The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-10-02

Victory Garden Harvest Shows, the greatest joint demonstration of Americas millions of victory gardeners in growing food to win the war, will be held in the next ten weeks in twenty thousand com munities to raise $2,000,000 for Army and Navy Emergency Relief.
 The men, the women and the boys and girls with the hoe-from every state. the District of Colum- bia and Hawaii - will show their home towns what victory gardens can do to make America strong. From fifteen million victory gardens will come the displays of home grown produce raised in 1942 to give hte nation the food it needs to assure its triumph in its fight for
 Ticket Sale
 Eighty-five per cent of the gross ticket sale of all the Victory Gar den Shows, which will run through November, will be turned over in equal amounts to Army Emergency Relief and the Navy Relief Society Roth these organizations, whose efforts are devoted to helping the families of the men in service, have given their official sanction to the Victory Garden Harvest Shows. The Department of Agriculture also has recognized 1t officially and Claude Wickard, secretary of Agriculture, is honorary chairman.
 General George c. Marshall, chief of staff of the United States Army, in recent letter to the national office, said: "The most generous arrangements made for donating the proceeds of these Vic tory Garden Shows to the Army Emergency and Navy Relief is an inspiring example for other organ iSations, and a contribution to the war effort which is deeply appre- ciated by the War Department and by me personally"
 Victory Garden Harvest Shows, originated last spring by J. w. Johnston. New York EScs:tJlc1:.:st,lre editor, will bring to public attention Throughout the nation the work that Americas gardeners - of all ages and of every race-are doing to keep them growing = the fruits and the vegetables, whose goodness provide health and energy and the flowers and shrubs whose beauty and gaiety add cheerfulness and inspiration to a country dedicated to sweeping away dictatorship and slavery.
 The millions of exhibitors in the victory Garden Harvest Shows will give a concrete example of the way in which their efforts have increased America's wartime efficiency. Not onIy have these gardeners provided food for countless tables. but their of plants of all varieties hes given the railroads the oppor- tirnlty to take thousands of freight cars. formerly used to haul food ntaafKs, and divert them to carrying materials for the tools of war vitally needed on every fighting front.
 In many of the Victory Garden fnrVssk Shows an important feat aIt of the displays will be the ItnRnustrations of the best methods sl food preservation. Experts fin |h& canning of fruits and vegetables Nili participate In the shows to
 aA1l home gardeners how their own srAdute may be kept fresh and taste |I.| na that America's civilians and 1thlIue men alike may keep on be- hi fH6 best fed in the world.
 Key shows
 Despite the vast number Of shows ttssly registered with the Victory
 XNm Harvest Shows Committee, Nne HE fale4a exhibits will interfere
 w War transportation. The smaller N0wE @lIi he arranged by communal X EI1Iah uill draw exhibitors and
 |.&seEs from nearby areas and