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"The enlarged program for 1943 makes it
imperative that there be a local Victory Garden chairman in every town
in Pennsylvania.
"This year in many sections Victory Garden chairmen will have the
opportunity through Defense Councils of availing themselves of the Block
Leader system to further the Victory Garden program. With current
gasoline and transportation shortages this may prove invaluable.
"When a Victory Garden chairman feels that the demands of the Victory
Garden program consume more time and energy than he has opportunity to
give, he should request that a vice-chairman or executive secretary be
named to assist him.
"It would profit little toward reaching our food goal if we did not also
give utmost consideration to canning and food preservation of the summer
harvest. Such food conservation will not be touched or deducted from by
our rationing system.
"For 1943, a Victory Garden sub-committee on Food Conservation should be
appointed. This committee should consist of women who are the ablest
leaders in the county and represent such organizations as Church Groups,
Parent-Teachers' Associations, Girl Scouts, Farm Bureau, Grange,
Federated Club Women, etc.
"As well as home canning and other forms of food conservation for
individual use many communities will wish to support the School Lunch
Program by community canning projects. The Victory Garden sub-committee
on Food Conservation should determine the needs existing in a county and
solicit the organization and support of community planning for school
lunch, food banks, hospitals, and other non-profit organizations. If
this is adequately organized, there should be no loss of surplus
vegetables through failure to harvest and conserve from Victory Gardens.
"It is suggested that in each county the supervisor of Vocational Home
Economics and the Home Economics extension representative be appointed
as advisers to the Victory Garden sub-committee on Canning and Food
Preservation so there will be no lack of technical information.
"Victory Garden committees must stand ready to supply accurate, easily
comprehended information on gardening, soil selection and care,
cultivation, insect and disease control, and canning and other
conservation measures. Some of the demand for such information can be
met by holding meetings at which one or more qualified persons could
present topics of special interest and answer questions that may arise;
much can be supplied in the form of printed pamphlets which are provided
by the Agricultural Extension Service of The Pennsylvania State College.
The land-grant colleges in other states have material especially suited
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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page vi
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