HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
I got hold of seed of some of the world’s 
tallest corn. To divide it up among my 
customers, I offered a packet free last 
year (and this year too) as a free gift 
with garden seed orders of $1.00 or more. 
Herd’s a little 17 ft. stalk grown by 
John Becker of Sioux Rapids, Iowa. 
Won $125 and Plow with Tall Corn 
D. D. Hill of Batavia won $125, a gold 
trophy, and an Oliver tractor plow with 
a 20 ft. 2% in. stalk of corn grown from 
one of my packets of seed. He wrote, 
“Dear Henry: Am happy to inform you of 
my good success with your tall corn seed, 
as I won 1st prize at Des Moines and also 
3rd prize at the Iowa Daily Press contest 
at Marshalltown. I have never neglected 
to tell inquisitors that the seed was fur¬ 
nished me by your company.” Prize was 
awarded by Mark G. Thornburg, Secretary 
of Agriculture. 
If you haven’t got your free packet of 
tall corn yet, better ask for it. (See page 
3 in the catalog.) 
Field’s Triple Size Pkts. 
I want you to notice in the catalog on 
beans, peas and corn that it always says 
“Price: Triple Size Pkt. (3 oz.) 10c.” 
Maybe you’ve seen that and wondered 
what it meant, and maybe you haven’t. 
Anyway, here’s the reason. 
Most seedsmen offer you a small size 
pkt. and charge you 5c or more for it. 
That’s all right as far as it goes, but it 
doesn’t go far enough. That small packet 
won’t give you enough for a good look. 
So I put mine up in big triple-size packets, 
and charge you just a little more for it. 
Keep this in mind when comparing prices. 
You’ll find it usually pays to buy from 
Field’s. 
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A prudent man is like a pin: His head 
prevents him from going too far. 
Another Henry Field Couple 
Results of my offering a free peony or 
rose to newly married couples haven’t 
stopped coming in yet. Here’s Mr. and 
Mrs. Stanley Peipmier of Wellington, Mo., 
who took me up on my offer. They write, 
“We are enclosing this picture of us 
taken on our wedding day, with our or¬ 
der for seeds for our first garden.” 
That’s a nice looking couple, isn’t it, 
and we’re glad to welcome them in the 
Henry Field customer family. Congratu¬ 
lations ! 
Bent Grass Lawn Mix 49c lb. 
So many folks want to get Bent grass 
started in their lawns, but still don’t 
want to pay $1.00 a pound for their seed, 
that I’ve worked out a special Bent Mix¬ 
ture. It’s made up of genuine Astoria 
(drought-resisting) Bent grass with some 
blue grass, and other grasses to give a 
quick start and will give you one of the 
nicest lawns you could have. A cheap 
way to get Bent grass in your lawn. 
Sow the same as other lawn grass—real 
early, 1 lb. to every 200 sq. ft. of new lawn 
or 1 lb. to every 400 sq. ft. of old lawn if 
you’re thickening it up. You’ll have a 
lawn you’ll be mighty proud of. Special 
low prices for April only: 49c lb.; 3 lbs., 
$1.39; 5 lbs., $3.25, postpaid. 
Sow Lawn Seed Now 
Don’t Wait For A Rain 
Don’t go waiting for a rain before you 
get your lawn seed in and then stand 
around wishing you had gotten it in just 
before the shower. It’s going to rain and 
you know it, so get that lawn seed sowed 
and let it lay until it does rain. Won’t 
hurt it a bit more to lie on the ground 
than in the sack and you’re a lot more 
likely to take advantage of all the spring 
rains. 
Most lawns are in a pretty bad shape. 
The dry fall did it and they need thick¬ 
ening up. I recommend my Special Lawn 
Mixture for quickest and best permanent 
results at the same price as bluegrass 
alone— 39c lb.; 3 lbs., 98c; 5 lbs., $1.49, 
postpaid. Get your orders in NOW, so 
you can get it sowed. Other prices on 
price list enclosed. 
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No one ever becomes thoroughly bad all 
at once. 
217 Qts. Field’s Vegetables 
“Dear Mr. Field: We have been your 
customers for a long time. I have eight 
children. My oldest daughter is married 
and is sending her order to you for seeds 
that always grow. Picture of my Blanche 
with 217 qts. of her canning. She is a 
4-H girl. Last year she canned 432 qts. 
of vegetables and won the record in Cus¬ 
ter Co. We feel that a lot of credit was 
due to your good seeds. We canned 10O 
qts. of beans.” — Mrs. Viola Southwell, 
Custer, Okla. 
Garden Notes From Stew 
I’m not much for writing, but Henry 
wanted me to get this ready for Seed 
Sense, so here it is. I hope there’s an 
idea or two here that might be of use to 
you. 
When planting the garden, be sure to 
plant plenty. As my mother used to say, 
“Plant some for the worm, some for the 
crow, some to pull out and some to grow.” 
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Be sure and use your garden com¬ 
pletely. After one crop is off, put in an¬ 
other. Beans make a good fill in crop, as 
does late cabbage. 
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In those vacant spaces left around your 
garden, put in some of the different vege¬ 
tables. They’re good and you’ll like 
them, if you just once try them. 
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A good trick is to plant radish seed 
very thin and sow carrots, parsley, onions, 
right in the same row. Pull your radish 
when large enough and your second crop 
is already on its way. 
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Don’t forget the garden for the chil¬ 
dren. Let them have one of their own 
and watch them learn to work and take 
responsibility. It’s a good teacher. 
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Don’t wait for the bugs to take your 
garden. Start dusting early, and follow 
up once a week with Bug Dust. I can’t 
say too much for this dust of Henry’s. It 
does what it’s supposed to do and that’s 
more than most do. We’ve tried them all 
in the trial grounds and now use Bug Dust 
for everything. 
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Plant some new things each year. 
They’re better. I especially want every¬ 
one to try the new Early Wrinkled Alaska 
Pea, the new Sugar Lump watermelons, 
any of the new hybrid sweet corns, and 
the new morning glories. They make 
friends wherever they’re grown. 
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Stop buying vitamin pills. Fresh vege¬ 
tables from your garden are better for 
you and cheaper. 
