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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
SOME PICTURES OF OUR MEXICAN TRIP 
You’ve heard of the Tropic of Cancer, and you have seen it 
marked in the old geography. All right, here it is, at close 
range. That’s Andy our guide with me. 
The most typical thing you see in the Mexican scenery is the 
Cactus. You see it in hundreds of varieties and in every size. 
Here’s Mrs. Field inspecting an extra big one. She wanted to 
bring it home with her, but Harley objected. We were so 
crowded, he was afraid he might have to sit on it all the way 
home. 
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A Mexican farmer and his wife on their way to town. This is 
a very familiar sight along the roads there. The third donkey 
js the Mexican rumble seat. 
We had a wonderful trip this past January, down into Old 
Mexico, Mrs. Field and myself, and our good friend Harley 
Bartles. We went by automobile, of course, lived in cabin 
camps, and went way down into Old Mexico clear beyond Mex¬ 
ico City. In fact, we went just about as far as the paved road 
went; a total distance of about 2,000 miles. 
With the side drives we made, we covered a total of about 
5,000 miles, and it was a wonderful experience. 
We left here during the deep snow and bitter cold early in 
January, and were gone three weeks—two weeks of it in Mex¬ 
ico. 
Here on this page are some of the pictures we took, which 
will give you a little idea of what it is like. 
It was a wonderful and interesting trip, and very much of a 
surprise too, for we found that pretty nearly everything we 
thought we knew about Mexico was wrong, and we had to 
learn it all over again. 
We found the people of Mexico to be as fine people as you 
ever saw; extremely polite, courteous, very friendly, and law 
abiding. 
We found the scenery wonderful and beautiful, the weather 
perfect, and the eats good. We liked it so much that we aim 
to go back again, if we can, sometime when everything is in 
bloom. 
It would take too long to tell all the interesting and sur¬ 
prising and funny experiences we had, but we certainly saw 
everything we could, and it was a lot. 
COME SEE THE PICTURES 
We took hundreds of pictures. Come to my desk at the 
Seed House some day, and I’ll show you some. 
Yes, we saw the Floating Gardens and the volcanoes, and the 
great Pyramids, and the great Cathedrals, and everything else 
that we had time to take in. 
Their winter weather, which they were having when we 
were there, is just about like nice Iowa September. Their 
summer is said to be about like our May, especially in Mexico 
City, which is very high elevation, about 8,000 feet. Mexico 
City is a surprisingly beautiful place, a city about the size of 
Los Angeles, and fully as beautiful. 
We went in by way of Laredo, Texas, where the great Pan- 
American highway crosses into Mexico; then on down through 
Monterrey, Victoria, and Tamazunchale, to Mexico City, and 
then on down beyond, to Taxco; with lots of side trips in be¬ 
tween. Splendid paved roads all the way. 
It was a wonderful trip, especially for people like us, who had 
never been outside of the United States before. 
But, of course, when we got back, good old Iowa looked aw¬ 
fully good to us yet.—H.F. 
Information Helps 
I would suggest you write to 
the following addresses for free 
guide books, maps, and other 
information on Mexico: 
Pemex Travel Club, Mexico City, 
Mexico. 
Pan-American Tourist Bureau, 
Laredo, Texas. 
Mexican Automobile Association 
(A.M.A.), Laredo, Texas; or 
Mexico City, Mexico. 
Federal Government Tourist 
Bureau, Mexico City, Mexico. - 
Power's Art Shop, Nuevo Lare¬ 
do, Mexico. 
Any of these will be glad to 
give you worlds of free infor¬ 
mation. 
We have found the cabin 
camps everywhere very nice, 
but we especially recommend 
these. We have checked up 
closely in these places and find 
the ones mentioned the best 
ones: 
Laredo, Texas, The Alamo 
Courts. 
Monterrey, Mexico, Regina 
Courts. 
Mexico City, Mexico, Shirley 
Courts. 
These are all very high grade 
tourist courts, or what we call 
cabin camps; moderate in price, 
and yery nice. You will make 
no mistake in stopping at them. 
—H. F. 
In Mexico you see Old Tes¬ 
tament pictures at every turn 
of the road. You seem to step 
back 2000 years in history. 
