The Maui news. [volume] (Wailuku, Maui, H.I.) 1900-current, 1919-05-02
Report OF The War
Garden Commission
Shows Large Gains

WASHINGTON, April 1-(Associ-
ated Press Correspondence 49, With
the extra hour Of daylight beginning
throughout the country tomorrow and
continuing for 21O days, the home
gardeners are all set for the start of
the greatest home food production
drive the country ever saw, according
to reports to the National War Gar
den Commission. Since January the
great drive has been on and it is eX-
pected next Saturday will see millions
of gardeners in the home trenches.
The suggestion made by Charles
Lathrop Pack, President of the Com
mission, that April 6, the anniversary
of Americas declaration of war on
Germany be fixed each year as the
date for opening the home food pro-
duction campaign is reported to have
been taken up all over the country.
Reports to the commission show the
garden campaign Is on a larger scale
than ever and in hundreds of places
it has been made a permanent feature
Of community center work with the
.og1n Victory Gardens Some of
these reports follow:
Minucapolis-Three thousand lots
%gardoned last year r 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
10000 home gardens. The immigra-
ton department of the Young Mems
Christian Association is planting $50
acres Of industrial gardens for the
foreign born to help in the American
ization work.
Savannah, Ga.-Mayor Stewart an
nounces the city will do blowing free
for all victory gardeners.
Cleveland, O-Victory Gardens will
be made the base of a big community
development plan here. Sunday
School Gardens will be planted by
classes in many parts of the city.
Detroit-The park department is
conducting a course in practical gard
ening in the schools. Moving picture
theateTs and street car advertising
are being used TO promote the cam
paign.
Norman, Okla-J. w. Bridges, as
sistant regional director, of the Unit
ed States school garden army for
Oklahoma, Kansas and Colorado, re-
here viii be 100000 victory
gardeners in Oklahoma alone this
year.
Toledo, 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 100000 worth of
products will be grown by the city
farmers.
Memphis, Tenn.-Victory gardeners
are wearing little buttons bearing a
spade and words: Feed Memphis.
Norfolk, Wa big garden exhibit
ton with many prizes is planned for
fall.
Atlanta, GA Demonstration gar
den in the city square under way and
campaign is backed by Women's Club.
New Orleans-Members of women's
clubs have organized to make New
Orleans the Garden City of the Unit
ad States.
"The garden has come to stay, said
Mr.. Pack, "for it is now a mighty
economic factor. Business concerns
have taken up the work as never be-
fore and see it as one of the greatest
barriers against unrest that the coun-
coy has. All reports show gardening
is a permanent project and the cen
trail point around which all commun'
ity work will be planned"