1 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR SEPTEMBER, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Likes His No, 129 Mule-Hybrid 
This is a picture of some of our No. 129 Mule-Hybrid on 
Ralph Hibbs’ farm in Thayer, Kans. . He says “This was 
planted April 2 and picture taken June 2. Everybody sure 
notices this nice field of corn. It is about again as big as 
any around here. It has the widest, longest blades and is 
darkest green. Looks like it will outyield the county. The 
Rose Moss in the stump was a free packet you sent us with 
our order some time ago.” 
He Thought I Had Storied 
Dear Mr. Henrv Field: , 
I just, received your card stating that you had shipped my 
6 bushels of Hybrid Seed Corn No. 129 including other corn 
and seeds. « Of course you have not asked me for any testi¬ 
monial or I don’t write any, but last year your ad said it 
would make 15 bushels more to the acre than open pollinated 
on the same ground of which I noticed in an old Seed Sense 
which I picked up while watching it rain. I just thought I 
never have caught that old*man in a story. I will just try 
that. If it is half as strong as he says it is it is good enough 
for me. You stated two men could not pull up one of the 
stalks so I sent up there and got 2 bushels planted, but got it 
too thick. Found Out I Was Right 
I figured something would take half of it. Nothing touched 
it. I had a stalk about every four inches. So I hitched on to 
a Rotary hoe and tried to tear out about half of it but never 
saw even one stalk that I had got out. So I got busy at other 
work and never got to cultivate it but once. Ran over it with 
a tractor cultivator in % day. Never went back to it till 
shucking time and hired a man to shuck it. We weighed it 
75 lbs. per bushel. Made n Bu Per A 
It made 71 bushel per acre and had went through one high 
water that washed out a few spots that wasn’t figured out. 
The other corn made 35 bushels that I had been raising so I 
ordered Mule Hybrid for 2 of my neighbors and 2 more of 
them sent in their own order. 
I ordered Hegari seed from 3 different seed houses in Iowa 
3 years ago. One batch of seed didn’t come up at all. The 
other one had every kind of a seed in you could think of, 
but Hegari, so I had to order from Henry again and plant the 
others over. It looked like there was twice as much come up 
as I planted of that Arizona gi’own Registered Hegari. Well 
I expect I have taken up enough of your time. 
I buy from Henry Field beause 
I want to, Stay in Business.” 
C. A. West, Moulton, Iowa 
Why Worry? 
There are only two reasons for worry. 
Either you’re successful or you’re not successful. 
And if you’re successful there’s nothing to worry about. If 
you’re not successful, there’s only two things to worry about 
—your health is either good, or you’re sick. 
And if your health is good, there is nothing to worry about, 
and if you’re sick—there’s only two things to worry about. 
You’re either going to get well or you are going to die. 
If you’re going to get well, there’s nothing to worry about; 
if you’re not going to get well, there’s only two things to worry 
about. You’re either going to Heaven, or you are not. 
And if you’re going to Heaven, there’s nothing to worry 
about; and if you’re going to the other place, you’ll be so 
doggone busy shaking hands with old friends, you won’t have 
time to worry. 
So why worry ?.„..~.‘Unde’ Adolph 
From a Field Bred Gilt—4 Prize Winning Pigs 
Last - spring Bill Stoddard, a young boy six miles west of 
town, got a bred gilt from us. She had a dandy fine litter— 
and four of the pigs Bill entered in the Fremont County 
Achievement show. With these four pigs from one litter, he 
took first and second prize boar and first and second prize 
gilt and one GRAND CHAMPION MARKET PIG. Now I 
call it ‘cleaning house’ when you can do that from one litter. 
Bill’s proud of them and so am I. 
Question and Answer Dept, 
Answering your questions about planting is just one of our 
regular services on top of just selling you seeds and nursery 
stock. We’re glad to do it. Business isn’t made up of dollars 
and cents alone, it’s made up of service and that’s what we 
want to give you lots of. Look over the questions and answers 
below. Maybe yours is answered and if it isn’t, you might 
find some of interest here.—H. F. 
i 
Q. Will fall-planted French Lilacs bloom the next spring? 
A. Yes. Many are blooming now in the nursery row. 
There’s no waiting for bloom with French Lilacs. 
Q. Do Bush Cherries *nake good jell? 
A. Couldn’t make better. Especially fine with rhubarb. 
Q. I’m moving to a new place. Can I move my roses and 
fruit trees this fall? 
A. Yes. Wait until they shed their leaves and become 
dormant, then dig with as much'dirt as possible and set as 
soon as you can. Do not expose the roots to air or sunlight. 
Q. How early do mums bloom ? 
A. Believe it or not, our Pink Cushion, Yellow Cushion 
and Bronze Cushion mums all had blooms on them July 10th. 
We have especially early : blooming strains. Beware of those 
strains that wait till frost to bloom. 
Q. My roses look like they will open then fail to do so. 
What’s wrong? 
A. This is known as sticky bud, and the outside petals just 
stick together. Only thing to do is to separate the outside 
petals early as you can. 
Q. Some of my fall planted bulbs didn’t come up this spring. 
What’s wrong? 
A. Probably one of two things. They must have good 
drainage (if soil is heavy add handful of sand below the bulb 
when planting) and they must be watered if the fall is dry. 
Q. I have been advised to buy only largest pansy plants I 
can find. Are yours the biggest strain? 
A. Absolutely. We have spent hundreds of dollars selecting 
the best, giant-blooming strains — over 2% in. across. 
Q. What vines cling well to a brick wall or chimney? 
A. Englemans and Boston Ivy. Boston clings a little bet¬ 
ter, but Englemans is hardier. 
• • • 
When a man wants his handkerchief, he reaches around 
and yanks it out of his pocket. When a lady wants hers, she 
rises, shakes herself, and picks it off the floor. 
