The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1918-09-17
GIRL s FARM COLONY
WAR TIME EXAMPLE
Lesson In Industry and ConServa,
ton Taught BY Young Work
erS, Helping Nation

Hawaii public school girls are NOT
backward in the knowledge of the
rudiments Of war time gardenin! and
much progress mas been made in this
department Of n general, useful and
thoroughly hrlPful education in the Il,
lands. The following article will, there.
fore, be read with interest
Near Saratoga Springs, California, on
the beautiful country estate Of Yaddo,
Is be NJ "urrird on Il war work that ha'
accomplished much in very short time
II was originated aud is directed by
Mrs Katrina Trask, author of the pari.
f'sl play In the Vanguard, now an
ardent helper of IN" Government in its
efforts to conserve resources as ntCrs.
Nnry part Of winning the war
Realizing the wool shortage under
which the nation would be suffcrinI
after tho depletion of the production
for military purposes, Mrs Trask tried
sheep raising on an extensive basis i'm.
mediately after war began. Then she
caused large trncts Of hitherto unusr 4
farm liant on her IuhdO estate to be
cultivated and planted with those
things which tn" Allies and this nation
most, need wheat, rye. oats barley.
corn, rtC"t"ra. After thnt she launched
hey farm colony work.
Puts Theory Into Practice
ArP:"rIhtive of the fuct tAat it was
not 50 much tn" work Of the individu Il
WbIrh counted, but that the value Of
s"rVIc" increased pr .poriOnately to the
increasing number Of people who rOull
be led to share it, sh" set apart about
forty acres OF her best farm land to be
used by the girls and boys Of tn" town
as war gardens Last year there were
twenty five of these plots, cultivated,
planted. cared for, and harvested by
girls and boys aged between ten and
fourteen wears. Not ouIy did these chill
dr"n supply their families with fresh
vegetables all summer long, but their
canned p"o2ucts added greatly to the
comfort Of their homes during the
Winter months. This year the number
Of war gardens has been more than
doubled. There are about sixty chill,
dren now taking part in the work.
There is nothing dilettantr or ann
flourish about the farm colony Mrs
Trnsk has put the work into the hands
OF an expert, John H. Irons, whose in
terest hes not alone in the agricultural
end of it, but in the patr otic aspects
At the second flag raising held over
the grounds recently he said. in speak
ing of the project:
Raise Food" Is Slogan
- want TO emphasize that every
pound Of food YOU ra Sc on this grrunl
which you have taken as the gift of, the
Lady of Yaddo. means that another
pound NAV be released to be sent across
the sea. Because Of your willingness to
do this work, this ground becomes e n
secrated to world task When the
weeds are hard to pull and the hot sun
beats down, let us remember that it is
not for ourselves, not for our homes
alone that we are working, but for our
country We are working to help to
meet the worlds great need
when the war is over, the man or
woman, boy or girl, who has not accept
ed the opportunity that has come to
tax" part in this struggle will not be
worthy I" stand among those who hive
Tut their sacrifice, their life, into the
fight.
Mrs. Trask, unable to be- present, s'nt
a message in which she said:
"Thr brave mrH and boys Of the
country, with dpuntles~ hearts, ar.
Fastening over the sea to lay down til .ir
lives for freedom and democracy: the
brave women and girls ar also serving.
choosing to fill their h urS with work
instead of pleasure, eager to help the
war weary Wurld -
Mrs. Trask : work has had an in
flurnce throughout the countryside
Other large homrstends have taken up
tn" farm colony idea with her enter
prise ~ n mOlel