


a GARDEN FOR VICTORY 
E are all doing it and the novelty of the idea has appealed to many. Funda- 
‘mentally though, it has been the basic pursuit of humanity since agriculture began. 
__On our cover we picture the first Victory gardeners in Dakota. Had they not 
Banca most industriously on our Dakota soils they would have perished entirely. And 
Et ey used to go out to the garden patches often with an armed guard, and many of them 
ost their lives in the gardens by enemy attacks. Our enemies are attacking many thou- 
“sands of miles away. When the village Indian gardens did not produce the people did 
‘not eat. That is hardly true for us, but we can well put a little of the grim purpose of 
“he Indian gardener and of the sturdy pioneer settler at the head of this paragraph into 
ur own gardening efforts and thereby contribute more to the extreme and developing need 
ot food for the whole world during the coming year. 
Oscar H. Will & Co. have been serving the growers of food, especially in the North- 
ern Great Plains, for 63 years now. We believe that you can produce to best advantage 
by giving us your patronage and securing the many special varieties which we have intro- 
duced or developed for our climate. 
| And please remember that we too are carrying on under difficulties. Very many of 
our men have gone into the service; other men and women too have gone to work in war 
plants. As a result we have had to break in and train scores of new and often inferior 
employees, many of whom last only a week or two. This is only one phase of the trou- 
bles to be faced in the seed business. But we shall do the very best we can, cheerfully 
remedy unavoidable errors and spare no efforts in trying to take care of your orders prop- 
erly. Help us by sending them in as early as you can. 




_ VEGETABLE SOY BEANS. One of the most delicious and pleasing of 
all recent vegetable introductions. Very high in proteins and hence 
a useful meat substitute. May be used green like lima beans, or dry 
when they are baked or stewed. Pkt., 5c; 4 Ib., 14c; 1% Ib., 28c; 
Ib., 40c, postpaid. F. O. B. here, 10 Ibs., $2.40. 
RANGER WATERMELON. 
Tough, hardy and gets 
there first. A cross be- 
tween Kleckley Sweet 
and Arikara; a large, ob- 
- long melon with a thick 
rind and pink flesh. Ma- 
tures earlier than any 
other fair sized variety, 
Cad withstands heat and drouth. Pkt. 10c; oz. 25c. 
j RED LODGE MARROW SQUASH. This Marrow or Cocozelle squash 
“  eomes to us from the Italian settlement at Red Lodge, Mont., the 
_ residents there having brought it from Italy. It is exceptionally 
é "early and tremendously prolific. In addition the foearaeed is very good. 
PKt., Oy OZ., poe postpaid. 

