ey-birds, begin
to sing sweet "Oui, oui," in the tree-tops.

For be it known that by and with the consent of the Congress of the
United States, that ancient and venerable and highly profitable body
which votes the money to buy us our grub has, out of the kindness of its
large and collective heart, extended its privilege of free seed
distribution to the United States Quartermaster Corps. So, if you
haven't received your little package of bean seed, pea seed, anise seed,
tomato seed, lettuce seed, pansy seed, begonia seed, and what not, trot
right up to the supply sergeant's diggings and ask him when it's coming
in.

Oui, Oui--Spuds and Beans!

No kidding; you know yourself you're grumbling now because all you get
in the line of vegetables is spuds, and beans, and tomatoes and beans,
and spuds, and spuds, and beans, and beans, and spuds and beans, and
beans, and beans, and beans, and beans, and beans and--what was that
other vegetable you gave us last night, Mess-Sergeant?--oh, yes, beans;
all of them canned, with now and then, on Christmas, St. Patrick's Day,
Yom Kippur and Hallowe'en, a few grains of canned corn. If you want
fresh vegetables, therefore, it's up to you to grow them. Unfortunate
people who live in big cities are able to grow them in cute little
window boxes, and thus cut down the high cost of living. Why shouldn't
you, with a steel helmet for a flower pot, be able to do the same?

Go to the French thou sluggard doughboy. Consider their ways. Get wise.

They're hard up for food, as you know; and at that, to judge from the
reports from back home, they're no blooming curiosities. But look at
what they do about it. Instead of folding their hands, saying, "C'est la
guerre," they go out and dig, and then plant, and then hoe, and finally
they have fresh vegetables--and backaches--to show for it. You can't go
anywhere along the roadsides or up the hillsides these days without
stumbling over their neat and well-kept-up little garden patches. And,
with butter selling at what it is, and eggs selling for what they do,
and everything else in the eats line skybooting in price, those little
garden patches come in mighty handy. It's worth trying.

No Favors for Lemon Squads

Although no official announcement has been made as yet, it is safe to
surmise that some company commanders will offer prizes for the squads
producing the biggest pumpkins, the best summer squashes, and