# "V-C for me" **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [August 11, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827 "2020-08-11T18:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/1 "2020-08-11T18:02:53Z")
I was looking at a photo from 1964 and can see a distant billboard. When I enlarge the sign I can see a guy holding up a bottle and the caption reads, “V-C for me”. I can’t see any more detail then that. Any idea what V-C was? ---
**Author:** ![Labdad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/439d5e/32.png) [@Labdad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labdad)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 6:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/2 "2020-08-11T18:08:43Z")
You sure it wasn’t C-V? [https://uplandbeer.com/beers/champagne-velvet/](https://uplandbeer.com/beers/champagne-velvet/) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/3 "2020-08-11T19:19:06Z")
No, I can see the large V-C on the bottle clearly. Perhaps a liquor that ended in “Club” or “Canadian”. ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/4 "2020-08-11T19:25:08Z")
Any chance it’s Veuve Clicquot champagne? > **[Homepage](https://www.veuveclicquot.com/en-int)** > > Please do not forward this content to persons under the legal drinking/buying age nor in countries with restrictions on alcoholic beverages. ---
**Author:** ![Acsenray](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/acsenray/32/4519_2.png) [@Acsenray](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Acsenray)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/5 "2020-08-11T19:29:14Z")
That’s what I was going to say ---
**Author:** ![John\_Bredin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/96bed5/32.png) [@John\_Bredin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Bredin)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/6 "2020-08-11T20:25:54Z")
If it wasn’t as early as 1964, I was going to half-seriously suggest a parody 'ad" for the Viet Cong riffing off “C-V for me”. ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/7 "2020-08-11T20:28:32Z")
> [@Telemark](#): > > Any chance it’s Veuve Clicquot champagne? I don’t think so. Here is a link to an enlargement of the sign: [https://imgur.com/a/R3OGxO0](https://imgur.com/a/R3OGxO0) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/8 "2020-08-11T20:35:17Z")
The guy on the billboard looks a bit like a farmer, and it looks like there’s trees in the background. I googled “V-C farm,” and found a bunch of images like this: [![](https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/gf0814/gf0814-192416/images/gf0814-192416_1@2x.jpg?1405011077000) ](https://cdn1.mecum.com/auctions/gf0814/gf0814-192416/images/gf0814-192416_1@2x.jpg?1405011077000) So, it’s V-C Harvest King fertilizer. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/9 "2020-08-11T20:37:05Z")
And, this image suggests that the guy in the billboard is holding up a bag of fertilizer, not a bottle: [![](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Re7t9SfaL._AC_SL1393_.jpg) ](https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/81Re7t9SfaL._AC_SL1393_.jpg) (The hotlink isn’t working properly, due to a period in the original URL, but if you copy that whole line into a browser window, you’ll be able to see it) ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/10 "2020-08-11T20:43:39Z")
> [@kenobi\_65](#): > > And, this image suggests that the guy in the billboard is holding up a bag of fertilizer, not a bottle: > > (The hotlink isn’t working properly, due to a period in the original URL, but if you copy that whole line into a browser window, you’ll be able to see it) Only works for me if I first quote your post, and then copy and paste. So I’ll just reupload it, so I can show it in the post: [![](https://i.imgur.com/ZmTkKE7.jpg) ](https://i.imgur.com/ZmTkKE7.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/11 "2020-08-11T22:16:00Z")
Great detective work. I have never heard of that fertilizer before. I’ll update my comment on the photo site. Dennis ---
**Author:** ![ThisIsTheEnd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thisistheend/32/4713_2.png) [@ThisIsTheEnd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThisIsTheEnd)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/12 "2020-08-11T22:24:57Z")
Nice job. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/13 "2020-08-11T22:36:21Z")
I saw a comment on a Durham NC history website from some guy reminiscing about his dad who worked for Virginia-Carolina Chemicals, makers of V-C Fertilizer. He mentioned his mom always singing their jingle, _It’s V-C for me! It’s V-C for me!_ _My crops agree–they grow for me see?_ _It’s V-C for me. It’s V-C for me._ ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/14 "2020-08-12T00:59:07Z")
> [@mixdenny](#): > > Great detective work. I have never heard of that fertilizer before. I’ll update my comment on the photo site. You are most welcome! I saw the picture, and said, “I bet I can figure this out.” ---
**Author:** ![mixdenny](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mixdenny/32/2962_2.png) [@mixdenny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mixdenny)\ **Post date:** [August 12, 2020, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/v-c-for-me/917827/15 "2020-08-12T16:20:33Z")
Here is a link to the photo I started with: > **[Vintage Aerial | Ohio | Huron County | 1964 | 16-SHU-15](https://vintageaerial.com/photos/ohio/huron/1964/SHU/16/15)** > > Over 18 million aerial photos documenting the history of rural America spanning five decades.