{"id":45,"date":"2015-06-12T15:33:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-12T15:33:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2025-05-13T20:59:17","modified_gmt":"2025-05-13T20:59:17","slug":"faculty-gardens","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/stories\/faculty-gardens\/","title":{"rendered":"Faculty War Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"<nav style=\"color: #c00404; font-size:1.4rem;\" class=\"has-text-color is-responsive has-text-decoration-underline wp-block-navigation is-horizontal is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-05db1d3e wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Menu\" \n\t\t data-wp-interactive=\"core\/navigation\" data-wp-context='{\"overlayOpenedBy\":{\"click\":false,\"hover\":false,\"focus\":false},\"type\":\"overlay\",\"roleAttribute\":\"\",\"ariaLabel\":\"Menu\"}'><button aria-haspopup=\"dialog\" aria-label=\"Open menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-open\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.openMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M4 7.5h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><path d=\"M4 15h16v1.5H4z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container\"  id=\"modal-1\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--has-modal-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-class--is-menu-open=\"state.isMenuOpen\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.initMenu\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--keydown=\"actions.handleMenuKeydown\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--focusout=\"actions.handleMenuFocusout\"\n\t\t\t\ttabindex=\"-1\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-close\" tabindex=\"-1\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-dialog\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-modal=\"state.ariaModal\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--aria-label=\"state.ariaLabel\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-bind--role=\"state.roleAttribute\"\n\t\t\t>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<button aria-label=\"Close menu\" class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-close\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-on--click=\"actions.closeMenuOnClick\"\n\t\t\t><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"m13.06 12 6.47-6.47-1.06-1.06L12 10.94 5.53 4.47 4.47 5.53 10.94 12l-6.47 6.47 1.06 1.06L12 13.06l6.47 6.47 1.06-1.06L13.06 12Z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-navigation__responsive-container-content\" \n\t\t\t\tdata-wp-watch=\"callbacks.focusFirstElement\"\n\t\t\t id=\"modal-1-content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul style=\"color: #c00404; 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E. Walters, 1917<\/i><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"1\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-1\">1<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-1\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"1\">1. BUA. MS-IUF-W1. H.E. Walters Papers. Review Hints 1917<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\">The arrival of Spring in 1917 brought\u00a0new opportunities for members of the University community to contribute to the war effort. Nationwide, the planting and cultivation of back-yard and empty lot gardens were depicted as ways in which to win the war. Gardens were thought of as\u00a0<em>back-yard munition plants.<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"2\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-2\">2<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-2\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"2\">2. Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island. Providence, R.I. 1919<\/span> Many war gardens were cultivated in Providence, including 30 acres along Pleasant Valley Parkway, and in the front yards of many East Side residences.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"3\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-3\">3<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-3\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"3\">3.https:\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996\">https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996<\/a><\/span> The University community was encouraged to\u00a0<em>&#8220;Raise the American flag in your front yard and potatoes in the back.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"4\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-4\">4<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-4\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"4\">4. BUA. Brunonian, LV:1. May, 1917<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In his April 21st address at chapel, President Faunce announced plans for a \u201cFaculty farm\u201d at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.edu\/Administration\/News_Bureau\/Databases\/Encyclopedia\/search.php?serial=M0290\">Metcalf Botanical Garden<\/a> on land near Andrews field. Faunce informed listeners that after plowing, seven acres of land would be planted with potatoes and beans &#8212; vegetables selected for their food value.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"5\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-5\">5<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-5\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"5\">5  The faculty might well have expanded from potatoes and string beans, in favor of a crop of carrots or cabbage. Gardeners all over Rhode Island make the same nutritional choice in the spring of 1917, resulting in a complete glut of beans.\u00a0 https:\/\/<a href=\"https:\/\/www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996\">www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p> Faunce explained that&nbsp;<i>\u201cThe plan is to have the entire work of cultivation done, as far as possible, by members of the faculty during the spring and summer. I, myself, shall be glad to offer whatever capacity for unskilled labor I may possess.\u201d<\/i><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"6\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-6\">6<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-6\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"6\">6. BUA. BAM, 17:10. May, 1917. p250<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/faculty_gardens_2-e1439931196269.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"341\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/faculty_gardens_2-e1439931196269.jpg\" alt=\"faculty_gardens_2\" class=\"wp-image-804\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Faculty gardeners &nbsp;preparing soil on Sessions Street, Providence. President Faunce on the right.&nbsp;Spring,&nbsp;1918. BUA. Brun Mael, 1918.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The faculty gardeners got off to a rough start, when they began\u00a0cultivating on a cold rainy day with a chill slashing wind. Many of the beginners were driven away. Later, the faculty were, perhaps mockingly, suspected of &#8220;<em>gardening by proxy<\/em>&#8221; when three individuals were discovered working the faculty plot without any connection to the University whatsoever.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"7\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-7\">7<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-7\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"7\">7. BUA. SB-1E-1. College Scrapbooks. vol. 15<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In another move to promote agricultural preparedness, the\u00a0University announced that it would offer academic credit, and a medal, for farm work. The program was designed\u00a0ease the national shortage of farm labor; a result of so many young men in enlisted service.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"8\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-8\">8<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-8\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"8\">8.\u00a0In May of 1918, it was estimated by the government that at least 600,000 men trained in farm work had been taken from the country\u2019s farms since the beginning of its participation in the war. Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island, 1919.\u00a0pg. 17<\/span> One hundred and fifty qualified Brown students took advantage of the program and left to work on farms, many nearby in Rhode Island and Massachusetts.\u00a0<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"9\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-9\">9<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-9\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"9\">9. BUA. BDH 26:153. April 27, 1917<\/span>\u00a0At commencement,\u00a0Herbert C. Hoover, the Federal Food Administrator, spoke to a filled Sayles hall about America&#8217;s food problems. <em>&#8220;We must feed the allies in order that they remain in the war and not leave the U.S. alone as an enemy of Germany.&#8221;<\/em>\u00a0<em>&#8230;[ ]\u00a0&#8220;The man who is producing food for this\u00a0nation\u00a0and the allies is doing his bit for the nation quite as much as anyone else. [ ]&#8230;<\/em><em>The wolf is at the door of the world. Brown has never failed in the time of need.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"10\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-10\">10<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-10\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"10\">10. BUA. BDH. June 21, 1917<\/span><em><br><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image wp-image-1249\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-242172\" class=\"wp-image-1249\" width=\"286\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172.jpg 381w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172-191x300.jpg 191w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172-100x157.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172-150x236.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172-200x315.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242172-300x472.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Can vegetables, fruit and the Kaiser too. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>The biological laboratory stayed open for the summer and was turned into a &#8220;canning factory.&#8221; The lab was crowded every day with women taking lessons on the canning of fruits and vegetables. The Housewives League of Providence and the Committee on Food Conservation came to campus and gave daily lectures and demonstrations.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"11\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-11\">11<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-11\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"11\">11. BUA. OF-1E-3, box 4. II.4. Files of W.H.P. Faunce<\/span>&nbsp;The Providence Journal ran weekly menus to stretch food. Monday and Thursday were deemed \u201cwheatless\u201d and Tuesday \u201cbeefless.\u201d Shoppers bought Victory Bread, and substituted cornmeal for flour.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"12\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-12\">12<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-12\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"12\">12.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/rifoodwars.tumblr.com\/page\/9\">https:\/\/rifoodwars.tumblr.com\/page\/9<\/a>.<\/span> <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=food+conservation\" target=\"_blank\">Food conservation<\/a>, <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=World+War+I+1914-1918+rationing\" target=\"_blank\">rationing<\/a>, and the cultivation&nbsp;of <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=World+War+I+1914-1918+war+gardens\" target=\"_blank\">war gardens<\/a>&nbsp;were promoted in a variety of media.&nbsp;News bulletins listed local events which taught&nbsp;homemakers how best to conserve food, cook wartime recipes, and can fruits and vegetables. Recipes for cornbread were printed in the Brown Alumni Monthly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents reported to President Faunce on their son&#8217;s activities in contributing to the nation\u2019s food supply.&nbsp;<i>\u201cHe has been quite successful, if some allowance is made for disadvantages he worked under, in growing potatoes, onions, corn and beans for the main crop, caring for fruit trees, livestock, and canning.\u201d &#8211;&nbsp;<\/i>C.S. Sisson. November 28, 1917. Providence\u2019s Food Administrator reported to the public on the amount of beef, lamb and pork saved.<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"13\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-13\">13<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-13\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"13\">13.&nbsp;342,119 lbs. of beef, 2016,186 lbs. of lamb, and 10,018 lbs. of pork in November and December of 1918. BUA. BAM, 18:7. February, 1918<\/span>&nbsp;<a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=restaurant+table\" target=\"_blank\">Placards<\/a>&nbsp;were placed before restaurant patrons as a reminder to eat less and conserve food. The <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:28256\/\" target=\"_blank\">Intercollegiate Prohibition Association<\/a> initiated a college offensive for war temperance aimed at enlisting college men in the anti-liquor movement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Biology Professor H. E. Walters wrote to the servicemen that&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Professor Harkness and I are raising an acre of beans and potatoes for you. They are measurable now by the acre and not by the bushell. You many not like beans very well and we propose to eat them and send you the equivalent in wheat.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>By the time Autumn rolled around, Walters was able to report to the servicemen that the rooms of the Summer Biological Laboratory were filled with the products of the faculty gardens, including 35 bushels of dry beans bagged in the back part of his lecture room. Walters went on to mention that&nbsp;<em>&#8220;Dr. Mitchell is running an emergency course for the girls on how to cook beans and why. That is not the title of the course but it is the general idea.&#8221;<\/em><sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"14\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-14\">14<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-14\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"14\">14. BUA. MS-IUF-W1. H.E. Walters Papers. Review Hints #5 &amp; #6. Feb. 18, 1918<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/faculty_gardens1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/faculty_gardens1.jpg\" alt=\"faculty_gardens1\" class=\"wp-image-806\"\/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Faculty Gardeners. Sessions Street, Providence. Spring,&nbsp;1918. BUA. Brun Mael, 1918.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Daylight savings time was instituted on March 19th, 1918 in order to have an extra hours to cultivate soil; an initiative President Faunce had hoped the country would adopt back in January. Once again the faculty tended to their gardens on campus, and on personal farms around New England.&nbsp;\u201c<i>The food production of the country will be materially increased if the efforts of <\/i><i>6 faculty members<\/i><i> prove successful.\u201d<\/i>&nbsp;Professor Hastings farmed at Saylesville&nbsp;with large plantings of potatoes and field corn; Professor Palmer farmed in Pascoag; Professor Emeritus Poland worked on his farm at Grasmere, N.H<i>.<\/i><i>;<\/i> Professor Bronson divided his time between farming and publishing<i>;&nbsp;<\/i>Professor&nbsp;Fowler&nbsp;did his war gardening at Blue Hill in Maine; and<i>&nbsp;<\/i>Professor Koopman divided his summer between gardening, writing, and the John Hay Library.\u201d<sup class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote \" data-mfn=\"15\" data-mfn-post-scope=\"000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45\"><a href=\"javascript:void(0)\"  role=\"button\" aria-pressed=\"false\" aria-describedby=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-15\">15<\/a><\/sup><span id=\"mfn-content-000000003506a3c600000000587f446f_45-15\" role=\"tooltip\" class=\"modern-footnotes-footnote__note\" tabindex=\"0\" data-mfn=\"15\">15. BUA. BAM, 19:2. July, 1918. p38<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"background-color:#dddddd;flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Related&nbsp;Materials in the <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/\" target=\"_blank\">BDR<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:242274\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-684x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-242274\" class=\"wp-image-1441\" width=\"171\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-100x150.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-300x449.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-450x674.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274-600x899.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242274.jpg 801w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 171px) 100vw, 171px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">War rages in France &#8211; We must feed them. 1917. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:242294\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-242294\" class=\"wp-image-809\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294.jpg 448w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294-224x300.jpg 224w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294-100x134.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294-150x201.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294-200x268.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242294-300x402.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">War gardens over the top. 1918. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:94990\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991.jpg\" alt=\"Plant a little garden in your own back yard. World War I Sheet Music Collection.\" class=\"wp-image-1245\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991.jpg 469w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-235x300.jpg 235w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-100x128.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-150x192.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-200x256.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-300x384.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-94991-450x576.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Plant a little garden in your own back yard. 1917. World War I Sheet Music Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/search\/?utf8=%E2%9C%93&amp;q=seeds+victory\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2911\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3.jpg\" alt=\"The seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection,\" class=\"wp-image-2911\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3.jpg 392w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3-100x153.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3-150x230.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3-200x306.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242176-3-300x459.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The seeds of victory insure the fruits of peace. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection,<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:242259\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-718x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-242259\" class=\"wp-image-2192\" width=\"180\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-718x1024.jpg 718w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-210x300.jpg 210w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-768x1096.jpg 768w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-100x143.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-150x214.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-200x285.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-300x428.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-450x642.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259-600x856.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242259.jpg 841w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 180px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Corn &#8211; the food of the nation: Serve some way every meal &#8211; appetizing, nourishing, economical. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:242260\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-686x1024.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-242260\" class=\"wp-image-1586\" width=\"172\" height=\"256\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-686x1024.jpg 686w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-100x149.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-150x224.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-200x299.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-300x448.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-450x672.jpg 450w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260-600x896.jpg 600w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-242260.jpg 804w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 172px) 100vw, 172px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Six billion pounds of foodstuffs go yearly into liquor in the U.S.: This is food-value sufficient for 7,000,000 men for a whole year. Prints, Drawings, and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/repository.library.brown.edu\/studio\/item\/bdr:92492\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-814\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493.jpg\" alt=\"bdr-92493\" class=\"wp-image-814\" width=\"231\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493.jpg 461w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-231x300.jpg 231w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-100x130.jpg 100w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-150x195.jpg 150w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-200x260.jpg 200w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-300x390.jpg 300w, https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/browninthegreatwar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/11\/2015\/06\/bdr-92493-450x586.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 231px) 100vw, 231px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Heatless, meatless, wheatless days. 1918. World War I Sheet Music Collection.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>1. BUA. MS-IUF-W1. H.E. Walters Papers. Review Hints 1917<br>2. Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island. Providence, R.I. 1919<br>3. www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996<br>4. BUA. Brunonian, LV:1. May, 1917<br>5. The faculty might well have expanded from potatoes and string beans, in favor of a crop of carrots or cabbage. Gardeners all over Rhode Island make the same nutritional choice in the spring of 1917, resulting in a complete glut of beans. www.providencejournal.com\/article\/20140721\/LIFESTYLE\/307219996.<br>6. BUA. BAM, 17:10. May, 1917. p250<br>7. BUA. SB-1E-1. College Scrapbooks. vol. 15<br>8. In May of 1918, it was estimated by the government that at least 600,000 men trained in farm work had been taken from the country\u2019s farms since the beginning of its participation in the war. Annual program for the observance of Arbor day in the schools of Rhode Island, 1919. pg. 17<br>9. BUA. BDH 26:153. April 27, 1917 <br>10. BUA. BDH. June 21, 1917 <br>11. BUA. OF-1E-3, box 4. II.4. Files of W.H.P. Faunce<br>12. http:\/\/rifoodwars.tumblr.com\/page\/9<br>13. 342,119 lbs. of beef, 2016,186 lbs. of lamb, and 10,018 lbs. of pork in November and December of 1918. BUA. BAM, 18:7. February, 1918 <br>14. BUA. MS-IUF-W1. H.E. Walters Papers. Review Hints #5 &amp; #6. Feb. 18, 1918 <br>15. BUA. BAM, 19:2. July, 1918. p38 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Turning Point &#8220;THERE ARE 35 BUSHELS OF DRY BEANS BAGGED IN THE BACK PART OF MY LECTURE ROOM THAT WERE RAISED BY THE FACULTY &nbsp; LAST SUMMER, THAT IS SOME AMMUNITION ANYWAY. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&#8211;H. E. 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