gardener should not forget in reckoning the advantages he will derive from his labor. The home garden solves a good part of the problem of transportation. American railroads will be worked to the limit carrying troops and munitions, breadstuffs and staples, and live stock and other essential freight. The $7,000,000,000 war bond issue is to be spent entirely in the United States, not only that part which we use for our own purposes, but also the billions that the allies borrow. The greater part of the products purchased are destined for use in Europe. This means that the railroads will have to haul them to Atlantic ports. They will have to haul the coal and the ore for munitions making. Every factory in the country will be working under forced draft, and the railroads are the vital arteries of manufacture. Experts have long been balancing transportation facilities against transportation needs with grave concern. The home food garden will take a great burden off the roads. If every city and every section produces every possible pound of food at home, thousands of precious cars will be released for other essential service. The Federal Department of Agriculture is of course the official agency in the head of the movement. The department has furnished the public with advice and instructions through thousands of progressive newspapers and other periodicals; it has put books on the planting and care of the vegetable garden into the hands of 1,500,000 gardeners—both.  Directly and through various co-operating agencies. Will Insure Complete Directions. 