Excerpt from Manual of Instruction: Course 21 Home Vegetable Gardening, Food Production War Training Program

This manual was prepared as a guide to teachers and supervisors in conducting instruction with young and adult farmers in the osya Food for Victory program. It is designed to facilitate more effective preparation by the teachers undertaking to meet the emergency need through commodity courses.

The ten (10) suggested lesson topics or jobs were selected after careful analysis of the home vegetable gardening enterprise, in conference with Dr. Warren B. Mack. The lesson outlines are pure ly suggestive and it is expected that each lesson will be modified to meet local conditions.

In many instances jobs other than the ten included herein will be considered important enough in certain sections of the common wealth to be included along with, or instead of, some of those listed. It is expected also that more than one meeting will be necessary to give satisfactory instruction in some jobs.

The aims and the topics for study and discussion set up in each of the ten lesson outlines are considered applicable to the respective jobs but they are by no means considered all-inclusive. If any or all of the suggested topics for study are incorporated into a similar course of study the suggested references will be found helpful to the busy teacher. They are offered for the express purpose of bring ing teacher efficiency to its best.

The reference materials suggested on pp. 16-18 are considered pertinent to the immediate problem of Home Vegetable Gardening. It is advised that at least one copy of each should be available for easy reference. It is assumed that a variety of references that are pertinent to Home Vegetable Gardening are already on hand in most schools. They will probably include texts, bulletins, charts, film strips and others, and they may furnish a large part of the reference material needed. It is important however, to use the most current references for approved practices in meeting emergency problems. The bulletins and Circulars of The Pennsylvania Agri cultural Experiment Station and of The Agricultural Extension Service are prepared for Pennsylvania conditions and they are generally the most reliable sources available.

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