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VICTORY GARDENS ARE NEEDED
PRESENT CONTRIBUTIONS OF VEGETABLES
TO THE NATIONAL DIETARY
That vegetables at present are not making the full contribution
to the nation's dietary which they might, and that the demands they make
upon our purchasing power, crop land, and manpower might well be
increased, are shown in the following tables, computed from information
contained in the annual publication of the United States Department of
Agriculture entitled Agricultural Statistics, and from data published by
Dr. John H. MacGillivray and associates at the University of California
in two reports entitled, respectively, Food Values on a Pound, Acre, and
Man-Hour Basis for California Fresh Vegetables, and Labor and Material
Requirements of California Vegetables.
Eleven-year-old Daughter of B. P. Hess, Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, With Some
of the Vegetables Grown in the Family's 1943 Victory Garden
Illustration by B. P. Hess
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page v
page vi
page vii
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