HENRY FIELD’S 
SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Published by Henry Field in His Radio Print Shop 
} ol. XXII SPECIAL CATALOG EDITION — Shenandoah, la., Jan . 1, 1938 No.l 
Picking a Bushel of Health 
This is Henry Bell’s daughter, Opal, out pick¬ 
ing apples in their orchard. Henry is a good cus¬ 
tomer of mine up in Iona, So. Dakota, and apples 
don’t grow as easy up there as they do here. 
Looks like an Anoka or Cortland about 4 years 
old. 
Please Order Early! 
Please help me out this year, and yourselves, 
too, by ordering early. The free gifts below are 
for ordering early and I want you to pick out 
just what you like best, there, and I’ll send it 
along free. 
Early orders always get the pick of everything 
and the best service. When it comes to field 
seeds, I’ve seen lots of times a man saved over 
$20 and $30 by ordering before the spring price 
raises. 
So send those orders in now and do yourself 
and me a favor. Thanks. H. F. 
P. S. Don’t worry about ordering nursery 
stock too early. Send your order now and I’ll 
reserve the stock for you and ship it when it’s 
correct planting time there where you live. 
Ozark Grown Blue Bells 
Yes, I will have a few of the Mertensia Blue 
Bells again this spring that I will bring up from 
my Ozark place. They are 19c each; 3 for 49c 
or 7 for 98c, postpaid. You’ll find them on page 
34 and a colored picture on page 43. 
Mary Mary, How Does Your Garden Grow? 
The trouble with that headline is that the 
fine looking, ambitious young lady’s name is 
Josephine Oldfield, from up in Washington, 
Iowa. The picture was sent in by C. F. Timmons. 
Now, that’s what I call real ambition and the 
right way to make garden—get the urge and 
start early. She’s doing a mail’s size job and has 
on man’s size boots to prove it. 
50c Apiece for Pictures 
You folks know, I can’t put out a Seed Sense 
without plenty of letters) and pictures. And, I’m 
willing to pay for them. Here’s what I’m going 
to do. 
Send me those pictures—of your tulips, alfalfa. 
Atlas, flower bed, lawn, kids, stock — anything 
you want. If I can use them. I’ll pay 50c each 
when I do. The only rule is, that they must be 
extra prints that you don’t want back for I never 
know which I can use until each Seed Sense time. 
The best one of all, sent in, will get $5. Fair 
deal? 
The Modern Way to Garden 
This is Mrs. J. L. Hovey and the two fine look¬ 
ing grandchildren are Norma Helen and Wayne 
Lester from down in South Fork, Missouri. She 
gardens the easy way, with a wheel hoe (like pic¬ 
tured on page 42) and the picture proves it does 
a 100% job. 
Mrs. Hovey says she has flowers planted all 
along the fence because she likes to look at them 
while working in the garden. 
Do You Know How to Plant? 
Don’t worry, if you don’t. Every order I send 
out has complete planting instructions with it, 
covering a lot of different items. Even you old 
experts might find something interesting in it. 
And, of course, every garden and flower seed 
packet has the cultural directions printed right 
on it. Even if you know planting backwards and 
forwards, I hope you read it. 
These Catalogs Free 
Can’t get everything I want into one catalog. 
This is my big seed book, but I have others from 
time to time. Here’s a list of them. They’re free 
for the asking. Just mention the one you’re in¬ 
terested in, on your order, and I’ll mail it right 
out to you. 
BIRD and FISH Catalog (with all supplies, 
too); PAINT Catalog; TIRE Circular; HARNESS 
Catalog; SHOE Catalog; CHICK Guide and 
PRESSURE COOKER Leaflet. 
Yes, they’re all Free. 
FREE GIFTS FOR EVERYBODY! 
This is my way of saying "THANK YOU, COME AGAIN." You'll get other surprise free gifts, too. H. F. 
FREE GIFTS WITH 
GARDEN SEEDS 
$1.50 ORDER 
You May Choose 
t. 3 New Rare Royal Purple 
Glads (See colored picture, page 
4 3) or 
2. 3 Lovely Climbing Madeira 
Vine Bulbs (Climbing Lily of the 
Valley) or 
FREE for 1c 
FREE GIFTS WITH NURSERY 
$2.00 ORDERS 
You May Choose 
1. 1 Giant .Shasta Supreme Daisy or 
2. 1 Light or Dark Blue Delphinium or 
3. 1 Spirea Van Houttei (Bridal Wreath) 
$3.00 ORDERS 
Choose Any Above Gifts or 
1. 1 New’ “Double Gold” Coreopsis or 
2. 2 Concord Grape Vines or 
3. 1 new Dwarf Flowering Quince 
FREE 
1 pkt. mixed Giant TiAHLIA- 
1LOWEREI) Zinnias. (See right.) 
3. 1 Packet of the New 
Giant Dahlia-Flowered 
Zinnias or 
4. 100 Gladiolus Bulb- 
lets (Special Seedsman’s 
Size) 
$2.00 ORDER 
Double any of the 
above or take two of 
them. 
$4.00 ORDER 
You may take all four 
or four times any ONE, 
etc. 
This is for the kids and how 
they love it. They can’t buy 
everything' they'd like to raise 
so I’ve rolled 100 packets into 
one and made a big mixture of 
every kind of garden and flower 
seed imaginable. 
It's a giant packet. It costs 
1c. But it must be your own 
penny. Don’t ask the folks for 
it. 
Write “CONGLOMERATION 
FACKET” on your folk’s order, 
slide in your lc. and you'll be 
buying your OAVN garden. 
This must come with your 
folk’s order. 
Henry Field. 
FREE: This 
handy 
garden trowel 
free: See page 
42. 
$5.00 ORDERS 
Choose Any Above Gifts or 
1. 2 Pink Cushion Mums or 
FREE 
25 Rust Proof 
Asparagus 
with $5 Nurs¬ 
ery orders. 
2. 1 Hansen Bush 
Cherry or 
3. 25 Rust Proof 
Asparagus 
$10.00 ORDERS 
CHOICE OF ANY 2 
ABOVE GIFTS PLUS 
A RED or PINK RADI¬ 
ANCE, HOOVER or 
TALISMAN ROSE. 
FREE 
2 Pink Cushion Alums with $5.00 
Nursery orders. 
