The Need for Victory Gardens 
For many years this page has been devoted to offering hand and power lawn 
mowers. (Peace time products). This year we have an important job for the home 
front, and we think, rather than give you our own views on the matter, to quote in 
part from a recent article by Mr. H. W. Hochbaum of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture: 
“We need more and better, also bigger, Victory Gar- 
dens in 1948. The problem of producing and transport- 
ing food for military forces here and abroad and for 
our Allies is one of stupendous proportion. The prob- 
lems of labor shortage, shortage of essential supplies, 
transportation, and disturbed conditions generally, 
make the problem of getting food to our civilian popu- 
lation the greater, therefore. Yet, every family should 
have full supplies of health protecting foods. The more 
fruits and vegetables that can be grown by families at 
home, the greater the insurance that the intake of cer- 
tain vitamins and minerals will be adequate. Further- 
more, then the supplies for armed forces and our Allies 
will be the greater and some of the strain of transpor- 
tation will be relieved. The gardener will have his 
supply right at his door and it will be fresh. So, for 
1943, it seems to some of us here that a Victory Garden 
program may well consider the following objectives: 
““(1) Wherever people have sufficient open sunny 
space and fertile ground, without sacrificing lawns and 
ornamental plantings, they should grow vegetables 
for home consumption, particularly the green leafy 
vegetables, yellow vegetables, and tomatoes. 
(2) Vegetables should be grown in sufficient quan- 
tities to insure families of adequate supplies of these 
health protecting foods. 
“(3) Where sufficient open sunny space and fertile 
ground are not available to do this, space easily acces- 
sible by bus or street car should be developed for com- 
munity gardens, with plots 30x 50 feet or larger for 
the individual gardener. 
“(4) Every farm should grow all the vegetables 
needed for the family’s entire yearly supply. This will 
require growing vegetables from early spring until 
hard freezing weather, and in the South all winter long, 
and processing and storing vegetables to the fullest 

Lincoln Corn. 
One of the outstand- extent. : : 
ing new varieties of “(5) Good food habits require that from four to 
sweet corn that seven servings of good fruits and vegetables should be 
should be in your 
collection. 
See page 16. 
eaten every day. Therefore, much greater emphasis 
should be placed also on the home growing of fruits on 
the farms and suburban homesteads in the immediate 
future.” 
Supplies and Prices for 1943 
As this catalog goes to press, the supply of almost all manufactured articles is 
uncertain. We have been depleting our stocks and many are impossible to replace 
at present. Therefore, all articles in this issue are offered subject to supply avail- 
able, and we reserve the right to limit quantities. We hope it will not be for long, 
and thanks for your cooperation. 
