The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1918-08-15
WAR GARDENERS
RESPOND TO CALL
win Keep the Food Coming as
General Pershing Has
Asked.
Big INCREASE THIS Year
Central West and Pacific Coast Esps-
clally Are Doing Weli-Natlonal
Commission Offers Prizes for
Best HOMEGROWN Canned
Vegetables

Washington.-The war gardeners o.
the United States answered Pershings
call to Keep the Food Coming
There are, according to figures being
| tabulated by the national war garden
| commission, 100000 war gardens In
the United States. These figures are
incomplete and the estimates were
made on reports received up to June
Is. This number indicates an increase
of 40 per cent over last year when
there we're 100000 garden munition
plants at work. Figuring In the In
creased cost this year over last, fur
Their estimates will be made by the
commission both on the number Of gar
lens and the estimated crop value.
taking these early figures into
consideration" said Charles Lathrop
Pack, president of the commission, In
making public the preliminary survey.
together with the Increased canning
demonstration work being done by the
United States department of agricul-
ture In cities and towns, we feel safe
In saying the forecast of 1.50O,OOO,OOO
quarts In tin and glass of canned stun.
made by the department, will be
reached"
Big Prizes Are offered.
The report points to the early plant
Ing season this year. which was made
possible by weather generally favor
able throughout the country. To en-
courage saving the garden crop the
national wal garden commission, which
planted a 400-acre demonstration war
garden at Camp Dix. N. j., Is offering
$4,000 In prizes for the best canned
vegetables grown In war gardens. with
the slogan "Back up the cannon by
use OF the Gamer"
In nearly every section OF the coun-
try there has been an appreciate and
encouraging increase In the number OF
war gardens this year, the commission
announced. This has ranged anywhere
from 10 to 90 per cent. In the Eastern
portions there was a failure to note
a gain on the early returns.
1.-The greatest percentage OF In
crease" the commissions statement
adds, was made In the Central West
ern states and Pacific coast, taking
any one section Of the country as a
whole. There an awakening has taken
place which revealed itself In an en-
thusiastic, widespread drive to help
home food production. OF the total
number Of war gardens in the United
States, the preliminary reports show
that more than 100000 Of them
2,276 900, to be exact-were In the
Central Western territory. There was
a gain of fully 80 per cent yer the
wal garden activity Of last year.
Eastern States Tagging.
"The Eastern states. including New
England, New York. Pennsylvania.
New Jersey and Delaware, on the
whole showed little increase v last
year. In certain parts Of all this ter
rttory there has been a better show
Ing, and particularly has there been
q greater activity among m~anufactur'
ing concerns in providing land fol
their employees: but these gains have
been counteracted to a certain exten'
by less activity In other places 50 tha'
the amount Of food homegrown aloni
the upper Atlantic coast this year vii
be slightly II any greater than las
year. Better cultivation in hundred
Of cases may make up for what II lack
Ing In numbers. In New York the parl
department alone reports 1000 wa
gardens 20 by 40. The total numbe
of war gardens In this territory, q
shown by the reports, Is $4,000, o
which 1877 600 are in New York, Penn
sylvania. New Jersey and Delaware.
1.-The South has made an excellen
record. certain states In particula
having made notable gains. Includin
Texas and Oklahoma. there are a tots
of 1,246.00O war gardens In the South
ern states this year, one-fourth Of tn
number in the entire United States
California, Washington and Orego
show a total OF 4e3.0O0 war garden
That the war gardeners intend to saw
a great part of the garden crop
shown In the 200 entries received U
to July l for the canning contests this
garden clubs are organizing oil oys
the country"