The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-06-21
THE KITCHEN GARDEN AND :.
ITS RELATION TO HEALTH
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The following paper was read last
Saturday at the meeting Of the Farm
ers' Club by Mrs. Tom Clifford:
To be happy you must have store
of good hearts and a fund of good
cheer. What better place is there to
get good health than working out in
the fresh air and sunshine, which is
medicine which God has provided
and all we need to do is to use it
While we rae working in the gar
den we not only improve in health
but we are also providing fresh veg
etables for the table. These. vege-
tables contain many medical proper
ties which help build up the body
and saves running to the drug store
and paying high prices for medicine,
which does not do the work nearly so
good.
| One Of the most important factors
of good health is exercise. To stir
up the movement of muscles, which
are in the body, we must exercise.
Exercise supplies heat in the safest
manner We do not catch cold so
easily when we exercise as when we
take stimulants to heat the body.
What better way is there to get this
exercise than taking hoe, rake, and
other garden tools and working lit
tie in the garden every day. AS we
are working the blood becomes, purer
and richer in those elements that
purify and strengthen the entire
body Through this muscular exercise
the entire nervous system is also
greatly strengthened. Our nervous
troubles vanish as the nervous sys-
, TEN becomes stronger.
Also the exercise which we get
, while working out in the fresh air
gives us a better appetite and aids
the digestive organs to do their work
Of course we have our housework tC
r do but generally there is too much
heat and too little fresh air. In the
garden the ventilation is perfect.
. Many deaths and diseases are pre-
ventable in only one way and tina
q is living in the fresh air, with goot
: food and a rested body and mind
: Working in the garden takes ou
I, mind off of the small worries AM
= household tasks giving us othe
things to think about. On going bacl
. to our household duties we find tina
! our troubles have drifted away from
our sight. We attack the work tina
!, awaits us with finer energy, on
: brain will be keen, our spirits resil
lent and our hands surer, as the tire
muscles had a rest while others wer
brought into play.
If a woman feels lazy and sluggN'
you may be sure that the body
-, siouthful and the brain inactive
The best thing to do when you fee
;, this way rs to take your hoe and g
u into the garden and work until 20
! feel brighter. Very often people VIII
a feel this way think they need res
Centrally thos are not the people VIII
need to rest, but the people who rea
~ ly ought to take rest are too har
,c at work to think much about RES
N ing. Some people work too har
no while others do not do enough
ne keep we'll.
If Why do people go on camp trips
r Because they get the fresh air an
nv exercise which they do not get
NV home. Now If they had a home ga
ar den they would not need to go o
on a trip to improve their health
one woman said: 81 enjoy working
v my home garden and am not one D
A ashamed of the corns in my hands
- the tan on my face. The working II
proved my health SO much that
feel like a different person.
The woman who works in the hon
garden exercises her muscles, al
her digestive organs. strengthens u
nervous system and improves h
general health. Therefore she is ha
nv and cheerful, making her husbal
and children think home is the be
place on earth.
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