Watkins was a terrific value in depression days. It still is today.

      Turn back the calendar to 1937 on a small farm in Iowa. NOBODY had any money. However, we ate like rich people.Why? Because we raised our own food.

      My mother had a HUGE garden. You name it, she grew it. Potatoes, tomatoes, onions, radishes, turnips, lettuce,cabbage, peppers, carrots, peas, beans, cantaloupe, watermelon, apples, peaches, rhubarb and strawberries, We even had walnut trees.

      We ate like kings, even with no money. She did a lot of baking. Fruit pies that would melt in your mouth. Cakes that wouldn't last the day through, because Dad and I would eat evey delicious crum. Mom was a fantasic cook. Regrettably, I lost Mother when I was 10 years old. However, her teaching and values have guided my life to this day.

     One of her cooking secrets was using Watkins products.She would always use Watkins Vanilla for her baking. The spices, especially Watkins Cinnamon, played a big part in her wonderful gourmet cooking on a "cob stove."

      How could she afford Watkins products in those days? When our "Good Old Watkins Man" named Bob Moranville came around she would trade for her needs. Two or three chickens, couple dozen eggs, a bag of potatoes, a sack of walnuts or whatever our Watkins man needed and could use. He was a wonderful man and a good friend. We always looked forward to his visits.

      While I can't take any fruits, veggies or nuts for our Watkins products, I can promise you will get the same superb quality and an even larger selection. Couple that with "Good Old Fashioned Watkins Service".We'll be looking forward to serving you. Many thanks for going along on my journey to the past.

                                  Dean Wright,  An Old Iowa Farm Boy