The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1919-01-09
MEMPHIS MAKES
NATIONAL RECORD
AS GARDEN CITY
WOman'S Division of Farm b.
Teau Gains Wide ReCOg-
milton for Its Remarkable
Results During 1918.
1912 CITY PLOTS
BL0SS0MED AND BORE
Not Only Was Gospel of the
Soil Preached necessarily,
But Community EndeavorS
Were Made Successful.

BY E.. p. MACNIcoL.
A new municipal distinction, national
In Its scope, has been acquired by the
city Of Memphis-"The Garden city Of
the South"
From records of the women's division.
bureau Of farm development, just made
public, backyard gardens to the mum
| Der OF 20, S12 blossomed and bore within
the confines Of Shelby county last year,
and today many a family accustomed to
subsist through the winter on the con-
tents OF ~Variously branded timed COM
modities are experiencing. for the first
time, the joys Of home grown, home
preserved, .home-prepared vegetables
n fruits. Further, hundreds Of dozens
Of eggs laid away in water-glass by the
thrifty housewife under the, direction
and stimulus of the woman's division
campaigners are daily being raided with
the most gratifying results.
It's a great thing when a community
which has for years recognized the daily
call Of the huokster's wagon as an abb
solute necessity, awakes to the knowl-
edge that Instead of being an essential
the vegetable peddler is, In fact, a
luxury; a convenient method Of "let-
ting George do It," The only doctrine
Of the soil the average city dweller was
familiar with was that evidenced in
the huckster's cart, and it required n
great deal of patience and numerous
campaigns Of education, as the woman's
division will attest, to convert the
skeptics.
Here's the Record.
Here, in brief, is a record for the
year OF the major activities of the
division, under the direction of Mrs, T.
+. Kelley, assisted by the Federation Of
Parent Teacher association:
Assisted in the blowing of 10,712 gar
Instituted 29,S12 gardens, of which
$3.50 were placed on vacant properties
which before never grew anything but
weeds,
Created an army of field workers
among the school children In the ad-
vanced grades 1000 strong.
Placed on exhibition in the garden
display at the Tri-State fair 5,lS2 jars
of homegrown and home-canned fruits
and vegetables, covering 164 varieties.
These are just a few Of the big things
the division accomplished, but they
were so thorough, SO far-reaching in
effect, so successful from a standpoint
of results that the governments at
%tention was attracted. Today the
bureau is being operated with assist
ance Of the department of agriculture
and its. permanenCe IL ssured
Starting with a campaign Of pub
lefty through personal surveys, four
minute talks, newspapers and addresses
throughout the county the gospel OF the
back yard was so effectively advertised
that before summer had arrived Mem
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