GROW VEGETABLES IN THE HOME GARDEN FOR 
Victory. Health and Vitality 

Good vegetable gardens have in the past been entirely too 
scarce and hard to find in Florida. Late in 1941, a survey con- 
ducted by the Agricultural Adjustment Administration revealed 
that 39,960 Florida farm families were planting home vegetable 
gardens for 1942, which while 25 per cent higher than the num- 
ber in 1941, is still 21,000 short of the 1942 goal for the State. 
During the 1942-43 season there should be at least 65,000 Flor- 
ida farm gardens, and a large increase in the number of city 
and town backyard gardens in Florida. 
In planting a home garden, you are not only helping yourself 
and your family, but you are performing a patriotic service for 
your country. The more vegetables that are produced on farms 
and in gardens for home use, the more vegetables will be avail- 
able from our big commercial vegetable farms of Florida for 
northern city people, for men in service, and for our allies. 
There will be a greatly increased demand for commercially 
grown Florida vegetable crops this coming season. 
Motor and rail transportation facilities for transporting troops 
and equipment, for handling food and other products needed 
not only by our fighting forces and those of our allies, as well 
as by rural and urban people, will be taxed to the limit, so 
that food produced in the home garden releases transportation 
facilities for more vital present needs. 
Florida is one of the most important commercial vegetable 
producing States of the Union. Florida home vegetable gardens 
offer almost no competition to commercial vegetables which 
are grown mainly for shipment to northern markets. Many 
Florida families who do not get fresh vegetables from their own 
gardens, seldom get them, at least in sufficient quantity for 
good health, from the market. 
Garden projects should, however, conserve supplies, equip- 
ment and human energy as much as possible, because under 
present conditions, seeds, fertilizers and spray materials, as well 
as time and energy are needed to supply the fullest possible 
values. One should not attempt to have a home vegetable gar- 
den, unless he or she is vitally interested and has made ample 
plans to properly plant and take care of what is planted. Plans 
should also be made for preserving vegetables from the gar- 
den by canning for home use, which will mean not only better 
health for the family, but also a saving in cost. No food should 
be let go to waste under present conditions. Florida people, 
city residents as well as rural folks, can help win the war 
by producing vegetables in the home garden, that they other- 
wise would do without or would have to buy. High prices and 
reduced supplies in the markets have proven beyond all doubt 
the vital need for home garden production in our war economy. 
Florida climate and soils are favorable for producing the 
finest vegetables in the United States. Unlike any other State 
in the Union, in Florida fresh vegetables can be grown every 
month in the year, especially during the fall, winter and early 
spring months, when they cannot be grown in other sections 
of the United States. 
Doctors, nurses and dieticians all advise the use of a plenti- 
ful supply of fresh vegetables in the diet in order to provide 
the essentials which are so necessary for the health of the 
human system. Experts tell us that vegetables contain a higher 
percentage of these body-regulating essentials, such as mineral 
salts, vitamins and roughage than are contained in any other 
food or food products. Statistics prove that people who eat 
lots of fesh vegetables throughout the year have less sickness 
and fewer doctor bills to pay than people who use fresh vege- 
tables sparingly. The health of the people has become largely 
dependent upon the output of war gardens. Home vegetable 
gardens hold the solution to the problem of widespread mal- 
nutrition which war has disclosed. 
Grow more vegetables in Florida this season. They will ma- 
terially help in our present victory drive and will produce bet- 
ter health and more vitality. During these critical times, let 
our slogan be “What is home without a garden?” 
THE KILGORE TRADE MARK 


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Is Your Assurance of Quality Vegetables in Your Florida Victory Garden. 
THE KILGORE SEED COMPANY, Florida’s Leading Seedsmen 
