The Springdale news. [volume] (Springdale, Ark.) 1887-1990, 1918-06-21
PENROD ON THE U. S. S. G.. ARMY.
By Booth Harrington.
Hon. Franklin K. Lane, the Secretary
of the Interior, Washington

Dear Mr. Secretary-A kind of friend
of mind told me you wrote to him to tell
me to write letter about raising yegae-
tables to eat and all. His name is Nh.
Harrington or sumpthing like that and
he said he void address, the letter and all
and write what is at the top OF this let
ter to start with. Well | do not know
much about raising vegetables yet but
will tell all | know Miss Spence said our
class Deter Join the u S. School Garden
Army and when she says we better why
we usulay we got to- Besides she said
the U. S. Government says so too and it is
the School Garden Army is an Army OF
the u. S. Government and if we belong to
it we are just as much in the army as if
we had guns, and will get badge and all
and besides can get some money by sell
ing the vegbles. Well, | void like to have
some money and so void any other boy
and girl. Besides this void do it any
way because if am in the U. S. S. G. | am
in the Army and have a badge And |
can eat some of the vegbes myself and all.
Well anybody wants to be in the army Of
course, so am now going to be men,
Der Of the army. Anybody what says |
am not going to be ask whoever they like
they will tell them quick enough am go
ing to be in the Army because am going
to be in the y. S. S G. Army. It has the
y. S. before it and guess that is enough
for men guess.
Well so we thought we better get some
practice raising some vegetables so we
went to Sam Williamss yard and go two
colored boys so as to have them to do a
good deal of the work, as they have got
to work almost all the time anyway at
their own house. These two colored boys
they used to live in the country out about
five and one-half miles and they know
how to raise cabaj and all.
Well, Sam said we could dig up his
back yard and he void help some We
also got some seeds that we got by trading
some old iron to the rag man, and we had
onion seed and we had some potatoes eyes
and some corn. Well, it did not look like
much USE You can dig up yard and put
these things in and cover them up, and
maybe put some rich dirt on top, and it
does not look like much use, | tell you.
Wei, we sat around there after school for
several days; when we had put all these
things in the ground we felt like we wish
ed they would come up so we cold look at
them.
This is not the first time Sam and |
have planted seed because | expect in our
time we have planted more cherry stones
and peach stones and orange seeds and
lemond seeds and apple seeds and once we
must have planted anyway 100000 wa
termeon seeds in our yard but you cold
60 to the place 10000 times and look at
it for couple of hours if you wanted to,
but you void never see any difference. But
that was when we were little and now
we are going to be in the y. S. S. G.. Army
of course we void know better When
we were little we void just as leaf do our
planting in October as any other time.
Well so one morning before school
Sam Williams called me to come over
there and he was all hopping when got
20 our farm because there was little
plant sticking up out Of the ground and
signs OF some more coming with little
leaves and all. tell you we never did
feel better than when we say that because
it was our own little pant on our own lit
tie farm and it makes Us feel hungry like
we wanted to eat it ourselves right away
but we did not because of course it void
be too young and if we went and eaten it
we cold not sell it. Well, we were pretty
glad all day and after school we sat and
looked at our farm and pulled some weeds
out and cold see this plant was already
some bigger. Sam said it was going to
be potatoes and | thought onions. Yer
man said corn but he probably said that
because he is tongeutied and it was the
easiest for him to say.
Well, anyway we thought great deal
of our plant and Sam said he never did
like any plant as much as he did that one
and SO did because when YOU have rails