South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1918-03-18
To INCREASE WAR
GARDENS IN STATE
Every City and Town in Indi-
ana Planning Inten-
Sive Work.

LAFAYE TTE, Ind, March Is. -I
The war garden movement which
gained such Roadway last spring
upon the declaration Of war and
which took the entire country by
storm is bigger than ever in Indiana
this year, reports received by state
Garden leader +. G.. Gaylord indi-
cate. A half million gardens were
planted in hoosierland last year and
their products were worth 10000
600 IL has been estimated. This
year. the number of gardens will
be increased TO 100000. practically
the maximum Of the state, it is
thought, and the value Of each gar
den Will be greatly increased.
IN every city and town the plan
is being taken up on more inten-
sive scale and everywhere there is
evidence of "a determination among
these city producers to get the larg-
est possible returns from their
money and labor. expended. The
novelty Of a war-garden has worn
off and throughout the state there
is a grim spirit prevailing with the
patriotic folk that BODIES I'M for the
Kaiser in the matter of food pro-
duction
Early blight which hit hundreds
of potato patches; plant lice and
other insects and diseases which
cut a big hole i'm the garden profits
Of 1917 are going TO be guarded
against. Things are going TO be
made as hot for these pasky. little
green bugs and their cohorts as the
American troops "over there" are
making it for the boches. Garden
ers are going TO profit by their pre-
vious experience.
Organize Garden Forces.
To this end, score or more of
Indiana cities such as indianapolis.
Fort Wayne, Evansville. South Bend
Terre Haute, Muncie, Anderson,
Richmond. Lafayette, Plymouth and
others have organized their local
garden forces and have obtained
the services of trained supervisors.
70 see that these insects, diseases
and otherprobiems are dealt with
properly when they arise.
Plans have been perfected boy the
Horticultural Department of the
Purdue college of Agriculture and
the Extension Department for a five
days short course March - To %.
TO train these supervisors. Scores
of men and women who will work
in cities throughout the state have
arranged 10 attend. To them will
be taught these necessary points
for successful gardening.
To Tell Garden Plans.
How various garden problems
were solved 10y many cities will be
brought out and leading horticul-
turists in Indiana will he on the pro-
gram Some of these will be State
Food director G. l. Christie: expe-
riment station director G. C. Wood
bury; Dean. j. II. Skinner Of the
College of Agriculture; Prof. Lau-
REM Greene, head Of the horticul-
tural department; Prof w. L. Lom-
mel. of the same department. La
fayette supervisor last year; +. T..
Wolfe. South Bend supervisor; r.. p.
Stonecifer. of Iowa State college.
formerly Fort Waynes Supervisor.
and others.
on top of all this ORGANIZATIONS
work and plan for supervision
among the grownups, movement
has been undertaken 10 enlist the
school boys and girls i'm the garden
cause under the direction of the
Bureau of Education of the Depart
ment of the Interior. Their work
will be supervised in many instances
by school teachers. However, all
who can get away from their classes
for five day period. March % to %.
will join other city supervisors at
the short course so that the most
effective work may be done by every
agency working for the success Of
Indiana 1918 war gardens.