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