FLORIDA WAR GARDENS FOR VICTORY 

By planting a Florida war garden this season, 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 Florida farms and in Florida gardens for home use, 
the more vegetables will be available from the big commercial 
farms of Florida for northern city people, for men in the service, 
and for our Allies. There will be a greatly increased demand for 
commercially grown Florida vegetable crops this coming season. 
Remember, “Food will win the war and write the peace.” 
Florida people, city residents as well as rural folks, can help 
win the war by producing vegetables in the home garden that 
they would otherwise do without or would have to buy. Reduced 
supplies and high prices of fresh vegetables in the market have 
proven beyond all doubt the vital need of home garden produc- 
tion 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 spring months 
when they cannot be grown in other sections of the United 
States. In addition to producing fresh vegetables in your Flor- 
ida war garden, plans should also be made for preserving vege- 
tables from the garden by canning for home use, which will 
mean not only better health for the family, but also a material 
Saving in cost. 
Doctors, nurses and dieticians all advise the use of a plentiful 
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 percent- 
age 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 fresh 
vegetables throughout the year have less sickness and fewer doc- 
tor bills to pay than people who use fresh vegetables sparingly. 
The health of our people has become largely dependent upon the 
output of war gardens. 
Grow more vegetables in Florida war gardens this season. 
They will help in our present victory drive and will produce bet- 
ter health and more vitality. During these critical war times, 
let our slogan be “What is a Florida home without a garden?” 
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