HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1940— Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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“Dear Mr. Field: Just want to let you 
know how well pleased we are with the 
yields we got from the Mule-Hybrid corn 
we got from you last spring. We planted 
it Apr. 23—a month earlier than is usual 
here and it got frosted, but it didn’t hurt 
it in the least. It made 86 bu. per acre! 
You are going to get some good orders 
from the neighbors, as it sure showed 
them something that other hybrids aren’t 
doing here. It pays to get good seed and 
we believe Henry’s does the trick.”—Mrs. 
Geo. Christian, Kingsville, Mo., Rt. 1. My 
boys in the wagon are Claude and Leo. 
Claude is planting Mule Hybrid in 1940, 
too. 
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SAVE AGENT'S i 
COMMISSION—BUY 
HYBRID CORN DIRECT 
Agents get from $1 to $3 per 
bu. for selling you corn. There’s 
no need of you having to pay 
that. 
I’ve knocked this commission 
off the price of my famous 
$ A MULE-HYBRID so that youj 
Jl save this agent’s commission for 
v yourself by BUYING DIRECT. 
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“Dear Sir: I am sending you a picture 
of a field of your Mule-Hybrid corn. It 
was planted May 17. The above picture 
of myself and son, Ronnie, was taken 
Aug. 20. The ears were all dented. We 
think this is pretty good as the ground 
was in corn for the second year.”—Ed¬ 
ward Wenzel, Shannon, Ill. 
Plates to Use for Hill-Drop 
Planting my hill-drop grade of hybrid 
is going to save you money, but you’ll 
need special plates. The saving on one 
bushel of corn will pay for them as they 
only cost about 60c each. The best way 
to buy the right plate is to take a sample 
of the corn, when you get it, to your 
dealer and he’ll give you the right plate 
for planting it. But here are the right 
plate numbers for planting Hill Drop in 
John Deere and McCormick-Deering plant¬ 
ers: 
For 129 and 116—McCormick-Deering 
3331A; John Deere Y4665B. 
For 129L and 116L—McCormick 3082A; 
John Deere plate Y3384B. 
For 129R and 116R—McCormick 3237A; 
John Deere plate Y4665B. 
For 129R—McCormick 3083A; John 
Deere plate Y2865B. 
Mule-Hybrid Wins Over All in State Yield Contest 
District 10 
Below is the official state report of results of state hybrid corn trials in our dis¬ 
trict. As you will notice, Mule-Hybrid lead the pack, with a performance score way 
above the nearest competitor. These were impartially judged by state men and this 
report appeared in bulletin form (No. P-2 New Series) and can be obtained by 
writing the Iowa State College at Ames, Iowa. 
DISTRICT TEN—EXPERIMENTAL CLASS 
Perfor¬ 
mance 
score 
Acre yield 
Stand 
pet. 
Moist 
pet. 
Lodg¬ 
ing 
pet. 
Ear 
ht. 
Dropped 
ears 
pet. 
Damaged 
seed 
pet. 
Name, address, variety and indicated 
bushels produced in 1938 
Bu. 
Pet. 
of av. 
114.59 
60.83 
137.0 
79.2 
11.1 
13.3 
3.4 
1.4 
2.3 
Henry Field Seed Co., Shenandoah, la. 
1 10.79 
63.98 
121.6 
86.5 
10.7 
19.6 
3.6 
6.1 
1.6 
110.07 
62.38 
118.6 
71.7 
13.6 
5.8 
3.2 
6.6 
2.5 
108.78 
63.41 
118.6 
81.5 
10.9 
20.1 
3.2 
8.5 
3.1 
(Names of other companies in- 
106.46 
59.55 
113.2 
81.5 
16.6 
6.8 
3.4 
5.5 
5.2 
tentionaily omitted. H. F.) 
105.03 
57.73 
109.8 
80.9 
13.9 
6.2 
3.6 
9.6 
5.0 
Winning Hybrid—Our New 129S 
The Mule-Hybrid which was entered above was our new variety, No. 129-S. This 
is a special high-yielding, long-eared hybrid bred to take the place of No. 129 where 
farmers preferred a one-eared hybrid. It has proven to be outstanding in all our 
trials and I’m listing it for the first time in this Seed Sense. Same price as other 
hybrids, but only limited supply. 
Like Mule-Hybrid Better Than All 
“Dear Henry Field: I planted your 
Mule-Hybrid 129-L this year and am en¬ 
closing a picture of the field. After 28 
straight crops of corn, I got over 71 bu. 
to the acre! This corn is the best that 
any farmer can raise. Was bone dry when 
I picked this out the 12th of ,Sept. I have 
tried-and -, but this is 
out-running both of them. I am putting 
in my order for more corn. Preach Mule- 
Hybrid all you can, Henry, for you have 
the goods.”—Your customer, James Long, 
Dayton, la. 
Save Money with Hill-Drop 
Any amount of farmers are passing up 
a real chance to save money because they 
don’t know what our hill-drop grade of 
corn is. They see it’s $1.25 per bu. 
cheaper, ($3.25 bu. in 2 bu. lots or only 
40c per A.), but they shy away from it 
because they don’t know much about it. 
The hill-drop grade is simply the me¬ 
dium round kernels graded out of the 
edge-drop corn. After all, all kernels 
would be round if the grains on the ear 
were farther apart. It doesn’t include 
any of the big butt kernels or the small 
tip kernels, but is just a good medium 
sized grade that plants as evenly as edge- 
drop corn. The only difference is you use 
hill-drop plates instead of edge drop 
plates. These cost 60c each and the sav¬ 
ing on one bushel of corn pays for them. 
Besides saving money, hill-drop goes 
farther—plants 8 to 9 acres per bu. 
Though it hardly costs more than open- 
pollinated corn, it gives the same high- 
yield and has absolutely the same char¬ 
acteristics as edge-drop corn. 
More and more farmers are switching 
to it to save money. When more people 
learn about it, there won’t be any differ¬ 
ence in price, but now while some folks 
don’t know what it is, it’s still a good 
chance to save money by putting in hill- 
drop. 
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‘7 seeded some of your Mule hybrid No. 129 
on bottom ground along with . and 
. Your corn beat them both on yield 
and quality. We intend planting mostly all 
Mule hybrid this year.”—Yours truly, G. F. 
Baker, Erie, Illinois, R. F. D. No. 2. 
