SPRING 1938 BETZ TREE NEWS 
WHILE 4,000,000 TONS OF TOP SOIL ARE WASHED OR 
BLOWN AWAY YEARLY AND HALF OF THE WORLD IS 
STARVING, MANY SAY THINGS ARE PICKING UP. 
WASHINGTON, Oct. 4, ‘37—15,929,753 Still 
on relief rolls, costing taxpayers $148,946,639 
monthly. 
50,000,000 acres has produced its last food. 
Farmers on over 200,000,000 acres more unable 
to make a living and must be located at tax¬ 
payers expense on land that will produce crops 
Cotton that was ours for a century now pro¬ 
duced in 52 countries dropped to $8.25 in New 
Orleans, and the world’s carry over will be 
between 17,000,000 and 18,000,000 bales. 
Stocks off again from $5.00 to 19.00. Steel 
production down to 64%. 5,000 meat shops 
closed in New York on account of high prices. 
Ranges over-grazed or on account of no rain, 
there is no grass. Streams and water holes 
have dried up. In many sections, farmers 
will not get their seed back this year. Many 
have had no rain for five years. 
BETZ 
Our trees, the real rain-makers the world 
over, are practically gone and instead of our 
business men taking an interest in this work, 
as they did in England and Europe in the 15th 
century, they all wait for something to turn 
up as they did in Asia and Northern Africa. 
Read Zon’s wonderful book, “FORESTS & 
WATER IN THE LIGHT OF SCIENTIFIC 
INVESTIGATION”, published by the Govern¬ 
ment. Price, 20 cents. It tells where rain 
comes from according to the greatest scientists 
in the world. Nothing will save this country 
but trees. 
WILL YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS ORDER 
ENOUGH WATER-TESTED BLACK WAL¬ 
NUTS TO GIVE EACH PUPIL ONE or TWO. 
The Trees will sell for $25. to over $100 each. 
One Bushel (about 1250 nuts), — $1.50 OR 
5 BUSHEL, — $7.00 
Hammond, Ind. 
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Permit No. 137 
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OVER 250,000,000 TREE SEED SHIPPED 
$1,000 WORTH OF LAWN TREES, ONLY 12 Cents 
TREE SEED FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD 
ANY VARIETY, BIG PACKAGE, 12 CENTS — 10 ASSORTED $1. 
LOOK OVER THE LIST AND YOU WILL FIND SOME VARIETY YOU WILL WANT. 
HUNDREDS OF LETTERS LIKE THE FOLLOWING ON FILE. 
THE 100 COLORADO BLUE SPRUCE 
TREES, SHOWN IN THE FLOWER POT 
were raised by a 10 year old boy. 
It seems strange people will raise flowers 
from seed, when they could plant a 12-cent 
package of tree seed that would produce $500 
worth of beautiful trees. 
Trees coming fine. Stamps enclosed for an¬ 
other package Colorado Blue Spruce. 
Carl Blomquist, Cadillac, Michigan. 
The 250 young trees growing lovely. Enclosed 
find check for 250 more. 
Mrs. C. Aston, Brooklyn, N. Y. 
I believe every Evergreen seed came up. 
Mrs. J. B. Adams, Gifford, Illinois. 
Have over 3,000 trees from the seed I bought 
of you three years ago. 
David Belanger, R. 1, Crown Point, Indiana 
The 10,000 trees you furnished are doing well. 
Of the 200 I planted only six died. 
John J. Tessari, COMMUNITY 
WILD LIFE CLUB, St. Cloud, Minnesota. 
The germination from the Arbor Vitae Tree 
Seed purchased was almost perfect. Kindly 
quote on Colorado Blue and Koster Blue 
Spruce and Japanese Red Pine Seed in ^ and 
1 lb. lots. 
B. G. Hemphill, Pres., 
Barberton School of Comm., Barberton, 0. 
Have 8000 evergreen trees from the seed 
you sent. Give prices on 50,000 Norway and 
the 8 other varieties checked. 
Robt. H. Lawton, Worcester, Mass. 
Have over 5000 trees, the majority over 2 
feet high, raised from your seed. 
H. J. Harder, Munster, Indiana. 
Louis J. Kren, Editor, NEWS, North Jud- 
son, Indiana, notified pupils trees could be 
ordered through the NEWS office. 2700 two 
and three year old trees were ordered the 
second day. Total number ordered was 5109. 
Have several hundred 5 inch trees from 
your I. W. L. Seed Package. 
Mrs. Mary H. Huebach, Pamona, Calif. 
E. N. Brindley, Supt. Schools, Sunman, In¬ 
diana, raised enough trees to plant almost 10 
acres and has 4000 left raised from seed pur¬ 
chased 2 years ago. 
Dr. E. F. Pfefer, New London, Wisconsin, 
presented pupils in his county with 300,000 
Pine, Spruce and Arbor Vitae Tree Seed. 
TREE SEED — BIG PACKAGE 12 CENTS 
10 ASSORTED $1 — BIG SCOUT BAG 
25c, 50c and $1.00. 
EVERGREEN SEED 
ARBOR VITAE—American, Chinese, Golden, 
Korean or Pyramidal 
BOX WOOD—English or Korean 
BURNING BUSH—European 
CEDAR—Colorado Silver, Japanese, Nikko, 
Red or Virginia 
CEDRUS DEODORA 
CYPRESS—Hinoka, Italian Pyramidal, Jap¬ 
anese or Pyramidal 
FIR—Balsam, Colorado Silver, Concolor or 
Douglas 
HEMLOCK—Canadian, Japanese or Sieboldi 
HOLLY—American or Japanese 
JUNIPER—American, Chinese, English, Jap¬ 
anese, Scopulorum or Virginia 
PINE—Austrian, Chinese Black, Japanese 
Black, Creeping, Korean, Longleaf, Mugho, 
Ponderosa, Red, Scotch, Slash or White 
SPRUCE—Black Hill, Colorado Blue, Engle- 
mann, Japanese, Korean, Koster Blue, Nor¬ 
way or Silver Blue 
YEW—English or Japanese 
SHRUB SEED 
B A R B E R R Y—J apanese 
DOGWOOD—Florida or Grey 
PRIVET—European, Ibota or Japanese 
QUINCE—Japanese Flowering 
ROSE of SHARON 
SPICE BUSH 
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F L O VV E R I N 
ONE OF 
SYSTEM. 
OF ANY 
THE FINEST 
$25 WILL ADD 
PROPERTY. 
G SHRUBS 
LINES. GOOD ROOT 
$500 TO THE VALUE 
ALMOND, Pink .12-18 
” ” .18-24 
ALTHEA Red or 
White 12-18 
” ” 18-24 
” ” .24-36 
BARBERRY. Jap .9-12 
” ” 12-15 
BRIDAL WREATH. 12-18 
” ” .18-24 
” ” .36-48 
BROOK Euonymus, 24-36 
” ” .36-48 
BROOM Scotch, .12-18 
” ” .36-48 
Butterfly Bush .12-18 
” ” 24-36 
Cotoneaster Acu., _12-18 
Cranberry Bush, Hi., .4-6 
Deutzia. Pk. or Whi. 12-18 
. 36-48 
Devil’s Walk. Stick, 24-36 
” ” ” .48-60 
Dogwood, English 12-18 
” ” .24-36 
” Red Bark, .12-18 
” ” ” ..18-24 
” ” ” ....36-48 
” ” Flow.18-24 
” Siberian, .12-18 
” White Flow., 18=24 
” ” ” .36-48 
” ” ” 60-72 
ELDER, Amer., ...18-24 
” ” .36-48 
Forsythia, Gold Bell 12-18 
. 18-24 
” ” ” 36-48 
FRINGE, Purple, 12-18 
” ” .36-48 
” White, .12-18 
” ” .48-60 
HAZELNUT, Amer. 18-24 
Holly, Deciduous, .12-24 
” ” .48-60 
Honeysuckle, Winter 12-18 
” ” 36-48 
Hydrangea, H.Snow. 12-18 
” ” ” ....18-24 
” Oak Leaf, 12-18 
” ” ” ...24-36 
LILAC, Chinese .24-36 
” Imp. Purple .18-24 
” Japanese ..18-24 
” Persian ...... .24-36 
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