HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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This shows Paul, the nurseryman, Pate, and myself out at Sleepy Hollow when 
we were looking over our Atlas there. Atlas puts all other fodders to shame. Cattle 
like it better, it’s better for them, and it outyields other fodders 2 or 3 to 1. 
Atlas Supplies Short—Good Seed Limited—Buy Early 
Right now Atlas is cheap. It’s a good buy, but I won’t promise it will stay that 
way. Supplies of good high-germinating seed are scarce and I guess enough of you 
have got stung with poor-germinating Atlas (nothing can lose germination faster 
than Atlas) that you aren’t going to take a chance on just any seed this year. 
By All Means Put in Atlas This Year 
There ought to be a law compelling every farmer to put in Atlas. It’s sure feed 
—drought or no drought, grasshoppers or no grasshoppers because neither bother 
it. It’s the highest yielding fodder known—3 times as much as corn and cattle like 
it better because it's sweet. They lick up every bit of it. 
How to Sow Atlas 
Generally folks like to sow 10 lbs. per acre using the large corn plate running 
full speed. Sow thicker, if you want it finer stemmed. 
I Have Three Grades of Atlas to Choose from 
ARIZONA CERTIFIED THUNDERBIRD ATLAS—State-inspected, state-cer¬ 
tified, stalk-ripened (hence high-germinating). This fancy Atlas ‘is for 
sale at Henry Field’s only.Per 100 lbs. $5.85 
REGISTERED BLUE TAG ATLAS—State-certified as to high-germination and 
purity.Per 100 lbs. 5.00 
AFFIDAVIT ATLAS—Seed grown from registered seed last year. High quality 
and purity and high-germination.Per 100 lbs. 3.25 
Grain Sorghums to Combine 
If you want lots of feed grain, plant 
the new grain sorghums. They yield 
drought or no drought. 
The old-fashioned grain sorghums are 
completely out of date. Nowadays the 
dwarf types that they can be combined 
with and even in dry years yield over 2000 
pounds per acre when oats made nothing 
are popular. These grain sorghums have 
90% the feeding value of corn and are 
the grain crop for feed in dry sections. 
The varieties to plant are Sooner and 
Colby Milo and Early Kalo—all dwarf, 
but heavy yielders. We have them all. 
If You Need Units... 
Don’t forget that if you need units to 
earn payments under the AAA this year 
the quickest way to get them is by sow¬ 
ing Field’s Brome Grass Mixture or 
Brome Grass alone (both count 2 units 
per A. seeded) or alfalfa which counts 1 
unit per acre seeded. See chart page 12. 
He * * * 
Have you ordered your Mule-Hybrid 
corn yet? Better do it quick or you may 
be left.—H.F. 
1913 Sudan Price $1.00 lb. 
I was just looking over an old 1913 
Seed Sense the other day and noticed that 
in 1913 (right after I introduced Sudani 
to this country) the price on one grade 
was $1.00 per lb. and on another lot 49c 
a lb. Some difference from this year’s 
price of 3%c per lb. (in 500 lb. quanti¬ 
ties), isn’t it? But even if it were $2 per 
pound, Sudan should be on every farm for 
plenty of quick midsummer feed. 
Attention! Farmers in Nebraska, 
South Dakota, and Kansas 
I don’t know whether you know this or 
not, but I wanted to call to your atten¬ 
tion that in your states, Atlas fed as fod¬ 
der in the sheaf, and Sudan, Millet, and 
Soybeans for hay and pasture are NON¬ 
DEPLETING. You need this feed and 
these are the crops that will give it to 
you. The government recognized this and 
allows you to use them this way and still 
not have it count as depleting crops. Put 
in plenty, you’ll be glad you did. 
BUY YOUR SUDAN 
AT WHOLESALE! 
(Cheaper Than Local Dealers Buy Their 
Seed!) 
This year I scooped the market with 
Sudan. I bought early, bought right and 
I’m passing the savings on to you. You 
are actually getting your Sudan from 25c 
TO 75c UNDER WHOLESALE QUOTA¬ 
TIONS TO LOCAL DEALERS who have 
to add their profit and resell to you, if 
you didn’t buy direct from Henry Field. 
Quality Is Top of Market 
This is the finest Sudan offered. I made 
my savings by buying it early, paying 
cash, and storing it myself instead of 
having someone else do it. It all runs 
from 98 to 9 9% pure—absolutely free of 
Johnson Grass—nicest looking Sudan I’ve 
ever had and that’s going some. 
Special Quantity Discounts 
I’m making special quantity discounts, 
too, for large orders. If you want to earn 
a low cost per hundred, but still can’t 
use the amount you have to buy to get the 
price, get a neighbor to order with you. 
The low rate still applies. Here are the 
prices: 
100 to 200 lbs., per 100.$3.75 
200 to 500 lhs. f per 100. 3.60 
500 lbs. or more, per 100. . . . 3.50 
Sudan 23—20% More Yield 
$5.95 per 100 lbs. 
This is the first ABSOLUTELY PURE 
STRAIN OF SUDAN EVER OFFERED. 
Because of its complete freedom from 
hybrids and canes, it is believed to pre¬ 
vent poisoning of cattle. Besides, it was 
selected by the Calif. State Agricultural 
College for more leafiness and height and 
their own statements admit that it yields 
20% MORE than ordinary Sudan. It has 
sold as high as 10c lb. It’s a real buy this 
year. 
Sudan 23 Proved Non-Poisonous 
“Dear Henry: Will send my order in 
later. Last year I sowed your pure No. 23 
Sudan for pasture and didn’t have a bit of 
trouble by poisoning. Neighbors lost cat¬ 
tle but mine weren’t bothered a bit. It 
grew fine all through the hot dry weath¬ 
er.’’ Geo. W. Nelson, Hooper, Nebr. 
