-05
CITIZENS URGED ID
 PLANT GARDENS
Director of Home Garden Department Gives VaIua-
 ble Instructions

H. Giant Miller, director of the hom, garden department, has sent ont pam. phets to the housekeepers of this dis. trict urging them to cultivate war gar dens, keep down the weeds, blight ana ougs' and telling how to make a serv. llceable iceless refrigerator.
 MT, Miller will make a tour of insoee. ton of the district within a few days ouring which he expects to get renorts on ehe number and percentage of fncrease lh war gardens as compared with last year when there were several thousand in the district.
 among other things Mir Miller says in one or his circulars: "A hungry and eihpty stomach is not good foundation iof nara f1ghting, nor will the last round lof ammunition in a worn ont ynp s,,,a our boys in France the couraee to ,go over the top with a determination to "hip the Kaiser and his army of butch ers' papy killers and crucifers.
 mess our fighting men be well fed ana well equipped would it reonire a prophet to foretell the result of tho war! We cannot imagine the terrible eohuitiohs Which would follow in the wake or defeat; but we can and we vii, uo I ehe tnings which will insure victory. we VIII get out every ton or iron or, anu coal possible. We will plant. culti. .,, sa,e ana save everything possible. We wih use substitutes for wheat and meat as Tar as possible. We will back our i;,,,it aiiu our allies in France to the hmlt, and We will win the war"
 lie urges ther Ilffin dou-,, rf ,li siVes the formula for potato bug kill Ing combination consisting of one mound or crushed bluestone in four gallons of water, lo pounds of air slacked lime m TOUT gallons of water two ounces of Farls green in two gallons or water; fhlA well and spray Irish potatoes once a week. whether the enemy has charged or IS still in the trenches
 Second formula. One part Paris green and l6 parts of air slacked lime, mixed well and dusted on Irish potatoes while they are damp with rain or dew
 Third formula: One ounce of arsenal le of lead and three pounds of air stacked
 lime, mixed we'll and dusted on Irish potatoes while they are damp with dew or rain.
 A number of other formulas for other species of bugs are given in the pam phlets.
 In another pamphlet he tells how to make an iceless refrigerator which is easily and cheaply built and will be use full as food-saver and food keeper This IS how it is made: A wooden frame is made with F by 16 by Ii inches and GOV cred with screen wire, preferably the rustless type, which costs little more than the ordinary kind. The door IS made to it closely and is mounted on brass hinges and can be fastened with wooden latch. The bottom is fitted solid, but the top should be covered with screen wire. Adjustable shelves can be made of solid wood or strips or sheets of galvanized metal. Shelves made of poultry netting or light wooden frames, are probably the most desirable. These shelves rest on side braces placed at desired intervals. A breadbaking pan, IA by Is inches, is placed on the top and the frame rests in + by 1s-inch pan. All the woodwork and shelves and the pans should receive two coats of white enamel.