COUNTRY LIFE
Surplus and Diiiribution From Yorkshire comes a contribution to the-garden-surplus problem that is full of gumption. There, as elsewhere, the surplus produce of the district is best handled by the market-stalls of the Women's Institutes. The figures are interesting : "We started a market-stall last July, and up to a fortnight ago had taken boo, all of which (except for Id. in as. for expenses and a smaller percentage on eggs) was given direct to the producers. We sell the produce of two large gardens, but otherwise the public has the advantage of buying excellent fresh vege- tables, flowers, &c., in such tiny quantities that without our stall they would most certainly not be sold at all." This is a sensible and business-like solution. Another; from Sussex, advocates a surplus- by-post plan (already tried by a gdod many peop:e I think), by which townsfolk can buy at Wholesale prices from friends in the country. Meanwhile the alleged scandal of wasted produce a7 Covent Garden comes as no surprise, but is none the less serious for that. It Should have seemed obvious long ago that you cannot urge any gardener in the Kingdom to grow More produce and 'still \expect the normal sources of supply and distribution to 'functiOn as though nothing had happened. •
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