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Caption: War Publications - WWI Compilation 1923 - Article 32
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UNIVKKSITY OF ILLINOIS Agricultural Experiment Station U R B A N A , I L L I N O I S , J A N U A R Y , 1918 C I R C U L A R No. 209 ' SHALL I PLANT A GARDEN THIS YEAR? BT J. W. LLOYD, C H I E F IN OLERICULTURE It may seem to be rather an inopportune time to be thinking of Planting a garden when the winter wind is howling about the house and no ground is solidly frozen. Yet time passes rapidly, and unless some nought is given the garden in winter, the season for planting will find us unprepared. If we expect to have good gardens this year, now is ue time to make definite plans to that end. One of the advantages, from a personal standpoint, of having a good home garden, is that it can be made to furnish a continuous "apply of vegetables for the table thruout the season. Furthermore, egetables of the best quality can be supplied to the owner of a garden a a minimum expense and in a much fresher condition than if purPhased in the market. At the present time, however, the personal advantages to be gained from a home vegetable garden are much less important than our duty to the nation. The substitution of vegetables *°r some of the more concentrated foods in the diet of those who remain at home will release for the use of the American army and the Allies large quantities of cereals, meats, and other food supplies that ar e readily transported because of their more concentrated form. And t} )e substitution of homegrown vegetables for those shipped in from a distance and handled thru the market will reduce the amount of transPorfation necessary to supply food for the folks at home, and thus will assist in relieving the car shortage, and enable the railroads to use their equipment in the way that will best serve the interests of the entire nation.
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