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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Field’s Famous Mule-Hybrid Wins Highest 
Farmers Who Have Raised 
Praise Field's 
A Mule-Hybrid Farmer 
This is Frank Winter of Rogersville, Mo., 
who would just as soon go without his meals 
as to go without Mule-Hybrid on his place. 
Picture was sent in by Mrs. Ross Mooney- 
ham, a neighbor. 
One thing about it—wherever Mule-Hybrid 
goes, it makes friends, not only with the 
man who planted it, but also with all the 
neighbors who see it. 
Says Hybrid Blend Good Idea 
“Dear Mr. Field: I’m enclosing my order 
for jour Mule-Hybrid Weather-Proofed 
Blend A for light soil. I have always stuck 
to open-pollinated seed, because it was 
blended for a longer period of pollinization. 
so jour new HYBRID BLEND APPEALS TO 
ME AS GOOD COMMON SENSE AND OUGHT 
TO WORK. In this part of Kansas, hot 
weather sometimes burns the tassel de- 
stroj'ing the pollen and I think it sounds 
like j'our new Weather-Proofed Blend will 
avoid this.”—S. A. Ross, Paola, Kansas. 
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Mule-Hybrid Yields 24 Bu. More 
“Dear Mr. Field: I just want to tell j t ou 
that my renter just finished husking his 
open pollinated corn last week on which he 
has been bragging so much. It turned out 
53 bushels per acre and the No. 110 Mule- 
Hybrid turned out 77 bushels. Some differ¬ 
ence! He’s going to want all Mule-Hybrid 
next year.”—Henry Teget, Webster Citj’, 
Iowa. 
It and Know 
Famous Mule-Hybrid Corn 
Mule-Hybrid Beats Other Hybrids 
“I>ear Henry: "I seeded some of your 
Mule-Hybrid, No. 129, on bottom ground 
along with Pfister’s and Joslin’s. Your corn 
beat them both on yield and quality. The 
corn seemed to be a little later maturing, 
although well out of way of frost. 
“As we intend going into soil program 
corn acreage will be cut so we can get 
corn all planted a week or two earlier this 
year. We intend planting mostly all Mule- 
Hybrid this year.”—Yours truly, G. F. Baker, 
Erie, Ill. 
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“Dear Mr. Field: In spite of a terrifie, 
hot July and August, on a recent field test 
on Hybrid corn here in Johnson County, we 
found that Henry Field’s Mule-Hybrid corn. 
No. 129, was in the lead with a yield of 
68.4 bushels per acre.”—Lawrence Nicolson, 
Gardner, Kans. 
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“Dear Mr. Field: I planted a bushel of 
your 129 Mule-Hybrid corn on May 23, 1939, 
and it stood up well and outyielded my open 
pollinated by 7 to 10 bushels per acre. It 
was 114 degrees in the shade for a few days, 
and my Mule-Hybrid, 129, stayed green 
while the other corn burned, and the chinch 
bugs did not bother the Mule-Hybrid. Lots 
of people drove to my field to look at it, 
and they sure were pleased.”—Ernest Meyer, 
Tobias, Nebr. 
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Mule Hybrid Better Feeding Quality 
“Dear Mr. Field: Last spring I planted 
129L Mule-Hybrid corn along with two other 
Hybrids, and the Mule-Hybrid corn had a 
perfect stand. The stalks were high and had 
more leaves. The grasshoppers did not eat 
the Mule-Hybrid, but they ate all the leaves 
off the other hybrids. The stalks stood up 
well, and after we husked the corn, we 
found that Henry Field’s Mule-Hybrid corn 
led all the rest for j’ield and feeding qual- 
itj r ,”—Anton Kudlacek, Prague, Nebr. 
***** 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you an or¬ 
der for ten bushels of Hybrid Seed Corn. 
We liked your corn and think that it is the 
best of all hybrids. It stands up and pro¬ 
duces good. I have seen many other kinds 
in Illinois and Iowa, but think the Mule- 
Hybrid is the best of all. This is my third 
order for your corn.”—Mrs. Fred Post, Moul¬ 
ton, Iowa. 
***** 
“Dear Mr. Field: Last fall while I was 
picking my Mule-Hybrid com, a man came 
into the field with some samples of a certain 
kind of Hj’brid corn in his pocket, which he 
was selling at 87.00 per bushel. I just 
stepped to the wagon and took out some of 
mine and compared it with his. He had to 
acknowledge I had good corn. I told him 
I bought my com from Henry Field and 
only gave 84.00 per bushel for it, and that 
was plenty good enough for me.”—J. E. 
Eads, Lock Springs, Mo. 
Field's New 129 S 
IS Winning Hybrid 
The hybrid which won first place in the 
Iowa State Yield Contest District 10 (ar¬ 
ticle at right) was our New 129S. This 
is an especially high-yielding, long-eared 
variety just like 129 only it is the one 
eared hybrid. A great many farmers pre¬ 
fer this. 
It has proved to be outstanding in all 
our trials. It’s the same price as the other 
hybrids (while it lasts) but the supply is 
limited. If you’re planning to try it, bet¬ 
ter order early. 
Which Hybrid to Plant 
Here’s the list of my hybrids and where 
to plant them. Check the map on this 
page. Find your farm and the right hy¬ 
brid will be listed there. If you have any 
doubts which is the best hybrid, let us 
send you the right one. Absolutely no 
charge for this service. That’s what 
we’re here for and we’ll see that you get 
the right corn for your farm. Or, if you 
prefer, write us a letter. We’ll give you 
the recommendations for your farm and 
your type soil and you can choose as you 
please.—H.F. 
SOUTHERN LATITUDE HYBRIDS (No. 
129) 
For South y 2 Iowa, Central and South 
Ill., Nebr., Eastern Kansas and Mis¬ 
souri. 
No. 129—The 2-Ear hybrid for av¬ 
erage soil. 
No. 129S—Large, single, ear for av¬ 
erage soil. 
No. 129L—Light soils. 
No. 129R—Average to rich soils. 
Long ear . 
No. A Blend “Weather-Proofed”— 
Pollinates in hot weather. Can 
furnish both edge and hiU drop. 
CENTRAL LATITUDE HYBRIDS (No. 
116) 
For Central Iowa to top two rows coun¬ 
ties, North Nebraska and Illinois, 
Southeastern South Dakota. 
No. 116 —Average soils. 
No. 116L—Light soils. 
No. 116R—Heavy soils. 
No. A-l Blend "Weather-Proofed”— 
Pollinates in hot weather. Can 
furnish both edge and hill drop. 
NORTHERN LATITUDE HYBRIDS 
No. 90—Central Minn., Wise., So. Da¬ 
kota. 
No. 100—North Iowa, South Minn., So. 
Wisconsin. 
State Certified 
Hybrids 
Yes, we have State-Cer¬ 
tified hybrids, too. Some 
seedhouses sell these ex¬ 
clusively as they have 
none of their own and 
state hybrids are availa¬ 
ble to everyone. We ask 
less for them as we feel 
Mule-Hybrid is far supe¬ 
rior. It takes 5 years to 
get a breeding improve¬ 
ment into State-Certified 
seed. With Mule-Hybrid, 
we can add these im¬ 
provements right away 
and do. This puts Mule- 
Hybrid years ahead of 
State-Hybrids in these 
improvements. Prices on 
price list enclosed. 
