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The War Garden Victorious - Appendix 1
Victory Edition 1919 WAR GARDENING and Home Storage of Vegetables

CONTENTS
	Title
I.	How the National War Garden Commission Came into Being
II.	The Story of the War Garden
III.	How War Gardens Helped
IV.	Types of War Gardens
V.	Uncle Sam's First War Garden
VI.	How Big Business Helped
VII.	How the Railroads Helped
VIII.	The Army of School Gardeners
IX.	Community Gardening
X.	Cooperation in Gardening
XI.	War Gardens as City Assets
XII.	The Part Played by Daylight Saving
XIII.	The Future of War Gardening
XIV.	Conserving the Garden Surplus
XV.	Community Conservation
XVI.	Conservation by Drying
XVII.	Why We Should Use Dried Foods
XVIII.	The Future of Dehydration
XIX.	Cooperation of the Press
	Chapter 19 - Cartoon Illustrations

	APPENDIX
	"War Gardening," Victory Edition, 1919 INDEX Cover / Letters / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 More Letters / Back
	"Home Canning and Drying," Victory Edition, 1919 INDEX Cover / Letters / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 / 23 / 24 / 25 / 26 / 27 / 28 / 29 / 30 / 31 / 32 More Letters / Back

	Color Plates
	WILL YOU HAVE A PART IN VICTORY? "Every Garden a Munition Plant" James Montgomery Flagg
	A Poster Spreading the Idea of Militant War Gardens Maginel Wright Enright
	A Poster for 1919, Symbolic of Victory Maginel Wright Enright
	CAN VEGETABLES, FRUIT AND THE KAISER TOO J. Paul Verrees A Poster Which Was Used in 1918, and Which, Amended–Following Germany's Defeat–Was Also Forceful in 1919

	OTHER POSTERS
	We can can Vegetables Fruit and the Kaiser too

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PART II HOME STORAGE MANUAL FOR VEGETABLES AND APPLES
No form of Food Conservation is more important than the home storage of vegetables for winter use. Canning and drying are essential to the nation's food supply, and should be practised to the fullest possible extent, but they do not take the place of storage. To keep vegetables in their natural state is the simplest form of preparation for winter needs. By taking proper precautions against decay and freezing an abundant supply of certain kinds of fresh vegetables may be kept at minimum expenditure of money and effort.
STORAGE HELPS SOLVE FOOD PROBLEM
The importance of making provision for winter food needs is even greater this year than it was in 1918. Every pound of foodstuffs that can be spared for export will be needed in Europe for feeding American troops and to prevent the starvation of the domestic and military populations of the Allied nations. Every pound of vegetables stored away for home uses will release exportable food. A nation with a food shortage is a nation in peril. For this reason it is of vital importance that no vegetables of high food value be allowed to go to waste. To save is to be patriotic. The home gardening campaign conducted by the National War Garden Commission will this year result in the creation of a vast new planting area. The output of these gardens is greatly in excess of immediate needs. Unless proper steps are taken to safeguard the surplus the waste will be prodigious. This Commission will stimulate nation-wide activity in canning and drying. An important purpose of this booklet is to arouse similar interest in the storage of vegetables	For some vegetables satisfactory storage places are afforded by the pantry shelf or attic. For others the cellar is the right place. For others outdoor storage is preferable. This may take the form of pits or banks, or it may be done in hillside caves or cellars. COMMUNITY STORAGE Especially good results may be obtained if several neighboring families will form community clubs to provide storage facilities. In this way very complete provision may be made for handling winter supplies at slight trouble and expense to the individual household. Community or co-operative storage may be effected in various ways. Several families may join together and construct outdoor cellars or they may join in the use of an available building conveniently located in which vegetables may be stored in large quantities.
WHAT AND HOW TO STORE	CELLAR STORAGE
There are many vegetables which can be stored to good advantage. Included in the list are Potatoes, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Onions, Sweet Potatoes, Celery, Salsify, Cabbage, Cauliflower, Brussels Sprouts, Winter Squash, Turnips, Beans and Lima Beans. Good results in storage depend upon: 1––Ventilation. 2––Regulation of temperature. 3––Sufficient moisture. 4––Quality of vegetables stored.	Beets Cabbage Carrots Celery	Parsnips Potatoes Salsify Turnips
	In a house heated by a cellar furnace vegetables may be stored to good advantage in the cellar. Partition off a small room as far as possible from the heating plant. Two sides of this room should be outside walls. There should be at least one outside window, for temperature regulation and ventilation.

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The War Garden Victorious - Appendix 1 Victory Edition 1919 WAR GARDENING and Home Storage of Vegetables

HOME STORAGE MANUAL FOR VEGETABLES AND APPLES

The War Garden Victorious - Appendix 1
Victory Edition 1919 WAR GARDENING and Home Storage of Vegetables

HOME STORAGE MANUAL FOR
VEGETABLES AND APPLES