Daily Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1918-191?, 1918-08-02
war GARDENERS
/ RESPOND TO CALL
NGh Keep the Foods eomins' as
General Pershino Has
| Asked.
BIG INCREASE HIk WEAR
Central West and psciHo coast ,Eaps-
eis'y Are 06pb \ -sss4A4h
Commission ohers fFisa u
r Best Home ro.sp csnne0
veoefabIea

llf bcet FoWc-afVWU Sohs
Vegetables
washinEon.-The yar. GnpteneHsu06
the uuneslstpes, anst %
can to sKeab IN cBMk!
There are. acnafnhk a ~ bssng
tsbuisted by me nafiona war gnsz!h
commission. 100000 wnr gardens m
the unsasNst,qess x4nsse figures arp
hcompssr ana Tn e6mkfs yfN
made ON reports received NJ IN June
rs. This number indicates an increase
Of 20 per cent over Inst year when
there were 100000 garden munatfon
psants nj work. Ftrtnfnis m uh In
creased cost this year over isrt. fur
Their estimates will be made by the
commission both on thesmmber Of gar
dens and the sstfmatesfcf5p xaue.
.rakng these eaf& msnres into
consideration ssid Charles Lathrop
Pack. president Of the commission. In
making public the preliminary survey.
stogefher with the increased canning
demonstration work being done by the
United States department Of agricul-
ture In cities and towns, we feel safe
m Saying the forecast q i.5o0Oco.0oo
quarts In tin and gias>of canned stun.
mads by the depafient. win DO
reached"
eio Primes Are offered.
me report points TO the early plant
ing season this gear. which WINS made
possible BY weather generally favor
able throughout the country. To en-
courage saving the garden crop the
national war 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 81 the coun-
/ try there has been an appreciate and
encouraging increase In the number OF
war gnrdens this year. the commission
announced. This has runEed anywhere
from 10 20 90 r.r cent. In the Eastern
portions there was a failure TO note
o gain on the early returns.
Tho greatest perceninge Of In
crease.- the commissions statement
adds. "was made In the Central West
ern states and Pacific const. taking
nny 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 gnrde1s In the United
States. the preliminary reports show
that more than 2,ooo.0tO Of them
. 2T8.OOO. 10 be exaet--were In the
Central Western territory. There was
gain OF fully 30 per cent over the
war garden activity Of last year.
Eastern States Lsogino.
The Eastern ,stntes. inciuding New
England. New York. Pennsylvania.
New Nney and Delaware. on the
whole showed lttle Increase over last
year. In certain parts Of NIL this ter
ritory there has been a better show
ing. and particularly has there been
A greater activity Among nmnufactur-
ing concerns m providing nuSn for
the1r employees: :. but these gnirns have
been oountepck6 % certn111 extent
by less acffvfty m other pmcesss6 thsf
the amount Of food homegrown osong
m upper Afihidc coast this yer WI
be slightly n any greater thm last
war. Better cnff1kation In hundreds
Of cases may make np for what h ack-
ing I'm nuudb1rs. hlNew York the park
department alone reports 1000 war
gnrdens % by 40. The total number
Of war GARDENS In ihis tertit2rk as
shown TIM ssiss&h y 8sa0oo, %
SkSn,a' Ssw Jersey Ead baiswSfe.
THE South has made an excellent
record, certain states In particular
having made notable gains Including
Texas. an0. on lahoma, tle5e are total
= 3
uuafBSf M Ne entire 6nItsd skatss.
California. Washington and Oregon
sAas a ,Qtet1e5 aea coo s s,ssoSs -
~ 1 ! q 80 ~ q
SS'saRRsi'
There are 21,2s2 900 dairy cows In
the United States.
Ohio this year produced l2.s1o, ss7