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Grow Victory Gardens and Keep ri I Gardens Point Values Down, Says Helyar State Chairman Says Protecting Garden Against Disease Anthracite Ashes Good for Garden And Insects Demands Early Start Are Needed More Than Ever Success of New Jersey Program Will Influence Point Levels Materially, Declares Expert At N. J. Agricultural College cality to fight the trouble. Speed and prompt action is i duce. And future ration points depend upon our 1944 Victory Gardens.

It will be possible to keep ration points at, or even near, present levels only if food output this year is greater than ever before, and if home canners and commercial packers top their record packs of last year." Discusses OPA Ruling: Professor Helyar declared that the recent OPA ruling removing most canned vegetables and all frozen fruits and vegetables from the rationed list does not mean that we have an oversupply of these items. "This was done to provide storage and refrigeration room for the 1944 commercial supply of fruits and vegetables," Professor Helyar said. "The actibn does not in any if Tr i 10,000,000 TONS 8,000,000 TONS ML TO BE PRODUCED PRODUCED ri Tmfaecrr Frank Ct TTplvnr chairman of the New Jersey State Victory Garden Committee, urges victory gardeners in the New Brunswick area to prepare now to take advantage of the first opportunity to begin this year's gardening. In a discussion of the effect of the recent snowfall on the victory gardening program. Professor Helyar stated: "Don't get alarmed at the weather, but do get alarmed at the inertia of the people who think we don't need gardens this year.

"We need them more this year than we did last year." Declaring that the snQwfall was in no way harmful, Professor Helyar, who is director of resident instruction and short courses at the N. J. College of Agriculture, said ''Make sure you are ready and your spade or fork is ready, so that just as soon as the ground is ready you can start your garden." Meanwhile, he advised, the victory gardener should be planning his garden to meet his needs. He advised gardeners to use the "1944 Victory Garden Manual for New Jersey," put out by the College of Agriculture, in planning their gardens." Will Affect Points Ration points during the coming year will depend a great deal upon the success of the victory gardening program this summer, Professor Helyar said. He quoted Price Administrator Chester Bowles as saying last month "We are happy to say that the point values of canned vegetables, on the average, are now 4 THOSE lowly asnes you shovel out of your furnace will help your garden grow.

So save them The youns Victory gardener in this picture has the right idea. Scientific tests made at the Mellon Institute show that anthracite ashes are beneficial to most types of garden Soil Their main advantage is that they greatly aid drainage and aeration. In addition, they improve the texture and workability of the soil, promote better moisture absorption, help reduce erosion ami otTer increased resistance to drought conditions. Ashes from small sizes of anthracite can be used "as is Ashes from larger sizes may be sifted through a screen having openings of Vi inch to Inch. For potting soils, they may be sifted through a screen with inch or smaller openings.

Heavy soils are slow to absorb To do this you need a small moisture. Anthracite ashes make compressed air spray for admin-them more porous and receptive to istering poison sprays over the water. They keep clay soils from leaves of the plant and a duster, getting sticky when wet. and caked These may be obtained in seed when dry; they help hold sandy stores, or in community and club soir together so it will retain mois- gardens. I Because of the war the supplies The ashes should be spread over of insecticides, and other garden the ground early in the season, be- chemicals have been short.

If Mre the first spring spading. The disease or insects strike your gar-layers should be from two to four i den have them identified imme-i and in som cases, six) inches 1 diately by a seedsman. Then ask deep: depending upon the type of him to recommend the chemicals soil in your garden The maximum tnat may be available in your lo-quantity to use can be determined by experience and observation, but i VICfOMY GAfflW. Victory Garden Can Be Beautiful and Productive CONSULT N. H.

ROSEVEAR Supplies of Victory Garden poison sprays probably will be as good in 1944 as they were in 1943 but if you want to whip Victory Garden insects check up on thel ancestry or tne seeas you plant, before you plant them. The reason is this: many varieties of vegetables are grown from "disease resistant" stock. This isn't a guarantee that seeds from such stock won't be attacked by disease or insects but it does mean they usually get away to a better growing start and therefore they have more chance to reach maturity. Consult a reliable seedsman concerning the disease resistant varieties adaptable to the climate of your region. Tell him you want locally adapted, disease resistant varieties and also disease free seeds and plants.

Having done this you have done all you can do about the heridity factor of your garden. Next you can assure your plants a healthful environment by preparing the garden soil carefully and cultivating wisely, keeping out all weeds. An ounce of prevention is always better than a cure. If disease occurs aong the plants, or when insects strike1, begin your battle against them im mediately. the entire vegetable garden from a commonplace appearance.

If the rear fence which bounds the garden happens to be of plain boards, it can be easily trimmed with latticework or fitted with wires for vines so that by midsummer it will be an ornamental feature of the garden. FOR GARDENING FOOT COMFORT Recommends PLAY SHOES Because they are smart, cool, sturdy quality and built for comfort. 2.95 up NOT RATIONED IIEDEHMAH'S SHOE STORE 91 Church Street FARMERS' I 40-42 ALBANY STREET jjy I PROF. F. G.

HELVAR the lowest since rationing started. Ration values of three of the most popular canned vegetables were sharply reduced tomatoes by half: peas by more than two-thirds, while corn i point values also were substantially reduced. "Full credit is due victory gardeners nd home canners. They did a magnificent job last year. "We hope more victory gardens are grown this year.

The nation will need all the food it can pro- Phone 3146 BURPEE'S 1944 SEEDS IN BULK For Home Garden or Field Planting FERTILIZERS and INSECTICIDES Phone N. B. 1575 Brookside Mixed Paint Gal. $75 SEEDS and FERTILIZER BOY WHITE LEAD Johnson iGlo-Coat GARDEN RAKES 98c SI. 19 A Victory Garden may easily be made a beautiful feature of the home grounds.

Many large private estates offer object lessons for the owners of smaller grounds, in the way they make vegetable gardens attractive. Such gardens are usually surrounded by well marked boundaries of plants, or fencing; and they are divided by paths which make an interesting pattern, and give access to the garden Paths may be bordered with flowers, or with some of the perennial vegetables, such as chives and rhubarb. Lattices to surround the garden are easily made, the lumber of the right size being on sale by many dealers, or it can be cut to any desired measurement. Lattice painted green and supporting climbing beans or other vines offers one of the finest garden boundaries. Rustic fences from branches cut from forest trees which have been felled furnish another attractive feature.

The rustic trellis for it is alwavs a good idea to consult I your local nurseryman So savi your anthracite ashes. Your Victory gardn may need all your furnace produces during the beating season. grapes and on smaller scale for tall peas, pole beans and cucum bers is also extensively used. Trellises for peas are easily and neatly made at small expense so that they become an attractive feature of the garden and much more pleasing to the eye than brush or chicken wire so often used. Wire is too often put up so that it presents various bulges and curves instead of being tightly stretched.

It is a simple mater to frame it attractively and to put down firm posts so that it may be stretched and not be in danger of being dragged over by the weight of vines, particularly after a rain. In many school gardens where the idea of beauty in the vegetable garden is inculcated, a sundial or bird bath is used as a central feature of the vegetable garden. This is an excellent device to add ornamental qualities, and a small bed of flowers about it will make it a feature that redeems COTTON DRESSES Of cool, easy to wash broadcloths, seersuckers, ginghams, etc. Priced from necessary to save an infected or an infested crop. Pumpkin Radith Rhubarb Rutabaga Spinach Squath Swaal Cr Tomata Turnip Watermelon "must" for every Victory satisfactory fertilizer.

80 Vegetable Garden Seeds Victory Garden Fertilizer Lawn Seed New Brunswick THE pledge of every American who hat a gardening plot to GROW MORE IN '44! Make it your pledge too, because now as the war reaches such enormous critical proportions, it is most vital that our fighters and our Allies have all they need to eat. way affect the request from the Federal Food Administration that we must grow more food on farms and in victory gardens this year than in 1943. Higher point values appear likely for processed food in general because of the increasing government The only way to keep point values from rising sharply this summer is to pr-'Hu'-e and can more vegetable and fruits." National figures compiled by (he Gallup Poll and released last month show that 19,600,000 people planned to have 1944 victory gardens, Professor Helyar stated. This, he pointed out is below the goal set at 22 million gardens. "A victory garden," he said, "is one of the best forms of insurance.

Too much food may cost us a liU tie money, but too little food can cost us something we cannot buy health. "I hope every person with a plot of land will have a patch of vegetables." Says Gardens Vital to U. S. Food Program War Food Administration Official Points Out Urgency of Need Reductions in ration points for canned goods, which have been possible this winter, do not mean that Victory Gardens are not vital in 1944. Reports that many rumors are being spread which tend to ques tion the need for an increase in home vegetable production, have been answered by Grover B.

Hill, assistant administrator of the War Food Administration, in a state ment which asserts that any let down in Victory Gardens would be disastrous. "The whole Victory Garden story can really be told in one single fact," said Mr. Hill. "If anyone should question whether last year Victory Garden effort was worthwhile, or the vital urgency of repeating the effort, this year, he needs only to know that nearly half of all vegetables grown for fresh consumption in the United States last year came from Victory Gardens. Great Responsibility "That represents the difference between abundance and scarcity, and places a very sobering responsibility on every Victory gardener.

It is apparent how disastrous how almost fatal it would be if so important a part of our nation's food supply should fall off as the result of complacency. We can take no chances, through complacency, with any part of our food supply and we certainly cannot afford to relax for one instant, the nation's fullest attention to this great share of our total food supply. "The fact that, the food ration points on some vegetables have recently been reduced is due very largely to Victory Garden production. The consuming public this winter is receiving the benefit from these lower ration points. Whether we may hope for similar good fortune next winter will, of course, depend in large part on how the nation repeats the Victory Garden effort in 1944.

It will not depend on what was done last year. Greater Challenge "This spring Victory gardeners will meet an even greater challenge. The invasion will require more food from our commercial producers. But we cannot rely on the commercial gardeners for the extra food we will need this year. They worked at full capacity last year.

Our goals committee recognized this in the goals for this year, and asked for only a small increase in acreage from commercial growers. The rest of the burden falls on Vic-try gardeners. "The production of food from the Victory Gardens, important as it is, as a vital weapon of war, is not its only value. Victory Gardens save transportation; they save containers; they save manpower in many ways. All these are critical.

If all the savings and advantages which Victory gardens produce could be fully realized, I believe that the effort would be still further increased. In total, all these savings make it imperative that no Victory gardener relax his effort this year, but rather increase it, and that the goal of 22,000,000 gardens, with increased produc tion per garden, will be realized." Onions Important 1 Because of Flavor Victory gardeners should know their onions. While, this vegetable rates low in the vitamin table, it is one of the most important crops, because of its flavor. Soldiers are especially fond of onions, and eat a great, many of them. For some reason they are usually scarce in war time, so many amateurs wish to grow their own.

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