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Page 4 THE ECHO Garden Foresight March, 1^ Victory Garden preparations for Transylvania county’s 1943 crops are being completed, and plantings have been made in some home garden sites. This is the time of the crop season at which all gardeners are laying the foundation for their sub sequent garden harvests. Foresight as to what will be done later provides not only for the overall successful production of a victory garden, but it also starts, the Victory Gardener on the significant details which must be attended to now and which are vital to the crop. Land for a victory garden has an enhanced value this year. Superior value of its yield is greatly out of proporation to its value when there are no food shortages. A plot of land understood and handled this year may mean the difference in the amount of food stuff available to a family whereas in other years a plot of land might have been planted out of habit. Formerly, because there was an abundance of yield all over the country that plot and the crop from it might have been plowed un der. Victory gardeners will take in to consideration this year the inher ent possibilities of land. It is not a static or inert thing this year. It is dynamic and has potential values. Sunshine, conservation of water and soil, provision of run-off and aera tion of the soil are more than mere names of garden factor, this year. For example, victory gardeners should try to lay out their gardens so that the rows run north to south. A mo ment’s reflection will remind one that thereby both sides of every row get the greatest amount of sunshine that can be given to the crop. The victory gardener should, like a good general, prepare for what the enemy might do, the garden enemy alluded to here being that of a dry period during part of the growing season or for much of it. Accordingly, the vic- toiy gardener should provide himself with good hand mulching tools or an adequate supply of horse drawn duck feet, sweeps, middle busters, etc., at the initiation of starting his crop season. They might be vitally important, and unattainable when needed later, if the garden starts to dry out and its soil moisture must be conserved Along with conserv ing the soil moisture, there is the added requirement of running the rows with contours or of putting a diversion ditch above the garden if the garden is located on the side of a hill and freshet water might pour down on to the garden and wash away the soil and the planted crop. Even though the gardener has forti fied himself with tools and good in- tenitons to take care of his garden during the dry season, he should also keep in mind provision of run off if there should be a wet season. Filling in the low places, before the You can chart your own family food needs However big or little your family is, or even if you live alone, with the help of this chart you can figure how much of each type of food you should have during a week to get a good diet at low cost. The amounts have been worked out by the United States Bureau of the Home Economics. In the blank column at the left, beside the description that fits, write the name of every person who eats at your table. Family Members Kinds and! Quantities of Foods for a Wecli Name Description years hildren under 2 Children 2-3 years Boys: 4 to 6 years 7 to 8 years 9 to 10 years 11 to 12 years 13 to 15 years 16 to 19 years Girls: 4 to 7 years 8 to 10 years 11 to 13 years 14 to 19 years Men 20 years and over: Active work Moderate work Inactive Women 20 yrs. and over: Active work Moderate work Inactive Total Milk (1) Quarts 5 7 7 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7 5-7 7 5-7 5-7 5-7 3V2 3% 3V2-5 SVz 3V2 3^^-5 Potatoes, Sweet- potatoes Lbs. Oz. 1 1 2 2 2 2 3 4 2 2 2 2 5 3 2 3 2 2 8 12 0 4 8 12 0 4 0 4 8 12 12 0 12 0 12 0 Tomatoes, Oranges, Grapefruit Lbs. Oz. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 Leafy, Green, Yellow Vegetables Lbs. Oz. 1 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 8 8 8 8 12 12 0 0 8 8 12 12 0 0 8 8 8 8 (1) Or its equivalent in cheese, evaporated or dried milk. (2) Count fatty bacon and fatback as fat, not as meat. foods you need, then eat whatever else you like. When meals are poor, they are usually shortest *** LETTERS HOME: February 28, 1943 Dear Mr. Wells: Haven’t time to write a letter just now as am terribly busy after just arriving here today, but wanted to let you know my change in address It is now. A|C BEN M. RICKMAN Squadron 11-6 Maxwell Field, Ala. I was classified a Pilot and sent here to start my Pre-Flight training for 9 weeks. Will be restricted for 5 more weeks, so would like to hear from you all when you have time. Enjoy reading the Echo. As ever,, BEN. February 11, 1943 Dear Mr. Wells: It hasn’t been long since I gave you my new address and now my ad dress has been changed again. . It must be quite a job for Ecusta to keep up with all the boys addresses garden is planted; chopping brush as many as there are in the service and as often as the addresses change, out of drainage ditches and shovel- | I am in Australia now. It sure is a nice country and I like it fine here. It has been some time since I received the Echo. Sometimes it is a lit tle late but it is always news to me. I wish to thank you and all there who make it possible for me to receive the Echo. Sincerely yours, WILLIAM H. LAUGHTER ling out dirt and sticks that have clogged the ditches; and, if a per manent use is to be made of the garden, the installation of covered drains under the garden are all good victory garden precautions. Many a victory gardener has already experi enced the vital importance of soil aeration. He has already showed his concern over it in having plowed his land early and in having tool worked it to ventilate it and to form a fri able seed bed. Good aeration does many things. Among them are ac celeration of water soaked old vege table residues, increased enrichment of the soil with beneficial bacteria and a leachng out of soil acids whose production is encouraged or which are retained all the more positively if the soil is not aerated. A land that is well prepared before planting can become compacted and brought into a condition where aeration is dis couraged before the crop has matur ed if during the life of the crop the middles are not worked, a mulch has not been formed and acid spots are not dried out. Victory gardeners in having become land-condition conscious are also thinking beneficially of some details (Continued On Page 7) February 25, 1943 From: Staff Sgt. T. E. Westall. U. S. Army Engineers (Overseas) To: His Mother and Father. Dear Dad and Mom: Can’t write a thing, the censor’s to blame, Just say that I’m well and sign my name. Can’t tell where we sailed from Can’t mention the date, And can’t number the meals I’ve ate Can’t say where we’re going, Don’t know where we’ll land. Could not inform you, 'If met by a band. - . Can’t mention the weather, Can’t say if it rains. All military secrets, and secrets they’ll remain. Can’t have a flash light to guide me at night. Can’t smoke a cigarette, except out of sight. Can’t keep a diary, for such is a sin, Can’t keep the envelopes your letters come in. Can’t say for sure folks just what I can write, So, I’ll call this my letter and close with “good night.” Love ‘Pic” Victory Garden Pays Dividend In conversation with Dr. Marsha^ recently we learned some interesting items about gardening. One point particular interest was that any dener, novice or otherwise, may a garden with a minimum of and at the same time one that include the food values essential every diet. This may be done Pj planting four rows of vegetables those of us who have but a unit of our time to spend on dening and who are perhaps wave^' ing in our decision as to whether o* not to bother with a project we may fail to do well, take a tip and this plan: Plant a row of Irish potatoes Plant a row of carrots Plant a row of tomato plants Plant a row of cabbages. Potatoes are not only a nourishii^^ food but are rich in mineral conteP^ Carrots are an excellent source vitamin A (the vitamin for eyes) as are all yellow foods. CaP' bages provide several vitamins J well as roughage as do all green leaw vegetables and tomatoes are one ® our best sources for vitamin C. Th®? four vegetables plus a whole cereal or bread made from the who% grain and milk will assure yon a diet containing all necessary values to build and maintain strong, healthy body. At the end of the summer the first frost dig your potatoes JP put in a good, dry place where will not freeze. Can your ripe to^ toes and pull the vines up with ^ . green tomatoes still on and them inside. The green tomatoes , continue to ripen and can be Pull up your cabbages, roots and a ’ and make a bed of straw. Place cabbages roots up and cover straw, then cover with dirt. Dig ^ during winter as needed. Carrots be kept the same as cabbages. lit
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