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MAKE YOUR WAR GARDEN

A GARDEN OF VICTORY

By CHARLES LATHROP PACK, President

National War Garden Commission

AMERICA'S responsibility for

the world's food supply did

L not stop with the ending

of the war. In peace, as in conflict,

this country must carry the burden

of Europe's food problems. With

the advent of peace these problems

have become intensified. America is

now expected to furnish the solution

and this can be done only through

the continued application of high

pressure food production and un wavering

food conservation.

For two years of war the War

Gardens of America produced food stuffs

which helped establish the

balance of power between starvation

and abundance. In the spring of

1918, General Haig declared, "We

stand with our backs to the wall."

Of that call to the civilized world no

phase was more vital than its inter pretation

and answer in terms of

food. During that year the answer

was given by the American people

with true American spirit. The war

gardeners of the United States re sponded

with a vigor which carried

the War Gardens over the top to

victory. By the addition of more

than five hundred million dollars of

crop value to this country's food

production they made it easier for

America to feed het own people and

the people of France and Belgium.

The Victory Garden is now as

vital as the War Garden. Peace

brings new food needs. In reclaiming

territory from the enemy France

and Belgium have greatly increased

the number of their people who must

be fed. By restoring these former

expatriates to citizenship these coun tries

have also assumed the burden

of feeding them. This will mean a

vast increase in the demands on

America as the source of Europe's

food supply in. 1919. Europe cannot

feed herself during the first year

of reconstruction; Russia faced famine

conditions in the winter of 19 18-

1919, and Mr. Hoover says that the

world's food shortage will last for

another seven years.

The war gardener's responsibility,

therefore, did not end with the com ing

of peace. His War Garden must

now be made a Victory Garden in

the full sense of the words. It must

help solve the problem of feeding

people rendered helpless by years

of ruthless and terrible vvar.

The garden crop of 19 19 must be

even greater than that of 191 8, and

there must be more canning and drying

for winter use. The people of

America have a real duty to perform

in this respect and the nation counts

confidently on full measure of in dividual

response.

PART II

HOME STORAGE MANUAL FOR

VEGETABLES AND APPLES

No form of Food Conservation is more important than the home storage

of vegetables for winter use. Canning and drying are essential to the nation's

food supply, and should be practised to the fullest possible extent, but they do

not take the place of storage. To keep vegetables in their natural state is the

simplest form of preparation for winter needs. By taking proper -precautions

against decay and freezing an abundant supply of certain kinds of fresh

vegetables may be kept at minimum expenditure of money and effort.

STORAGE HELPS SOLVE FOOD PROBLEM

The importance of making provision for

winter food needs is even greater this year

than it was in 1918. Every pound of food stuffs

that can be spared for export will be

needed in Europe for feeding American

troops and to prevent the starvation of the

domestic and military populations of the

Allied nations. Every pound of vegetables

stored away for home uses will release ex portable

food. A nation with a food short age

is a nation in peril. For this reason

it is of vital importance that no vegetables

of high food value be allowed to go to

waste. To save is to be patriotic.

The home gardening campaign conducted

by the National War Garden Commission

will this year result in the creation of a vast

new planting area. The output of these

gardens is greatly in excess of immediate

needs. Unless proper steps are taken to

safeguard the surplus the waste will be prodigious.

This Commission will stimulate

nation-wide activity in canning and drying.

An important purpose of this booklet is to

arouse similar interest in the storage of

vegetables.

WHAT AND HOW TO STORE

There are many vegetables which can

be stored to good advantage. Included in

the list are Potatoes, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips,

Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Celery, Salsify,

Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Win ter

Squash, Turnips, Beans and Lima Beans.

Good results in storage depend upon:

1 — Ventilation.

2 — Regulation of temperature.

3 — Sufficient moisture.

4 — Quality of vegetables stored.

For some vegetables satisfactory storage

places are afforded by the pantry shelf or

attic. For others the cellar is the right

place. For others outdoor storage is pref erable.

This may take the form of pits or

banks, or it may be done in hillside caves

or cellars.

COMMUNITY STORAGE

Especially good results may be obtained

if several neighboring families will form

community clubs to provide storage facilities.

In this way very complete provision

may be made for handling winter supplies

at slight trouble and expense to the indi vidual

household.

Community or co-operative storage may

be effected in various ways. Several fami lies

may join together and construct out door

cellars or they may join in the use of

an available building conveniently located

in which vegetables may be stored in large

quantities.

CELLAR STORAGE

Beets Parsnips

Cabbage Potatoes

Carrots Salsify

Celery Turnips

In a house heated by a cellar furnace

vegetables may be stored to good advantage

in the cellar. Partition off a small room as

far as possible from the heating plant. Two

sides of this room should be outside walls.

There should be at least one outside win dow,

for temperature regulation and venti lation.

The suggested arrangement in Figure

1 shows ventilation afforded by a stove