Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1918-04-05
HEINZ URGES PATRIOTS
TO HAVE HOME GARDEN
noclares Hoe Is Most For
midable Weapon Average
Man Can Use

,,,. c,,a dwellers Of Darnbad on the
o.,.vare as Q. Henry might nave
,,,,ed US after reading some OF the
-, ean1boyant headlines in the daily
n,vsnapers OF recent date, may now
.r,ain that they have nothing to conf
lain Of when it comes TO the state Of
,.,,,,ude. Of certain and sundry table,
u.tabIe, bought on the local Satur-
day markets.
,,-,h ,ha cncouragcment being given
AZ dueIic-s 10 cultivate their own vege-
~ .rlos during the war. there Is lt;le
No reason Why every family that
..sosses a back yard cannot also pos
- Garden plot all It's own. according
y howard Heinz, Federal food adminls-
,r.tor for Pennsylvania.
,ctare the hoe your 1918 emblem Of
socialism" Mr.. GIeluS udmonishes in
,,srlnc the people to supply themselves
.-i,h a few implements, few seeds and
,r,outs and little energy.
ror gardens on n more comprehensive
.,s,s as country-widc movement TO
so-ssrye the food supply Will not only
,rcrease the general supply, Mr.. Heinz
nairts out. but will reduce the cost Of
,,,Jng bv an appreciable margin.
NJ Heinz, while advising that We
.,sn, every foot Of available soil this
.srln1 also recommends that we use q
,s,ls discernment In selecting the yege-
,.h,ss for cultivation, and admits that
soyn won't grow when the garden plot
20 subsoiled with a four-inch-thick layer
OF red bricks.
rhe old cry OF back to tho soil,
,rhicb Uas with US in the latter years
,rhsreyer the tired business man gath
,rsd with his family and friends IN
cIose.built city houses on hot-brlclIed
s,rseta has forever lost its potency.
Eyery man may have a bit Of soil and
the emoluments accruiuG therefrom, IL
\, but heeds the food administration.
Saws Mr.. Heinz:
",s the food demand Uill be greater
ard the shortages more acute In 1918
han q year ago. none Of these oppor-
tunities should be neglected. still
larger opportunity for growth exists IN
connection with open lands in the vi
clnity Of Industrial plants, which can be
prepared and farmed on 4 cooperative
basls BY the employees. In planting war
ssyaens the raising OF the less perish
sbje crops should be encouraged rather
man the devotion Of too much space to
lettuce and tomatoes and other similar
products, which are Of small food value
and have poor keeping qualities. The
labor involved tn cuitiEating q garden
viii be better repaid If the planting IL
more largely Of beets. carrots oniOus,
turnips and, where the soil Is suitable,
potatoes. with corn, peas and beans as
surface crops,
TN all this We must profit by tie mis-
takes OF year ago In attempting to
cultivate land that Is unsuitable and In
parcellng out community tracts 70 ire
sponsible persons whose enthusiasm H.
on the surface and who. after the first
planting. neglect the work and not only
obtain no results. but cause q waste OF
valuable seed aud fertiliang material.
Remember that three or four inches
Of top SOIL superimposed on bricks or
ashes, may, II we'll Watered. maintain
lawn grass. but e win not grow corn.
! beans and pota'oes. The dtsglrg up of
back dooryards and vacant tracts Of
tsis kind Of soil is worse lthaa wasted
effort"