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“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE’? 

Vol. XXX 
In these trying times the biggest and best thing that most 
of us home folks can do is to feed ourselves—take some of. ~ 
the load off of the heroic men and women who are 
front fighting for us by at least feeding ourselves ih ay 
asking them to add to their already too heavy burdens by 
sharing their own scanty supply of food with us. 
No matter where we are or who we are, old or young 
even if. two thirders or crippled, we can all at least feed 
ourselves—and that’s not asking half as much of us as 
we are asking of 
them. ) 
Grow a garden, 
grow fruit, have 
your own chick- 
ens for meat and. 
eggs, maybe keep © 
a pig and feed it. 
with the surplus 
from you 
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- able to work a 
you are. Don’t 
admit that you 
can’t do at least 
as well as_ that 
widow woman or 
that half crippled — 
old man, or that 
young boy,-or 
that busy factory 
worker. They do 
it and do it well. 
And you can, too. 
And the time may 
come when you 
will have to do it 
or go hungry. It 
could happen 
here. And as it is, 
a lot of you have 
to figure your 
points mighty 
close. 
But really, the 
points don’t need 
to worry you at : } 
all. I know lots of families who practically never use either 
blue or red. They have plenty of food of their own, far 
better and far cheaper—and no points to worry about. 
In our own family for instance, we practically never 
have use for blue points, and generally only part of the 
red ones. And we are about as busy people as you often 
find, too. But we always find time to grow our own feed. 
years. 
help it. 
Published by Henry Field in the Print Shop 
Shenandoah, Iowa, March, 1945 














Sit Down—Let’s Talk It Over 
Have been talking over “how to feed yourself” with my customers for over fifty 
A few who live near by come in and see me. 
it out face to face, and they’re always welcome. 
“talk it out’? here in Seed Sense or over the radio. 
Don’t know when I’ve been so outspoken as I am this time in Seed Sense. 
So many people are complaining about ration points and food costs that it 
makes me mad. Especially old customers of mine, who ought to know better. 
My advice has always been, and still is, to grow a garden. 
little handicapped, can be independent with a garden. 
prices. And independent in mind too—nothing better for both mind and body. 

' Feed Yourself 
If you don’t believe it, just take a look in our cellar. And 
you can do the same. 
Outside of coffee. and sugar it’s mighty little we need 
from outside (and we can help out a lot on the sugar with 
home grown sorghum). 
Gardening is really not hard work—it’s a relaxation and 
a pleasure. With us, it takes the place that golf or movies 
or clubs do with some people. : 
I was just reading the other day an article by some big 
doctor at the 
Mayo Clinic on 
what they call 
Mental Therapy, 
and he said that 
‘the best possible 
cure for mental 
troubles such as 
nervous. break- 
| down and ragged 
| nerves and such, 
was not the ordi- 
narily recom- 
mended “rest 
| 

| eure’’—in other 
words get out and 




Although he is | 
one of the biggest 
mental and nerve 
specialists in the 
world he inferred 
that about two- 
thirds of the 
nervous and men- 
tal ailments 
could be cured by 
simply raising a 
garden. And he 
added that the 
vegetables they 
ate from that 
Same garden 
would go a long 
ways toward cur- 
ing their physical 
ailments. 
Smart man. 
I’ve been 
preaching the 
same doctrine for 
ys years and I’m 
glad to have such distinguished company. So quit your 
worrying about red points and blue points. 
Get busy and raise a garden. And have fruits and flow- 
ers in it as well as vegetables. Amongst them they will 
cure just about everything that ails you—mentally, mor- 
ally, physically, and financially. a 
They like to sit down and talk 
But there’s no reason why we can’t 
Couldn’t 
Anybody, even if a 
Independent of points, and 
Copyright, 1945, Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
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make agarden. 
