Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 82, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1918 — TRUCK GARDENS AND MELON GROWING URGED FOR INDIANA [ARTICLE]

TRUCK GARDENS AND MELON GROWING URGED FOR INDIANA

Lafayette, Ind., April 14.—Statements have been spread in Indiana communities producing perishable crops that these crops should not be grown this year because they could not be moved by rail to market at the proper time. These reports, are without foundation, advices to Purdue University from the United States food administration show. On the other hand, the food men urge that the usual acreage for perishables be maintained. “Foods of the perishable products group are essential to nutrition, and their continued production, distribution and consumption are vital in view of national and international necessities,” reads a letter from the food administration. “The food administartion desires to emphasize these facts and to assure all producers and handlers of milk products, poultry and eggs, fish, fruits, potatoes and vegetables, that no restrictions have been placed on such food materials or are liable to be.” This attitude of the food adminstration does away with any question aroused 'by these erroneous statements. It also indicates the desire of the food powers that the truck gardening in northwestern Indiana and around the various large cities, that the onion growing business of the muck regions in riorthern Indiana, the melon growing of the southwestern and southern part of the state and the strawberry business of the southeastern section of the state be continued.