Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 88, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 April 1919 — Gardens Profitable This Year. [ARTICLE]

Gardens Profitable This Year.

The home garden is likely to prove a profitable Investment of effort this year as it has for the past several seasons, in the opinion of. the United States department of agriculture. The experience of the past few years has proved that persons who have sufficient land and spare time, and who do their home gardening work intelligently and efficiently, find it profitable. The relatively high prices of practically all foodstuffs tend to increase the saving effected, but the home garden should be planned with a view to meeting the family needs rather than of producing crops for sale on the market. •