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Editorial
March 24, 1944
Browning Chief
Browning, Glacier County, Montana
What is this article about?
The editorial encourages victory gardeners to persist in vegetable production for another year, highlighting last year's significant contribution to national food needs per official statistics. It satirically imagines government statisticians as the start of a new bureau, growing from a small acorn into a mighty oak.
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BUREAU IN THE ACORN
Victory gardeners are being urged to continue their fine efforts in behalf of another year's production of vegetables, last year's gardens, according to official statistics, having contributed impressively towards the nation's food needs.
We have seen the estimate of Victory garden production in imposing figures somewhere in print, the figures perhaps indicating that government statisticians last harvest-time visited all the ambitious neighborhoods of the country in quest of an approximate picture of the nationwide project.
Thinking about it—don't you recall last fall seeing a funny little old fellow who looked somewhat like the wizard Einstein, counting your rows of spuds and punkins? Maybe we see the light. Maybe he was the nucleus of one more mammoth government bureau.
Great big oaks from little acorns grow!
Victory gardeners are being urged to continue their fine efforts in behalf of another year's production of vegetables, last year's gardens, according to official statistics, having contributed impressively towards the nation's food needs.
We have seen the estimate of Victory garden production in imposing figures somewhere in print, the figures perhaps indicating that government statisticians last harvest-time visited all the ambitious neighborhoods of the country in quest of an approximate picture of the nationwide project.
Thinking about it—don't you recall last fall seeing a funny little old fellow who looked somewhat like the wizard Einstein, counting your rows of spuds and punkins? Maybe we see the light. Maybe he was the nucleus of one more mammoth government bureau.
Great big oaks from little acorns grow!
What sub-type of article is it?
Agriculture
Satire
What keywords are associated?
Victory Gardens
Food Production
Government Statistics
Bureaucracy Satire
Wartime Agriculture
What entities or persons were involved?
Victory Gardeners
Government Statisticians
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Encouraging Continued Victory Gardening And Satirical Take On Government Bureaucracy
Stance / Tone
Encouraging And Humorous
Key Figures
Victory Gardeners
Government Statisticians
Key Arguments
Victory Gardens Contributed Impressively To National Food Needs Last Year
Official Statistics Estimate Production From Nationwide Surveys
Humorous Suggestion That Statisticians Could Form A New Government Bureau
Analogy Of Bureaucracy Growing From Small Acorn To Big Oak