More From Bulletin 32

This is a flower from my backyard, as of this morning. We usually have at least one more cold snap after the flowers bloom like this.

Here is the section from Bulletin 32 that caught my eye, and would be just as relevant today in a magazine article as it was in 1916:

There is probably no other section of the country where farmers can live more cheaply, healthily, and happily than here in the South, where choice vegetables of some kind can be had every day in the year, fresh from the garden. It is however, noticeable as a rule that the farmer is the most poorly fed of all classes of individuals, when he should be the best, for the reasons given below. 

1. He can have the choicest beef, pork, mutton, milk, butter, eggs, poultry, etc., raised on his farm; and, handling it himself, he is sure it is clean, healthy, and wholesome. 

2. He can supply his table bountifully with every fruit and vegetable that will grow in a temperate or sub-tropical climate (the list is too long to mention here), and all from his own garden, field, and orchard.

3. Fresh fruits and vegetables have a medicinal value, and when wisely prepared and eaten every day will go a long way toward keeping us strong, vigorous, happy, and healthy, which means greater efficiency and the prolonging of our lives.

I take back what I said yesterday about Carver not stressing veggies enough. His advice is timely. As Solomon said, there is nothing new under the sun.