Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1918-10-25
81 S, WAR GARDENING
FOR THE ENTIRE WORLD
-.s "
Food Valued ut More Than Five Hun
drcd Million Dollars
Is Grown.
INCREASE OF so PEI CENT
Message Carried Not Only Through
out tho United States but to Macy
Foreign Lands as Well, Report
- Shows.

81 SHOWS
.sp WASHINGTON. october e4-pa;rlo,s
,-.qt the United Sta.es planted 5.2s3ooo
-a.aSar gardens in 1915 and raised a crop
By the Satona war GardeS
,-;;!!ommission OF Washington. based ON
ihn ;o , from 81; mc nar,s OF the S"un,rX
over he amount grown in 1917. when
the mohSm'n, vas I'M ina S6H and
dens with q produc, whose value was
= placed a, sS5o.ooo.0oo. As result of
.eonservation Work. i.45o. coo 900 quart
=" lars Of canned vegetables and fruit
.EsyomtToier who held conference in
t"ndon; 70 per .snt Of the deticiGne cH
countries must be supplied from, North
'SHdcclarcs the food situation still de-
mands that tho greatest possible use
.,-Icns and of Vegetables OF ali kinds"
TO help meet 5his demand the war
,s TsIs''sF is making bigger plans for
- The home food produc;io idea which
% rcceiyed its his impetus from the won,
I. states. has now spread over the world.
~, is probable thai, in 1919, intensive
ar'f many oihe NTH ' and an
= imme,nse amount of food added TO the
.nsryeious strides in this his work ORR md and
..taTredertck Abraham. honorary chair
' If Se s eansa AND FOOD
places tho amount, of homo grown fool
IN ,hS . eG I'M ooo this year at anpresN,
-,double the value in 1917.
'@a'..one of the greatest sources OF in
SEPARATION 10 the war garden army has
ihs, war gardens have been planted
-.,;el grounds and a, the camps.
al Tho war garden is ono Of the i'm
..:.brinS the allied nations closer together.
'-,The% arc being united in a common
land as i,s motto nc feeding Of The
armies and the peoples who are back
ing them sr in their nsh, TO, to make NJ! - the
.s'National War O.; rden Comm ission has
co-oIcrated closely during the, season
.,::ya,;on Of, all the "slaeker lama" Of
:sIewn and village.
ss.DrIiER COUNTRIES IN IT
-. PLAN TO GROW FOODS
ID. its literature including, garden and
canning and drying booklets. pamph
is;s AND posters: to many , othnr coun-
and for data explaining how the cam
carried on. also were received and an
'<.swered. It is confidently believed by
many Other nations will to a large
=, .sNtent be feeding ,hemselve. through
3, products grown i'll home Sardcn9.
with production. Nothing has been
80 r. 70 SO o"G
oticaliy 10 the call 10 Sow The Seeds
@ an,on a"p a inFi ineiS %th
equal enthusiasm and in equally large
amberS III the o.hSr SLOGAN wnfh Was Was
,,comm!ssion and began 10 can and dry
III the surplus product of the war gar
-, Both by community and individual
"itort The work Was vas carried on al.
.,a SiS' BY ." the knowledse 'has those
good At homo were helpini: TO Ugh, the
hSh, Q: democracy Just as certainly as
a4hose who were Drawing the fire of
There were community gardens in
..cariy every city and town in, add.
zion TO The much greater number OF
Individual gardens. Community can
,.-l!e.ies were established in hundreds
preferred to take her vegetables and
-"fruits 10 the cannery which was open
,rior he benciit Of all citizens. could
- Sometimes the community gardeners
ii.;.,'on sisted OF gsonp Of nei'ghbors Who
..of land and divided ne plo, or the re
a's sy nT9ane' vas oo@sd and the the
.-jnGiv!dual could receive back his own
hS Se eSo p ES n MHgpafs GqGa t don
>.@ceims snve ready and generous sup
..p9ris 70 the community gardening
Which wers divtded among employee
any eG n I, also b pToTdfn INC dn
enabled 70 pu, mp for future use their
surplus product
'''.y stale. city and county organizations
and officials va so general That il
wGSd h he Tif'o a ant'gsTH Trade dc
,rodic3. clubs business concerns.
.,s%@"ools, libraries which have helped
I'd. .'s.H. Co-opcration by the news
lpa2Sga and masazines was equally
II cannot ugh; the Kaiser with
'apM but can night him with hoe
writes sixteen year old sam Williams
ol Lnncastcr, Texas That MESA &c
1oniains the pnrp"se which was i'm
f nteG afPy "A he saas"a unde q ins
fought WAS in the miad OF every one
1hs mi';i9ns q MSmsn Wno in n lmeT
Conservation 10 The food resources OF
the nation and is allies
You'd the fondcst authorizations OF those
VINO Witnessed and participated in its
~ 1871" says Charles lathrop PACK
.prcs!dcnt Of the commission. Tine
increase this season both 10 the num-
be- % gardens and in the value OF the
piodpct, has been most inspiring, The
swept the country. The knowledge
t.lat oth:T nations have started. or are
preparing 70 proht by This new source
.! food syppl!. sas added to the sat
.&:act:on Of the WORKERS here.
furihermoEe, III the opinion OF those
iTno. are III position 10 know. the war
z4rden has come TO stay. II IS "a new
economic factor. ,fhe United states
to-GGy is confronted with the problem
of 1ding it's lo0.0oO,OG0 people in
addition 70 supplying part OF the needs
QSsof rs allies and their armies. but
when the guns OF the wa: have ceased
20 souiJ there vii! he another 100
100000 OF mere .: people in the world
l,.
the ncut!als and the othe! unfortunate
nations who nave been STRUGGLING
along OH scaai, often actual starVatio!
diet eithc: because .: shortage o: be
GAUGE the food would have fallen into
German hands. II will be Years after
n.shc ware end before the norma! tood
stock reserve OF The world vii! be re-
stored.
49, 'rhc war garden mus, continue to
1.-Two lis Widespreal. economic amd nOi