


3 This Food Doesn’t Cost Any “Points” 

Here’s another view I took last fall of Mrs. Field and a part of the canned goods 
in our basement here at Shenandoah. 
We’ve got another supply just like this down 
at our Missouri cabin. The beauty of this home-raised, home-canned food is that 
it’s free of rationing, free of “points” and is to be had by anyone who'll plant a few 
seeds and spend a little elbow grease. 
And you can eat this anytime you want to. 
come good while you become good and hungry. 
No waiting for another coupon to be- 
And all the time, you’re doing 
your part toward helping the war effort—by growing your own food, saving trans- 
portation, commercial canners’ time, and critical materials. 
It’s going to be “grow a garden” or go hungry’’; 
seed is still to be had.—H.F. 
Set 
Follows My Advice 
“Dear Friend Field: — 
Hear your daily visits and if more 
would only use good, hard sense that you 
have we’d get somewhere. 
Winter has been quite severe up here 
so far, lots of sleet and ice and didn’t 
help trees and orchards any. 
The corn crops was ‘‘tops’’ of all years; 
lots of rain, and these new Hybrids go 
places. 
We found your advice wise to follow, 
so that’s why early order from last year’s 
seed catalog. Thank you. 
L. D. Simons, Marcus, Iowa.” 
Gardening 
ee Oe 
Are you getting as slow as your grand- 
father’s clock? 
Is-your face almost round as its dial? 
Are you wheezy and fat as a pet dog or cat? 
Are you built like a swollen bass-viol? 
Is your blood pressure low? Is your pulse- 
beat too slow? 
If so, IT am begging your pardon. 
But you wouldn’t need pills, and you’d save 
doctor bills, 
If you’d get out and work in a garden. 
Run a hoe a few rounds; (that’s the way to 
lose POUNDS) 
I certainly want you to try it. 
And (believe it or not), keep 
handle HOT, 
And you won’t give a HANG about diet. 
These grocery store fans, that live out of 
cans 
And suffer with asthma and bunions, 
Would better, by gosh, get out and raise 
squash, 
And lettuce and string beans and onions. 
Plant a few pounds of seeds, and keep down 
the weeds. 
Fill your cellar with food-stuff,—a bounty—, 
And when winter gets rough, you can sure 
STRUT YOUR STUFF, 
For your family won’t be “ON THE 
COUNTY.” 
I use Henry Field seeds for all of my needs, 
(But Pm earnestly begging your pardon—) 
Wherever you buy, don’t neglect it (says I), 
Be sure that you plant a big garden! 
Mrs. Mark Hiles, pieiias ts Junction, Mo. 
that hoe- 
Best men will take the first thing offered, 
but no woman ever did. 
so get started soon while the 
That one tin can of asparagus was a present to us.—H. F. 

How to Raise Club Money 
All clubs of various sorts from boy 
scoquts on up to ladies’ missionary socie- 
ties have the problem of raising money. 
This year, with everyone interested in 
raising a garden, a great many clubs have 
solyed the problem by ordering out a 
Junior Seedsman deal for each one of 
their members. FHach deal has 10 col- 
lections of seed of 10 packets each. These 
sell for 39c a collection (and they sell 
fast at that price) and when all 10 are 
sold $3.90 has been collected. $2.90 is 
returned to me to help pay for the seed 
and $1.00 is kept and those dollars soon 
add up, if there are many members. 
I’m passing the suggestion along to 
you other clubs. It’s a nice way to raise 
money. Incidentally, the packets are all 
full-sized Henry Field packets and a good 
selection of varieties. 
Visit the Stores 
You folks who live near my stores can 
probably run in and buy almost as easy 
as sending to Shenandoah for your seeds 
and trees. They are all fully supplied 
and I promise the boys are ready and-anx- 
ious to take real good care of you. Here’s 
the list. Find the one nearest you: 
Fort Dodge, Iowa, 609 Central Avenue 
Storm Lake, Iowa, 512 Erie 
Des Moines, Iowa, 215 Walnut 
Lincoln, Nebraska, 942 P Street 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 535 W. Broadway 
Spencer, Iowa, 216 South Grand 
Perry, Iowa, 1302 2nd Street 
Creston, Iowa, 219 W. Montgomery 
Carroll, Iowa, 502 North Adams 
Maryville, Missouri, 2nd & Main Street 
No. Omaha Nursery, 7110 Dodge Street 
HENRY FIELD DEALER STORES 
(Not operated by’ me, but they handle my seed.) 
Britt, Iowa, Dahl Seed & Nursery Store 
Chariton, Iowa, Henry Field Seed Store 
Algona, Iowa, Algona Seed Store 
Leon, Iowa, Leon Produce Co. 


A Month’s Ration of Store Cans 
John Rahamer, who runs our grocery 
dept. here at the seedhouse brought me 
this “large”? stack of commercially canned 
food this morning when the point system 
was announced which is one month’s ra- 
tion for one person. The large can of 
tomato juice ‘‘costs’” 32 points and the 
regular size can of peas ‘“‘costs’’ 16 points 
which uses up the month’s supply of 48 
points for each person. Quite a contrast 
with picture at left of Mrs. Field and her 
supply of food which doesn’t cost any 
points, isn’t it? 


How to Prune Tomatoes 
One of the questions I’m asked most 
eften is how to prune tomatoes. So I got 
an artist here at the seedhouse to rig up 
a sketch that shows you pretty plainly 
how to do it. And it’s worth doing— 
the tomatoes not only do better but the 
tomatoes are larger and cleaner and bet- 
ter in every way than if you let them 
run on the ground. 
In the sketch, No. 38s are branches 
coming out from the leaf.axil and these 
must be cut out to train the tomato vine 
to a single stem. Otherwise they form 
an auxiliary branch 
running out from the 
main stem. Right 
above it but beneath 
the next leaf is the 
blossom stem (No. 1 
in the sketch). On 
these the tomatoes 
are borne (see’No. 5). 
No. 2 in the sketch 
represents string or 
heavy twine or piece 
of rag used to tie 
the vine (tie right 
below each blossom 
stem) to upright 
stake used to support 
vine. 

“Dear Mr. Field: We planted your 
Silver Bantam sweet corn on May 22nd 
last spring on just ordinarily rich garden 
soil, and on July 12 we had roasting 
ears.’’—Mrs. Claud Allen, Des Moines, Ia. 
* * * * * 
Now’s a good time to promise your wife 
a trip around the world. 
