Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 185, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1916 — Gardens for Railroad Men. [ARTICLE]

Gardens for Railroad Men.

Railroad men’s gardens is an innnovation introduced by the Great Western Railroad company to help its employees. All along the line on both sides of the railroad can be seen tiny plots and almost every foot of space has been turned over to grow war-time potatoes and other vegetables. In thi» way several hundred acres are being cultivated. As a rule an allotment runs from 10 to 20 rods, which is about the limit of a railroad worker’s spare-time capacity. Each holder pays a nominal rental for his ground, and on account of the war all the holders are making extra efforts to get the very utmost out of their holdings. Fewer flowers are seen In the plots, and a wider range of vegetables, with a view to successive crops, has become general.