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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
Tulip Inspection 
This little boy bit off a pretty big job, if 
he’s going to inspect those Henry Field tulips. 
They’re most as big as lie is. If I Know any¬ 
thing about little boys, he’s just about to in¬ 
spect them piece by piece and there won’t be 
much left. Seems like boys never like to see 
tulip in one piece. The boy is tlie grandson 
of Amelia Catt, Princeton, Ind., but she for¬ 
got to tell me the boy’s name. 
Please Forget Berry Bushes! 
I know you want berry bushes this? fall 
—I get 30 or 40 letters a day asking for 
them. But I honestly don’t believe they 
will transplant to suit you, so I have 
to tell you to wait until spring. I’m 
sorry. Would like to supply you and 
sell them, but don’t think it’s right. 
This applies to raspberries, boysenberries, 
blackberries and the like. Incidentally, 
I haven’t listed Butterfly Bush this fall 
for the same reason. Much as I would 
like to sell them, this fall, I have to 
be sure they will do well for you, before 
I do. 
A Bulb Planting Trick 
Here’s a bulb planting trick that work¬ 
ed for me and ought to for you. I’ve al¬ 
ways been troubled with moles down at 
our Missouri cabin so bad I couldn’t 
raise tulips, so when I set my bulbs last 
fall, I put a small handful of Bug Dust 
in with each one. There wasn’t a bulb 
bothered by moles this spring where al¬ 
ways before I couldn’t raise tulips be¬ 
cause of them. I use it, too, you know, 
on and around most of my garden seeds 
and plants. I find ground squirrels, some 
ground* worms, and other rodents keep 
their distance when Bug Dust is around. 
Try it yourself and see if I’m not right. 
WANTED; 20,000 Furs! 
We want furs. Lots of them. That’s 
why we're again offering the top of the 
market for those furs, hides and pelts 
you want to turn into cash. 
For years, we’ve put thousands of ad¬ 
ditional dollars in the pockets of our raw 
fur customers and we’re going to con¬ 
tinue to do it. Our fur department is 
in charge of experts who are instructed 
to see that when furs are brought to 
Henry Field, they get the top of the 
market. 
So send your furs direct to Henry 
Field or bring them in. Every deal is 
subject to your satisfaction or there’s 
no trade. That’s as fair as it can be, isn’t 
it? H. F. 
NOTE: Price list and shipping tags 
.free on request. 
FOR SEPTEMBER, 1940—Henry Field 
Rock-A-Bye, Baby. On the Tree Top. 
Here’s the first picture you’ve ever seen of 
the baby who went rock-a-bye in the treetop. 
It’s Glenn Dean Johnson, nephew of Wilbur 
Johnson of Nodaway, Iowa, who sent in this 
picture. Wilbur doesn’t say whether the Glenn 
Dean just climbed up there and got stuck or 
whether the tree (from Henry Field’s) grew 
so fast that It caught him napping. 
Postoffice Contract 
Awarded to Henry Field’s 
I think you folks will be interested for 
bidders, the government awarded the job 
of landscaping the postoffice grounds in 
Shenandoah to Henry Field’s and second, 
they asked that it be planted in the Fall. 
Now, the postoffice knows how to buy 
and they came to Henry Field’s for their 
planting stuff, and their experts know 
how to plant and they specified FALL 
PLANTING. So maybe you’ll believe 
me when I say Henry Field’s is the 
place to buy seeds and plants and fall 
is an ideal time to plant. Maybe Henry 
is telling the truth after all! 
Anyway, we set out over 700 plants 
in all last fall and everyone lived and is 
thriving except three and I still think 
the boys got lazy on those three and 
didn’t set them right. Fall planting pays 
—try it yourself this fall. H. F. 
Attention! Mule-Corn (Growers 
One good turn deserves another. I put 
you wise to Mule-Hybrid Corn and now 
I’m expecting a favor back from you. 
It won’t take you more than a minute 
or two, but I want you to write and 
tell me all about your corn — how you 
came to buy it, how you planted it, how 
it- did for you and how it yielded. I 
won’t feel you’ve done right until I hear 
from you, so take the time and write 
me a letter. Of course, if you’re too 
busy, there’s no hard feelings, but I 
really would like to hear. 
Incidentally the low price I’ve set 
for fall is another favor from me to you 
that you won’t want to pass up. 
Sparrow Trap $2.95 Postpaid 
If you are bothered by sparrows like 
we are, here’„s something that will in¬ 
terest you. It’s a sparrow trap that does 
the work quick, easy and safe. We’ve 
sold them by the hundreds and my how 
people praise them. They’re the self 
re-setting type, made of metal to last 
for years and come complete with in¬ 
structions for trapping. The picture be¬ 
low will give you a good idea of how 
they work — price whilb they last only 
$2.95 postpaid. 
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Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Sitdown Strike 
I’ll wager my pocket watch againat a used 
up lead pencil that Jacob Fowler, gets what¬ 
ever he’s firmly insisting on. I can almost 
hear him clear to here and he lives way down 
in Jonesboro, Arkansas. His grandmother, 
Mrs. Susan Jackson of Bogalusa, La., sent this 
in. She's one of our best Arkansas customers. 
Us Poor Folks! 
Edna Hollingsworth of Hayesville, la., 
sent this article in with a real nice 
letter and I got quite a chuckle out of 
it. Thought you might enjoy reading just 
how bad off we all are. 
Man comes into this world without his 
consent and leaves it against his will. 
During his stay on earth his time is 
spent in one continuous round of con¬ 
traries and misunderstandings. In his in¬ 
fancy he is an angel; in his boyhood he 
is a devil; in his manhood he is anything 
from a lizard up. 
If he raises a family he is a chump. 
If he raises a check he is a thief and 
then the law raises him. If he is a poor 
man, he is a poor manager and sas no 
sense; if he is rich, he is dishonets but 
considered smart; if he is a politician he 
is a grafter and a crook; if he is out 
of politics, you can’t place him, as he is 
an undesirable citizen; if he goes to 
church he is a hyporrite, if he stays 
away from church he is a sinner. 
If he donates to foreign missions he 
does it for show: if he does not, he is 
stingy and a “tightwad.” hlf he dies 
young there was a great future for him; 
if he lives to a ripe old age he is in 
the way; if his property burns and he is 
insured\ (in the eyes of the public) he is 
a rascal and burned out; if he has no 
insurance, he’s a fool for not having it. 
Has Rhubarb All Winter 
New Mexico farmer wrote in that he 
has fresh rhubarb all winter by grow¬ 
ing it in his basement. It’s an idea 
some of you folks might try. He selects 
some healthy plants several years old 
late in the fall after they have been 
allowed to freeze. Then he packs them 
in good loose soil, kept soaked. He keeps 
them in a dark cellar at temperature of 
about 60 degrees. In a few weeks he has 
large, pink stalks. He doesn’t let sunlight 
in and puts the plants back in the garden 
because he uses different ones each year. 
Sounds good. Haven’t tried it myself but 
'hought maybe some of you might want 
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