FOOD WILL SAVE OUR 
GLORIOUS NATION! 
IF WE GROW ENOUGH OF IT 
It is of the utmost importance that every market -gardener, every farmer, 
every home-gardener, shall grow all the vegetables and grain-food crops 
possible to produce. Intelligent planning of the kinds of crops most needed 
will result in better service to the nation as well as prove most profitable to you 
The Need of Enormous Food Supplies, and Its Seriousness. 
Clear your mind, for five minutes, of everything except the idea of the need of food. 
Concentrate your thoughts on the stupendous truth that two-thirds of the population 
of the whole world is at war. Remember, while thus thinking, that famine always goes 
hand in hand with war, and that the nations of Europe are right now seeing hundreds 
of thousands of women and children starving to death because of war. Food has most 
generally been produced by men. At the end of the second year of the war, 4,201,283 
men had been killed and 13,954,924 wounded, with 4,000,000 taken prisoners and 20,- 
000,000 still under arms, fighting. And no end of the war in sight. Do you now get the 
vision of the need of food for yourselves and others? 
Can There Be Too Much Food Grown? a thousand times No. But 
there can be waste of the food grown. This is the point where the grower and the user 
must meet properly. 
Every Market-Gardener should grow the maximum quantities of vegetables 
and, before the crops are ready, he should plan a sure method of disposing profitably of 
each crop. Use your ability to sell. If retailing, and your customers "come" for one 
bunch of beets, tell them of the value and importance of canning beets for winter, and 
how to can them, and sell them fifty bunches instead of one. If customers do not "come" 
enough to take your crops, you should "go" to them. There is no need for waste. There 
is a buyer for all the vegetables you can grow. Find him or her — do not wait for the buyer 
to find you. Never in the history of the nation was there such a widespread, intelligent 
urging of the people to "put-up" vegetable food for winter use, and this year will see 
every housewife filling her shelves with them. Will you get your share of the business? 
The Home-Garden. Every foot of soil fit for that use should be made to produce 
food. If you have a yard, large or small, back or front, or, if there is a vacant lot near 
you, it should be conscripted in this fight for food. The more food you grow for yourself 
during the summer and for canning for winter, the more grain and meat foods you are 
releasing for those doing your fighting for you and for your brothers across the sea. 
And they are hungry now. Have a garden; grow vegetables. 
Importance of Planting Good Seeds, it is of vital importance that the 
seeds you plant shall be of strong vitality and sure to grow. It would be a crime for any- 
one to sell seeds on the presumption that they are "good" and "ought to grow." To 
"presume," or "think," or "believe" the seeds will grow is not enough by any means. 
No such doubt is left in the minds of those who plant my high-quality seeds, for every 
lot of every variety is tested for vitality, and they positively will grow satisfactorily if 
weather and soil conditions are right. (See last inside cover page for planting table.) 
Plant Schell's Quality Seeds, for They Are Absolutely the Best. 
They Grow Better — They Yield Better. Our trade with market-gar- 
deners, greenhouse vegetable -growers, and private gardeners extends from Maine to 
California. Our business is growing as our seeds grow — successfully. I measure the real 
success of this business by the kind of service we render to you and those depending on 
your crops, not by the volume of sales made. When we supply you with our high- 
quality seeds and help you to produce successful crops, then wc have served you well. 
Grow All the Vegetables You Can, for Your Own Sake and for the Sake of Others, 
WALTER S. SCHELL 
