The war garden victorious / by Charles Lathrop Pack.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937.

Contributor:

National War Garden Commission.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Vegetable gardening--United States.

Vegetable gardening.

World War, 1914-1918--Food supply--United States.

World War, 1914-1918.

Food supply.

United States.

Physical Description:

xiv, 179, 32, 32 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Subtitle from half t.p.: Its war time need and its economic value in peace

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : J.P. Lippincott Co., ♭1919.

Contents:

How the National War Garden Commission came into being

The story of the war garden

How war gardens helped

Types of war gardens

Uncle Sam's first war garden

How big business helped

How the railroads helped

The army of school gardeners

Community gardening

Cooperation in gardening

War gardens as city assets

The part played by daylight saving

The future of war gardening

Conserving the garden surplus

Community conservation

Conservation by drying

Why we should use dried foods

The future of dehydration

Cooperation of the press.

Notes:

"National War Garden Commission"--Title page verso.

Appendix: two of the victory books issued by the commission, "War gardening and home storage of vegetables," Victory edition, 1919; "Home canning & drying of vegetables & fruits," Victory edition, 1919.

Contains:

War gardening and home storage of vegetables.

Home canning & drying of vegetables & fruits.

Other Format:

Online version: Pack, Charles Lathrop, 1857-1937. War garden victorious.

OCLC:

425762