Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-07-31
MANY FIND TIME
FOR GARDENING
MANY Members of du Pont Ad-
vertising Force Helping to
Knock Out High Cost.

Ouite n number of the local du fonl
q force arc doing n bit of farming. and
they are doing it well. Some can be iis'cu
as professional farmers, having had pre-
yio,ls experience, others are merely anna
teur .mcn with the hoe. The results OF
their taking n shot Mt the haiser may
prove interesting reading
George Frank Lord, director Oh a"l ~,
tsing, is the kingpn farmer oi ','I IL,
Mr.. Lord farms like the old ioihs 'a,,
anv afternoon. after office hours, he I 20"
ha secn NJ his home ut Holly Oak, arra9ou
IN oycralls. teasing the elusive strung Sp,i
ar other edible through reiictau. he
lie has a one-acre truck patch' VIII. WIZ In
c,It;v.tcs iptcnsivelv and eNciiS'o a.
addition he works farm on shaisIs .I Vi pa,'I
paul UcssIcr place, another on Wv -
ra,,l,r r,lace and quite recently pun, -
l'.har 6xo-acre garden. already p'ih'uu,
IN - InIly Oak Mr.. Ta'ior Is In the
cornnanv accounting depa' iien'. u'
III aiso owns an S4-acre ifin I'D new
Work State, which is n.'h,'f'u "a. 'S ,,n r''
bro,ber-iu-law. George 'Vooia'u' "o
l,ve-stock on this place coIis's's u, t''ieo
t,on ah,ctens Mr.. Lord delights IN his
farm labors and SAYS theIe is ho'hihe i'he
il for healthfIl exercise
II Berwald, advertising manager OF
A., du Pont FabrikoId Co, Is specializing.
lie ;s raising dill-nothing but dill, And
as he has several good sized plots that are
oil hotlrishing IN spite OF cultivation,
there is little doubt that he will harvest
the largest crop of dill IN the State of
Delaware MIR Berwald says IT takes
about two handfuls of dill TO flavor luD
pickles and estimates that he will raise
enough at this rate To flavor l0,OOO,0tU
dill pickles warts and all. lie says he
never intended tn put up that many
pickles, but he didn't know that dill grew
50 diligently. II any du Pont man has any
pickles TO trade for dill, probably nc can
make swap with Mr.. Berwald
T. T. Carley, advertising manager Of
the industrial explosive branch, raises
succotash-beans and corn-mostly Other
crops which he has harvested or expects
t. harvest arc tomatoes. parsnips, let
tuce. carrots, heets and spinach Ater
the arduous labor Of the day at the office,
where his duties arc connected with com
hustibIes, MIR Carley hurries to his
20N65 plot and turns his attention 10
comcstIhlcs AZ one time during hls
career Mr.. Carlev became impressed With
the idea that there IS money IN raising
chickens He knows better now and ralsces
HQE Il4ihS~ tie IiaS q 1AhAi4A = A'AAAA
which takes in SIN hours weekly in HI
garden, and feels that the results achieved
not merely rs 10 value Of produce, hut IN
hcalthful recreation and IN surcoase from
the details Of advertising duties arc i'm
possible Of calculation
r. NJ knight assistant manager l'ro-
motion Division, who CommutcS IN daily
from his habitat at Ridley Park, Pa, IN
the days of his childhood learned all
there was to know about practical farm
ing in the beautiful hills Of Chau'auqua
county. New York MIR Knight has a
35xS0 garden plot lie raises a varied
crop and makes that 35xS0 work harder
than II ever did before. Items which he
has cnticed into being. include cabbage,
peas beets. tomatoes, onions. beans, both
string and lima, hubbard and winter
squashes. summer squashes OF the seal
lopcd and longnecked varieties, pumpkins
and Swiss chard. lie had cabbage, to
matoes and beans very early and raises
succession ~ peas. beans, hocts and corn
The Hubbard squash was planted among
a sowing Of peas His onions will he fol-
lowed by celery. as will his carly cabbage.
Mir Knight puts up his extra cabbage IN
the form Of table relish and offers the fol
lowing advice To all gardeners 4 few feet
of ground planted in Swiss chard. which Is
the finest form and most tasty Of green's.
will keep a family in greens all summer on
account Of its stoollng out repeatedly. The
seed cost of this garden was St and the
Knight family has had an abundance Of
garden sass all summer and will have
plenty OF edibles for consumption during
the coming winter.
The gardening exploits OF the parties
mentioned have filled other members of
the du Pont Advertising Division with
envy and a desire for emulation. If next
winters cold docs not chill their enthusI-
asm, the number of embryo farmers In
that department will be greatly augment
ed in 1919