
Picture of Health 
‘Dear Sir: This is my 16 mos. old 
baby Delores Ann with two of your musk- 
melons. Her daddy is in Guam.’’—Mrs. 
Nina M. Williams, Rt. 2, Box 227, Cres- 
cent, Oklahoma, 
Mrs. Williams didn’t name the kind of 
melons but they sure look mighty fine. 
Seeds or Plants? . 
Here is an age old question that crops 
up every year and it is a good one.. Shall 
I set out plants or sow seeds of vegeta- 
bles direct in the garden? Here is our 
answer. Do Both! Tomatoes, peppers, 
eggplant and cauliflower are given an 
early start most everywhere by starting 
plants indoors and transplanting later to 
their place in the garden outdoors. And 
that is the way it should be. Harvest 
will start weeks earlier if you follow 
this method. At the same time remem- 
ber that later on you can sow direct in 
the garden, varieties which are hardy, 
grow rapidly, and mature early. This 
will provide a world of vegetables for 
late harvest and autumn storage. 
* * *- Ok oo 
The reason soil MUST BE FIRMED 
over the newly planted seed is to prevent 
air pockets which would cause drying out 
nd result in poor germination. 
Middle Size Glads 
Here is a money saver! == 
Buy smaller bulbs. This | 
fine mixture will give you — 
a beautiful assortment of 
all kinds and all colored 
glads at a very low cost. 
Included in the mixture 
are some of the most ex- — 
pensive varieties, and | 
every color of glad you | 
have ever seen. You will 
have lots of blooms the 
first year and for years to 
come. It’s a great way *. 
to start a real glad gar- | 
den. 25 for 50c; 50 for ~ 
$1.00, postpaid. (Notless — 
than 50 sold). 




A Real Welcome 
‘Dear Mr. Field: I want to thank you 
very much for the American Elms you 
sent for my boys in service. They look 
very nice. I am ‘enclosing, along with 
my thanks, a picture of my older son, 
Corp. Ralph N. Austin, just returned 
frem 21 mos. with the 8th Air Force in 
England. The two youngsters he is hi- 
hoing are his nephews, Noel and Evan 
Bennett, who really missed his rough- 
housing them, so they were getting their 
share when this picture was _ taken. 
Thank you again, Mr. Field, I know 
there are many like us who have taken 
advantage of your kind gesture and 
planted a tree for their Servicemen.’’— 
Mrs. A, N. Austin, Wayne, Nebraska, 
Good for Rheumatism??? 
Ever see a Buckeye? Or ever carry one. 
in your pocket.as pocket piece or charm? 
-Down in Missouri where we live part 
time, most people believe that if you will 
carry a Buckeye in your pocket it will 
ward off rheumatism, and it is generally 
said that if you search any Missourian 
you will find a Buckeye on him, and they 
certainly seldom have rheumatism. 
Now I doubt if it will ward off rheu- 
matism. Maybe the Missourians are just 
naturally a hardy race and not subject to 
such troubles, but anyway they make an 
interesting and beautiful pocket piece. 
Fortune magazine says that President 
Truman carries two of them. He prob- 
ably wants to play safe, and he’s naturally 
cautious. 
Anyway, if you would like to have one 
for a pocket piece or curiosity, just send 
me 25c and I’ll mail you 3 or 4 of them, 
the real thing—some I gathered down in 
Missouri. ISM 
* * * Do * 
Swiss chard and New Zealand spinach 
are two, main, warm season greens which 
produce through hot weather up until 
frost. 
Mr. and Mrs. EK. EH. hight. 
was sent in by her grandmother,. Mrs, EH. 


‘Another Flower Lover 
Phyllis Ann, 15 mos, old daughter of 
This picture 
F, Light, 310 Ridge St., Yates Center, 
Kansas. Grandmother says, o is 
really a lover of flowers.” — Te 
For Jr. Seedemen One a 
I have an apology to make to all. 
Junior Seedsmen. Have made it t 
privately in most cases, but ROW: 





















ean see it. I don’t have all. of € 
prizes I offered in Pees catalog. 
here’s why. 
Last fall when I was making up 
catalog and working on prizes for 
boys and girls, the manufacturers al I 
over the country told me they were go- 
ing to have things ready to go before I 7 
mailed the catalog. I believed them, just ; 
like you would, so I went ahead on ‘their 
word. 
Since that time there’s ‘been all kin 
of trouble. Mostly strikes. And 
the good and still ‘can’t. 
mad, but there isn’t anything I ca: 
about it. At the last minute I went 
and bought the best prizes I could 
on the market. ‘They’re in the,circul 
I’ve sent to you, or will send when you — 
order your collections. They’re good 3 
prizes, some better than I listed in cata- 
log, and I know you'll like them. 
BUT! . If you ‘don’t like them, j 
send in the slip that’s included with ev 
ery order, telling me what prize_ fror 
the catalog you want, and I’ll get it f 
you when I can. It might take unt 
summer in some cases, but Vil core 
do my best. 
Wish I Could a * 
“Dear Henry: The fruit trees I got trem _ 
you are just fine. I just wish you could see 
my corn from the Hybrid seed I got from 
you. It sure is fine, also all the seeds which 
I ordered.”—Thomas Hayes, Racine, West — 
Virginia, ae 
- The Best 
“Dear Mr, Field: The roses on our order 
eame today, and they were magnificent. Def- 
initely the best we have ever received and © 
we have ordered roses from four difierent 
Nurseries.”—W. A. Petzoldt, Supt., Crow In-. — 
dian Baptist Missions, Lodge Grass, Mon- 
tan? 


