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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
This Girl Cleared $27 on 100 Chicks 
“Dear Mr. Field: My grandmother and I bought 100 baby 
chicks (Buff Rocks) from you March 18. These were sold be¬ 
tween May 20 and June 20, averaging 2*4 pounds apiece, bring¬ 
ing in $59. $27 of that was clear profit for us. Picture is of 
myself and chickens. 
April 26th, we bought some of your cabbage plants and on 
July 29th, we picked one head weighing 15 lbs.”—Ruth Chan¬ 
try, Ottumwa, Iowa. 
“Dear Henry: I’m enclosing a picture of my chicken yard 
which is ready for the chicks I got from you as soon as they 
are big enough to come out. We received the 200 fine chicks 
a few days ago and they were all alive and are so lively. They 
eat and drink and run around twice as lively as other chicks 
we’ve bought. I read and enjoy every word of Seed Sense.”— 
Mrs. J. Leonard, Rt. 1, Box 406, Minneapolis, Minn. 
12 Practical Rules for Raising Chicks 
Two Special Chick Bargains! 
Here are two real special bargains in chicks. We will have 
these in surplus and are willing to make these low prices to 
move them. It’s your chance to get high quality chicks at the 
cheapest kind of prices. 
Heavy Breed Cockerels—$6.50 per 100 Postpaid 
These include our surplus of several breeds, but may be all 
of one breed. You will be getting real quality chicks as these 
will most always include many cockerels from the better grades. 
Ideal for broilers, capons, heavy roasters. 
Heavy Assorted Chicks—$5.75 per 100 Prepaid 
These are not guaranteed as to sex and may be all pullets, 
all cockerels or all straight run. Come from all breeds and 
grades so often will include chicks of the highest grades at this 
ridiculously low price. 
Book your order early, if you want to take advantage of 
these two “steals.” 
50% Our Chicks Sold Are Top Grade 
I was mighty pleased today to find out that slightly over 50% 
of you chick buyers were taking the top or “Better Than Best” 
grade of chicks. It means you’ve found out the best grade costs 
no more to feed, but pay you back in extra-eggs, faster gains, 
and many times more profit. Here’s a chart that shows pretty 
clearly why you should buy the best grade chicks. 
(Figure Eggs at 18c Doz.) 
100 hens each laying 10O eggs per year.$150.00 
100 hens each laying 150 eggs per year. 225.00 
100 hens each laying 200 eggs per year. 300.00 
100 hens each laying 250 eggs per year. 375.00 
10O hens each laying 300 eggs per year. 450.00 
Address Your Order to Henry Field 
Be sure when you mail your chick order, you have put it in 
an envelope addressed to us. Some folks have by mistake put 
their order to us in envelopes addressed to Colonial Poultry 
Farms—another hatchery. So, of course they are delivered 
to them and they are hard to get straightened out. 
Genuine Henry Field chicks can be obtained from Henry 
Field only. Not many of you have made the above mistake 
but I though I would call it to your attention anyway.—H. F. 
♦ * * * * 
Advice on making a successful speech: Have a good begin¬ 
ning and a good ending and keep them as close together as 
possible. 
1. Have warm Brooder House and proper ventilation. 
2. Plenty of light. 
3. Good Brooder Stove, properly operated and adjusted. 
4. Warm di*y litter on the floor. (Peat Litter preferred.) 
5. Plenty of Feeder space. (3" per chick when chicks are 
day old. Increase space as clucks mature.) 
6. Good Stalling Mash, properly balanced ingredients. Keep 
before chicks at all times. 
7. Chick Grit available at all times. 
8. Feed Scratch Grains when 10 days old in addition to 
Starting Mash. Keep before chicks at all times. 
9. Plenty of Drinking space, with plenty of clean fresh water 
at all times. (Water is one of the most essential feeds and 
is also the cheapest.) 
10. Keep Disinfectant in (hanking water at all times. 
11. Do not over crowd. 
12. Keep Brooder House clean. Keep Feeders and Waterers 
clean. 
3 FREE GIFTS 
With Chick Orders Before Mar. 20 
I want your chick orders sent in this month whether you 
want your chicks now or for April, May, or June delivery. It 
helps me plan the hatches. So for sending them in BEFORE 
MAR. 20, I’ll send you free your choice of gifts below. Fair 
deal. All right! Where’s your order? 
Choose Which Gift You Want Below 
Chick Free Gift No. 1 
25 CHINESE ELM 
* lot planting. Ideal 
size for transplanting. Sent FREE with your chick; order dur- 
Ing March, if you ask for them, or. 
Chick Free Gift No. 2 
2 FIVE FOOT 
CHINESE ELM 
2 Big 5 ft. Trees. Will give you 
quick shade in a hurry. Send 
FREE with your chick order 
during March, if you ask for 
them, or. 
Chick Free Gift No 
EVER BLOOMING ROSE SSSS 
iug hybrid tea Rose. Your choice of color, 
chick order during March, if you ask for it. 
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Sent FREE with your 
