The daily banner. (Cambridge, Md.) 1897-2008, 1918-05-30
Gardeners Can Win Prizes
And Help Win The War

War gardeners of Maryland there
must be no limit to war gardens.
Are you after part of that $25, 0GO in
prizes which are being offered in the
Statewide campaign? If not, get in
to the contest now, and go after one
of these hard"
This is the message brought here
by William Leslie French, a field
man of the National War Garden
Commission of Washington, which is
cooperating with the Maryland State
Food Administration to carry the
garden drive through the State. The
State organization has been supplied
by the Commission with its famous
Sow the Seeds of Victory" poster to
distribute in every county and with
window hangers for the war garden
ers.
Everyone should get into this
contest" said Mr.. French. 1T is not
a question of winning a prize. Ev-
eryone should do it to encourage
others. Set the pace and others fol-
low. Show the other fellow that you
are after a record The State Food
Administration is not asking you to
do anything but to help add to the
to stimulate interest, to make some
thing to work for and to show that
you are a leader Write to the Ma
tional War Garden Commission,
Maryland Building, Washington, d.
c., for a free copy of the garden and
canning and drying books, with a
two cent stamp for postage.
mo matter how much food is
{ r.-i11 OF
sible to have too much on hand.
President Wilson said the other day
that there must be no limit to the
size of the army; it must be big
enough to win. So there must be'no
limit to our food supply. 1t must
be so big that there is no chance of
the nation running short"
After a conference with E. G.
Baetjer, State Food Administrator,
and Alexander Nelson, director of
the county agents and in charge OF
| the war garden work for the Food
! Administration, Mr.. French set out
on his swing through the State. Mr..
! Baetjer and Mr.. Nelson are anxious
! to see as many as possible Of the pa
| triotic home producers of Maryland
entered in the contest for the $685.
/ 600 in prizes which have been offer
/ ed to those who make the best rec
| ords in their gardens.
| These prizes are given with nc
| other thought than to increase the
| food supply" said Mr.. Nelson. I'm
! joining the contest no one pledges
/ himself to anything. All he does Is
7 to announce his desire to try fol
/ one of the money prizes. He is not
! bound by any rules to produce or tc
save any certain amount of feed. Ht
is not being paid for his patriotism
Jut merely strives for his own indi-
vidual benefit, as well as to help the
nation win the war, to raise and then
to can and dry as much food as pos
sible.
/ THE State Food Administration
feels that every gardener in Mary
! land should consider it the highest
! honor to be a contestant in such {
race. Whether the home soldier Of
the soil wins one of the prizes OF
not, he will have performed a patri
otto service which cannot be meas
ured in money value. No matter
when the garden was planted, any
one who is cultivating plot this
year is eligible"
The cards are being distributed tt
the war gardeners by the various
county representatives of the Food
Administration. In each case Mr.
French will confer with these oifici
ais as well as address meetings anC
talk with others active in the garden
, movement.