Food for Freedom 
By CLAUDE R. WICKARD 
Secretary of Agriculture 
Food is a whole arsenal of weapons in this 
struggle for human freedom. It is the driving 
force behind high production by munitions 
workers, and top-notch performance and 
strong morale among soldiers and sailors .. . 
Our national self-interest and our humanitar- 
ian instincts challenge us to do this job of pro- 
ducing food and do it on a scale that will 
write history .. . In the day of victory when 
the nations sit down at the peace table our 
food stock piles, ready to be drawn on by the 
famished people of the Old World, will give 
great force to our views. For they will show 
once and for all that democracy builds for the 
GROW VITAM IN 5 AT ds of common men By winning our 
needs o ae g 
YOUR KITCHEN DOOR American battle of farm production we will 
NATIONAL GARDEN BUREAU help to make it possible once again for men 
pet si in all parts of the earth to live in comfort and 
in tolerance and in freedom. 

ASPARAGUS 
Packet, 5 Cents . . . Ounce, 15 Cents . . . 14 Pound, 50 Cents 
s - *An early spring vegetable, is widely appreciated and 
Planting Instructions extensively cultivated. Can be grown in any soil which 
is not too wet. The seed should be sown in March or April, in rows 14 inches apart, 
and lightly covered with a layer of soil VY to 34-inch deep. When the seed is up the 
plants should be thinned out. The permanent bed should be prepared by digging a 
trench 18 inches wide and 20 inches deep. Fill this one-third full of well-rotted manure. 
Half fill the remaining space with good soil and transplant the clumps one foot apart. 
Cover to surface. The stocks should not be cut until a year after planting and then 
but lightly. Full harvest may be taken after this. 
MARTHA WASHINGTON 
*More vigorous than the Mary Washington, being bred to resist rust 
diseases. Productive, uniform type. Shoots large, of extra good qual- 
ity, rich green color tinted with purple at tips. 
MARY WASHINGTON 
The most extensively grown variety. Also rust-resistant. 
ASPARAGUS ROOTS 
One Year Old. We can furnish WASHINGTON roots at 25c per doz., 
$1.25 per 100. ASPARAGUS 
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