The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-04-03
HOME GARDENERS
ON THEIR marks
Ready For Start of Great Home
Food Production Drive
Cities Report Widespread
Interest In Campaign.
BY Associated Press.

Washington. April with the
extra hour Of daylight beginning
throughout the country yesterday and
continuing for 210 days. the home gar
deners are all set for the start OF the
greatest home food production drive
the country ever saw according to re-
ports to the National War Garden COM
mission. Since January the get ready
drive has been on and IL is expected
e Sunday will see millions Of gar
deners In the home trenches.
The suggestion made by Charles
Lathrop Pack, president of the COM
mission, that April 8, the anniversary
Of Americas declaration Of war on
Germany be fixed each rear al the date
for opening the home food production
campaign Is reported to have been TAX
en- up all over he country. .
Reports to the commission show the
garden campaign Is on a larger scale
than ever n in hundreds of places 1t
has been made a permanent feature Of
community center work with the
slogan Victory Gardens" Some Of
these reports follow:
Reports from Cities.
"ililISdpOIlS- nIt6 IuOuSdTu iOtS
gardened last year are reserved for
members Of the Garden Club this year
and efforts are being made to obtain
permission from owners to use much
other vacant property.
Chicago-Dudley Grant Hays, direc-
tor Of extension work in public schools.
believes the count will show 100, 900
home gardens. The immigration de-
partment Of the Young Mems Chris
tian Association Is planting $50 acres
Of industrial gardens for the foreign
born to help in the Americanization
work.
Savannah, Ga.-Mayor Stewart an
nounces the city will do blowing free
for all Victory gardeners.
Sunday School Gardens.
Cleveland, Ohio-Victory gardens
will be made the base Of a big COM
munity development plan here. Sun
day School Gardens" will be planted
by classes in many parts of the city.
Detroit-The park department Is con-
Quoting a course In practical garden
ing in the schools. Moving picture
,theaters and street car advertising are
being used to promote the campaign.
Norman, Okla.-J. w. Bridges, as
sistant regional director Of the United
States school garden army for Okla
homa, Kansas and Colorado, reports
there will be 400. 900 Victory gardeners
In Oklahoma alone this year.
Toledo, OhioL-City will give prizes
for best gardens and products and has
appropriated $4,000 for blowing and
other work in campaign, 1t Is expect
ed that more than $500, 900 worth Of
products will be grown by city farm
ers.
Memphis, Tenn.-Victory gardeners
are wearing little buttons bearing a
spade and words: Feed Memphis"
Garden Exhibition.
Norfolk, Va.-A big garden exhibit
ton with many prizes is planned for
fall.
Atlanta, Ga.-A demonstration gar
den in the city square under way and
campaign is backed by women's clubs.
New Orleans-Members of women's
clubs have organized to make New
Orleans the Garden City Of the United
States"
"The garden has come to stay" said
Mr.. Pack, "for 1t is now a mighty eco
nomic factor. Business concerns have
taken up the work as never before
and see it as one Of the greatest bar
riers against unrest that the country
has. All reports show gardening as a
permanent project and the central
point around which all community
work will be planned"