Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 114, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 June 1917 — BOY GARDEN ARMY OF 3,000 IN SUPERIOR, WIS. [ARTICLE]

BOY GARDEN ARMY OF 3,000 IN SUPERIOR, WIS.

Superior, Wis.—-The schools of Superior will furnish a junior agricultural army. Fully 3,000 boys are to be marshalled to attack the high eost of living. An elaborate plan has been formulated whereby hundreds of acres within the corporate limits will be under cultivation. Arrangements are also being made to “enlist” girls. gardeners will be divided into shifts on the same plan as the assignment of soldiers to guard duty, each shift taking turns in working the tract. Land, seed and farming implements have all been donated.