Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-06-04
GARDEN n age 10
BOYS AND GIRLS or
Us. GARDEN ARMY
o. WoriA TEEea, Ssuk Ard Mamgxy,
Can Re HELPED By Chilaren Whum
GasdenGng WaEl Gtseagthen

"A messagc 10 the Doy an girls al
tho United states Garden army his
been seat out 81 Dr j. III. Francis III
rector q s. S G. A.. who says
This old woEldsis tired and sick aud
hungry The war has left fr1gAtlul
wound on the face Of civilization that
win take TING and work end care ID
heal without IeavIng an ugly scar Yps
heiped Id WIN tho war, and iiaw yun
Will help u heal the wounds Ii Haaae
millions Of boys and girls iii Europe
are sick and weak because they do MT
have enough 10 cat Hundreds Of
thousanda are actually starving. Tn
I'll these are an well fed our work as
garden army Ii mot finished. IL will
lake years before this can be done. BY
growing gardens In times ef peace you
ARE still heapsng Id tight the great llal.
ties 0f democracy for democracy Is not
safe while people are hungry You
ara not only helping others hut yoE
Nre leaTnfng some of the most valuable
lessons thae can be learned While
doing your part 10 help the world you
are gaining KNOWLEDGE md power that
will make yon d bigger. setter strong
cir man or woman
let us put our garden nae i'd the
home Qf every American boy and girl
and show our country that we wish 10
pull our share of the load.
The States comprised in the North
eastern Division or the United States
e4rbooa fsopa..y. &sY,SYx. {,,clfself,,ty AF.sr.
achusetts. Maine. New Hampshire
Pennsylvania Rhode Island. Delaware.
Maryland ana Vermont report an en-
.rOlIment 81 nearly 100000 children iii
the United States School Garden Army.
each child having undertaken the
study and practice OF gardening under
school supervision for the season Of
1919, determined to aid in reaching
the garden army goal Of the proauc.
tton of 100000, 900 in food stuiTs
The famous Boston Common is
now the scene of demonstration gar.
dening as the school authorities III
Boston, cooperating with the United |
States Garden Army directors. are es.
talishing and maintaining series Of
demonstration gardens on this his /
toric Common, where children from
nearby schools are carrying on the
work of producing food for tlicmselyes
and their families II III expected that
teachers from throughout the country
will visit these demonst ration gardens /
when In Boston this summer And.
inst By way OF demonstrating. that the /
central western States division is not
20 be outdone. Cleveland Ohio, reports |
the establishment Of demonstration
gardens at The busiest corner III
Cleveland, Ninth street and Euclid
avenue. where dgily demonstrations
III ali manner 81 garden lore are being
conducted undcr the auspices of the
III s. S. q. d.
Practically every city and town in
New Hampshire has organized definite
II for garden work. with enthusiastic
children wearing the insignia at the
u s. s. G.. A., . service bar with the
crossed hoe and rake. New Hanlp
shircs State superintendent al tn.
struction has adopted the garden
army organization III the definite plan
for garden work to be done In the
Granite State The State Board Of
Education. at recent nleating, d
rccted that gardening instruction shall
become permanent part Of school
work Larger cities like Manchester.
Concord Nashua and keene, have chill,
aren enrolled II the garden army by
Tho thousands while the smaller towns
and cities have hundreds iii the gar.
den army companies Seven per cent
OF the entire population OF New Hamp.
shire is enrolled In the u. S. S. G.
army
In Maine similar cooperation be
tween School Garden Army and the
State superintendent of schools has
been equally gratifying to the Bureau
sof Education as most of the larger
cities In Maine. and u large proportion