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: “FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE’’ 
Published by Henry Field in the Print Shop 
Shenandoah, Iowa, March, 1944 No. 2 
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ol. XXVIII 
It’s Big Boy’s turn to write a letter. His name’s really Luke, 
and he’s the only boy of my daughter, Ruth, and he sure is 
some boy as you can tell from his letter, Living with his three 
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Henrietta and Susie got some of their canned stuff out 
right. Henrietta is a Girl Scout now and earns points for a 
cooking badge by helping Mom can food. She does O.K. but she 
thinks she’s awful smart in that uniform. Huh, one more year 
and I can be a Boy Scout. Just wait’ll she sees MY uniform. 

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3. Soshe sat down to look at Grandpa’s catalogue, Women, 
always putting up a front! 1 know she can’t read. But Susie 
leaned over her shoulder to help with the hard words. Then 
Rose said she wanted some seeds of that pumpkin on the front 
cover that had red insides and I had to tell her that was one 
of Grandpa’s Sugar Lump Watermelons. She ought to know 
because we grow all 3 colors every year. 
A Letter from Big Boy 

sisters keeps him pretty busy being the man about the house. 
He holds up his end all right, and the girls don’t put anything 
over on HIM. 

2. I was sharpening my hoe getting it ready for the early 
spring work when Rose Elizabeth came out with a pumpkin 
nearly as big as she is. She wanted me to help her open it to 
get the seeds out. I told her a better way would be to open 
a package of Grandpa Field’s guaranteed pumpkin seed. Then 
she’d be sure of results. Isn’t that right Grandpa? 

Then we took some of the carrots we raised last year 
out of the cellar and I brought in some of our rabbits to give 
4. 
We couldn’t get all of them in the picture. You 
know, it was funny. We didn’t have very many rabbits at first 
but pretty soon we had a lot. Mamma says they’ll eat us out 
of house and home. But I guess not if we raise a good garden 
this year.—Lukie. 
them a treat. 
Copyright, 1944, Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co, 
