Oakland Tribune from Oakland, California • Page 18

24 SUNDAY MOKNING Oak lan Cribunc JULY 28 1918. WAR GARDEN PAGE m- (Edited by Mrs. James Hamilton, City Director of Food Production, Room 315, Central Bank Building Tel. Oak. 999, 10-2 p.m., or Residence Merritt 1278) PRESERVE JUST ENOUGH illion Pounds of Potatoes Enough for the table.

Enough for the lunch boxca. Enough for the boy at camp. Enough for the fair. Then Can the Rest And Use Lews Sujrar. Food Drying Plants Needed The United St rienartmont of The National War Garden Commission pl.inted a 400-acre demonstration war garden at Camp Iix, N.

this year. It is estimated that at least million pounds ot potato -s will be added to the quartermaster's larder as'a result of the camp war garden. It is said that Major General 'Hugh L. Scott, commanding officer at Camp Dix. is very much Interested in the garden project and be not only made a tour of inspection of the "big 400-acre war garden," but he took a hand in the planting himself.

mission has "dubbed" the squash "the dude" of the garden, be- causa he needs five new suits of clothes before he grows up. This bug is very destructive, but it is quite easy to get rid of. Hand-pick the squash bugs on pumpkins if they are not very numerous, or lay pieces of boards or shingles near the plants. At night the bugs will hide beneath them and in the morning can be killed. The young are easily killed by nicotine sulphate soon after they slip out of their old suits and.

don new ones. Each time he changes his suit is particularly favorable for killing him. This bug sucks his food, so cannot be killed with poison. If the melon aphis attacks your squashes and pumpkins use nicotine sulphate. The cucum-, ber beetles attack squashes and pumpkins-and are handled by the Poison spray, arsenate of lead being the best.

Flea beetles' are handled in the same way. The only disease which" attacks corn is smut. This forms large dark disagreeable swellings on ear, tassel or stalk. The only remedy is to cut out and burn all smut swellings. NOT IXTKXDED FOR AXT OVE CLASS OF PEOPLE Vacant lot war gardening Is not primarily intended for any one class of people, nor Is it merely a form of charity.

All classes are engaged In it. Those dependent upon charity are benefitted more than others, buf the- benefits are so many forms that all classes are Interested in the work. Volunteer gardens are like volunteer soldiers. They are good in quality but insufficient In number. This year a well-known manufacturing corporation In Connecticut.

backed a gnrden movement of employees, assigning to each a plot 60x100 feet In size, on 'which they "Keep the home fires burning." There are many home gardeners in our city who fiad never before done a stroke of garden work who are not only, having an abundance ot fresh vegetables- for the table all summer, but putting-up enough of the surplus to last them through the winter and possibly until cunning season comes agaiq. That is the most Effective way to "can the Kaiser." "Every bit of food that is raised must be saved." said Charles I. Pack, president of the commission. He further adds it would be just as unpatriotic to grow millions of dollars' worth of vegetables in our war gardens and then allow a lot of it to go to waste, as it would be for the government to build ships and then allow then to swing idly in our harbors or to manufacture aeroplanes and guns and ammunition and then not ship them to France, where they are needed. Then "can vegetables and the Kaiser, too." PEAS POPULAR.

"Of all our common garden vegetables there is none more popular for winter and summer use than peas. -They are of much nutritive value and may be counted upon, when stored for the future, to supplement the meat supply." Agriculture and the United States Food Administration agree that the establishment of more commercial Plants for the drying of fruits and Preset'68 18 MBMy the rn Warning la given, however, against poor faCk Bemne heme toquirte. regarding the exten- V. f. Jh- "dustry.

which is in Its Infancy in this country, ara being received. It is essential from the beginning to assure products of excellent quality, government officials point out-Processes that do not give such products will lead to loss of capital and local arui will retard the general movement The public is advised to beware of Irresponsible and stock selling schemes. Establishment of drying plants and manufacture of high-grade products require skill and experience, absence of which may damage the industry through flooding the market with inferior, products. Drying when properly dne is recognized as an efficient means of conserving food. It requires no sugar.

It is reported that the German government has fostered the drying industry in that country. SUGARLESS PIE FILLING. Plenty of apple pies are guaranteed for Americans next winter in spite of the sugar shortage. Housewives are going to save the windfalls In pie filling canned without sugar, according specialists of the United Stales Department of Agriculture. App'es canned by this method will be available later on when the sugar may be added or pies may be sweetened with syrups and other sugar substitutes.

In.cannlng apples for pie filling slice them immediately after paring Into slightly salted cold water. Pack the product carefully in hot glass Jars or tin cans unttf full. Use a tablespoon, woolen ladle, or table knife for packing purposes. Pour boiling hot water over the product in thehot jar. Place rubbers and caps In position, not tight.

If using tin cans, seal completely. Place in the sterilizer, vat, or eanner. and sterilize for the length of time given below according to the particular type of outfit used: Minutes Hat water bath, homemade or commercial 30 Water seal. 214 degree. 20 pounds steam 12 10 pounds steam 10 After sterilizing remove the fi'le-l containers.

Seal jars; invert to and test the joints. Wrap i- -p te prevent, lleichlng and. store a dry. cool place. If tin cans are used It Will be found advantageous to plunge them into cold water immediately after sterilization to cool them quickly.

Is Land Worth While? Is the Blacker land worth while? The National War Garden Commission estimate that J.000.000 war "gardens came Into existence last year, with an aggregate are of more than 1,100,000 acres, and that their products wer worth 1350.000.000.-Com pared with what might be ac- complished In back-yard gardens this sum. or the three-quarters of a billion estimated absve, is a mere bagatelle, says the Century sine. If all the Idle places In the back yards and vacant lots were put to work It Is estimated that America can produce not millions, but billions ot dollars' worth of foodstuffs. GARDENS INCREASE. According to authority there has been encouraging Increase in the number of war gardens In nearly section of the 'country this year.

This has ranged from 10 to 69 per cent. The eastern states, on the whole, according to Charles L. Pack, president of the National War Garden Commission, showed little Increase over last year on the early returns. But there has been a. better showing in certain parts of all territory and especially among manufacturing 'concerns in providing land for their employees.

The amount of food home grown along the upper Atlantic coast this year will not be much greater than last year. New York. Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware have 737.000 war gardens this year. The park department In New To'k City reports 2000 war gardens, measuring 20 by 40. This.

Is an example for other cities to follow. Let us hope they will do so. "The South has made an excellent record." There are a total of 1.246,-000 war gardens, in the Southern states this year, one-fourth of the number in the entire United States; California, Washington and Oregon -have approximately 463,000. war gardens. The greatest percentage of inoiease in war gardens was made In the central western states and Pacific coast, taking any one section of the country as a whole.

Of the total number of war gardens in the United States the preliminary reports show that 2,27 OOO were in the central western territory- This means a gain wf fully 50 i er cent over the war garden activity of last year. up the cannon by use of the eanner." This is the slogan for the summer season. Can or sell all surplus vegetables and fruits from your gardens. ENEMIES TO BEETS. Tke beet flea beetles are little dark colored fellows which eat holes in and sometimes do a lot of Since the leaves are the I lungs and stomach of a any lnj-iiy to the leaves injures the plant just that much, so protect the beet plants by spraying with arsenate of lead when the flea beetles appear r- and repeat In ten days.

Another remedy is to dust the leaves with air-flacked lime, wtiich keeps rhe beetles away. If the tops are to be used for greens lime is safest to use. In fact. It might be risky to use for greens the leaves which had been sprayed with arsenate of lead; better leave them alone and eat only' the beets. THE vine Bonm.

Ths vine borer is a worm which eats a hole in the vine a foot or two from the root and then crawls In snd bores through the center for few inches. This causes the vine to wilt and if the borer Is not taken out the vine may soon die. Examine the vFnes occasionally, especially if they, show the least sign of wilting, and if there Is any indication of a borer having entered carefully cut a slit lengthwise and take the horrr out and kill It- Cover every third or fourth Joint with earth and new sets of roots will form. These" will take care of the plant In rase the borer's attack proves fatal to the part near the hill. Sometimes several borers are formed in one Tine.

The National War Garden Cum- i President Wilson says: "Every pound of wgeta'iles properly put by for future use. every jar of fru't preserved, all that nmch to our insurance of victory." Then bring the surplus to our Municipal Free Market and save it. Free space given at this market where all foodstuffs can be marketed. "By getting busy we'll make "era dizzy." "I like to see the soldier crowd In" uniform of khaki. They make my Yankee spirit proud, these lads so staunch and stoi-ky.

Some folks en-Joy the war like guff of statesmen bold and wordy; for me there's ser- mon big enough in these brave soldiers sturdy: With spirit fine the soldier leaves his home and friends behind him and never frets nor fumes nor arrieves for fear a shell will find him. He drops his job without a whine, no matter what he's earning, "and goes across the mine-strewn brine with patriotism burning. He faces hardship undismayed rn lands where he's a Strang- er. and goes Jo buttle unafraid, no matter what the danger. In doing this he sets a pace for all of us to follow and shows that If we'd win the race our hardships we must swallow.

Suppose we are a trifle short of candy, coal or rations; are we to show thnt we're the sort who can't endure privations? Are we to feel that we must eat our meals of seven without regard to bread and meat for our bravefisht-ing forces? It can't be done; Wje've got to feed our troops of gallant fighters, and if we let them suffer need we're lmply hloomin' blighters. Let's work as Foldiers of the soil and help to save the nation" by bringing forth, through honest toil, a wealth of vegetation. Get "busy. then. wHh spade( and hoe and till your back yard freely, and make a drive again't the foe-with spur's superb and mealy.

Make every yar a garden spot; get busy, now, get busy. We'll glv th foeman such a swat 'twill make rn sick and dizzy." produced 1000 bushels ef potatoes alone, not to mention quantities of -other products. Many other large industrial corporations have done likewise. It is said that probably no set of industrial workers will gain larger benefits from gardening this year than miners men who spend most of their working hours below the surface of the ground. One large copper, company in Arizona turned 217 Into war gardening for their employees.

The company first drilled 5 artesian wells to supply the water necessary for the Irrigation. The double crop system was employed, so that as soon as one crop had been harvested another was started. The food supply from these gardens was enormous. The company itself has done the selling. Nothing has been permitted to go to waste.

Great quantities of vegetables have been canned and dried. Food is the one thing for whlrh lhereis no substitute. No scientist has yet discovered a substitute for food. The only solution of the food problem is an increased production and to make this possible we must assure the small grower of a meana by which he can market his supplies advantageously. The New Free War Market on Eleventh street, between Harrison and Webster, where free space will be given.

Is Intended for this purpose. For space app'y" at room 3.15 Central Bank building, or call Oakland 999 or Merritt 127S. To make increased food production possible the home gardeners of America face H19 with a rosponsi-bility far greater than that which they set about their work this sea-eon. If the war gardens of America do rot do their part toward furnishing the food to win the awful war, the "Germ-ia war. gardens wllL If your war garden Is not a profitable Investment Just know that you alone are to blame.

This Is n6 time to talk of money or of profits. Just your btst: try again. Endeavor to teed yourf. Let your motto be, "Not our bit to the call, but our our BEST and ALL!" The man whit comes out of this war with one dollar more than he had when -it began has taken it from the blood of the men who died for him. May God forgive him.

The American, people never wilL Celery is a useful vegetable- to have in the household. It la not only excellent for soups, but also tewed aud served with milk siAice..