Repository: UIHistories Project: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 4 [PAGE 2]

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OBJECTS OF THE WAR GARDEN i. To enable the family to produce a supply of vegetables which may be substituted in part for cereals and meats. 2. To grow food supplies at home and thus relieve transportation facilities. Our Army and our Allies need the concentrated foods that can readily be transported; and the transportation facilities are needed to carry war supplies. The free use of home-grown vegetables will aid materially in both these matters. WHAT TO PLANT IN A WAR GARDEN 1. Vegetables of high food value, (a) Vegetables rich in protein (meat-savers) : Dry beans, fresh Lima beans, green peas. (b) Vegetables rich in carbohydrates (substitutes for other foods rich in starch or sugar) : Potatoes, beans, sweet corn, peas, parsnips, beets, carrots, onions. 2. Vegetables suitable for canning: Sweet corn, tomatoes, string beans, peas—staple canned goods of the market; easily produced at home. If cans are scarce the corn may be dried. 3. Vegetables that may be stored fresh : Potatoes, beets, carrots, parsnips, onions. Production and storage at home save transportation. 4. Vegetables for summer use: In addition to the sorts mentioned above, plant lettuce, spinach, turnips, and early cabbage. Confine your efforts to staple products; do not experiment with vegetables difficult to grow in your locality. HOW MUCH TO PLANT For the winter supply, plant enough to have one quart of canned vegetables to five persons every day, for seven months. This would mean approximately 210 quarts. In addition to the canned vegetables, those stored for winter use should include, for a family of five, approximately fifteen bushels of potatoes, five 'bushels of root crops (parsnips, carrots, beets), and three bushels of onions. A halfbushel of dry beans should also be grown if the locality is well adapted to this crop and facilities for threshing are available. I J I I j J I

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