Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 99, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1919 — To Be Big Year for Gardens [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

To Be Big Year for Gardens

By U. S. Department of Agriculture

Home gardening is starting off this year in every section of the country with the momentum gained during the two gardening seasons in which the United States was at war., This is the conclusion drawn from reports to the garden specialists of the United States department of agri-

culture from garden leaders in most of the states. According to these reports gardening has spread to every element of the people and has become a fixed factor in city and suburban as well as rural life. With experience gained by amateur gardeners in past seasons and with gardens assuming a permanent rather than a temporary character, this year is expected to be the greatest year ever recorded in making waste land produce food.

showina “Before and After" of a Garden Campaign—Upper Picture the Neglected Lot—Lower, the Producing Garden.