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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1940—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Plan to Have a Good Garden 
Plan this year, to get out and really 
help Mother Nature fill your cellar full of 
groceries. I mean more than just a few 
radishes and lettuce, I mean peas, and 
sweet corn, and cucumbers to slice and 
pickle, and beans, and cabbage, and 
melons, and tomatoes and all the food 
you’re going to need next winter. 
That doesn’t mean a lot of work. It 
simply means a few more rows than you 
had last year, seeds of a few things you’ve 
always wanted to raise, but didn’t, some 
good seeds and a little elbow grease. 
Mother Nature does the rest for you. 
The Policy of the House 
In all dealings with customers we keep 
in mind these general rules that have 
been the settled policy of the business 
from the start. 
1. Be Helpful—Answer the customers’ 
questions kindly, intelligently, fairly, and 
carefully whether there is an order in it 
for us or not. 
2. Don’t Sass Back — If the customer 
gets sassy, be patient, explain, and take 
the blame. It is natural to want to sass 
back, but it never got anyone anywhere. 
3. Give the Customer the Benefit of 
the Doubt—It is generally safe to leave 
it to him and put him on his honor. Show 
him we want to be fair and he will always 
come back in the same spirit. 
4. We believe in liberal treatment of 
customers, extra seeds, extra care in 
packing, promptness, better measure and 
certainty in filling orders. 
5. We don’t believe in hot air, big 
words, penny saving, trickery, careless¬ 
ness or ill humor. Cut them out. 
The Last Few Words 
This is the corner I always 
save for a last minute visit, 
just before Seed Sense finally 
goes down to be printed. It 
gives me a chance to tell you 
anything I may have forgotten 
to mention elsewhere. 
But right now there’s nothing urgent 
to say except that I sure appreciate all 
the orders you are sending in and hope 
you keep them coming just as fast as you 
have been. We’re giving them all 1-day 
rush attention and will give you some 
service to talk about. Other seedhouses 
have been complaining about business— 
but it’s good with us (about 30% over 
last year) and I guess that means we’re 
pleasing you or you wouldn’t send all 
your business here. That’s what we are 
always trying to do (please you), so are 
mighty pleased, if we’ve done it. 
Don’t forget to write me a letter now 
and then and tell me how you’re doing, 
what you’re planting and how it did for 
you. I’ve told you all about us and now 
it’s your turn. H. F. 
Want Hybrid Corn Pictures 
I’ve asked elsewhere in Seed Sense for 
pictures, but just wanted to tell you this 
year we’re especially interested in your ex¬ 
tra hybrid corn photos. You can picture the 
field, wagon of corn, crib, or what you like, 
but most important, tell me how Mule-Hy¬ 
brid did for you. Folks all over are inter¬ 
ested. And, of course, 50c each is paid for 
picture if used. 
If you can’t take a picture, write me how 
Mule-Hybrid did for you, I want reports 
from everywhere.—H. F. 
Inoculate Your Legumes 
Don’t expect your clover and alfalfa to 
give you the growth it should or to take 
nitrogen out of the air and put it in your 
soil unless you are sure it is properly in¬ 
oculated. It just can’t do it. 
Some soil already has it, but you can 
never be sure. The cheap way to be sure 
is to put it there by inoculating your seed. 
It costs you about 8c per A. 
The prices of Nitragin are right below. 
I’ve sold Nitragin now, for over 20 years 
and have yet to have a complaint. It’s 
the most reliable inoculant I know. Now, 
don’t send in your orders for legumes 
without ordering Nitragin right with 
them. It don’t pay. H. F. 
^ INOCULATE ALL LEGUME SEEDS WITH 
NITRAGIN 
OVER FORTY YEARS OF SERVICE 
When ordering, Always state name of seed. 
ALFALFA, all Clovers 
Size Retail 
Yx bu. each...$ .30 
1 bu. each... .50 
2Yt bu. each... 1.00 
PEAS (All Varieties) 
VETCHES (All Varieties) 
Yx bu. each...$ .25 
1 bu. each... .40 
lYs bu. each... .60 
5 bu. each... 1.70 
1214 bu. each... 4.00 
BEANS 
String, Wax, Kidney 
Ya bu. each...$ .25 
1 bu. each... .40 
5 bu. each... 1.70 
LESPEDEZA 
Size Retail 
1 bu. each.$ .30 
2 bu. each.50 
5 bu. each. 1.00 
SOYBEANS, LIMA 
BEANS, COW PEAS, 
PEANUTS 
1 bu. each.$ .30 
2 bu. each.50 
5 bu. each.1.00 
10 bu. each. 1.40 
25 bu. each.2.90 
GARDEN SIZE 
Garden Peas & Beans 
Sweet Peas& Lupines 
Enough for 6 lbs. seed 
Retail Price 10c each 
Get Your 
BUG DUST NOW! 
Have It Ready and Use Before Bugs 
Arrive 
Secret Formula Makes “BUG DUST” So Powerful 
My Bug Dust is so powerful because of the secret formula 
we perfected for using Rotenone, the new poison. Others have 
tried to copy it, but they don’t know my secret. BEWARE 
OF CHEAP IMITATIONS! 
3-Way Action 
My BUG DUST works three ways. It not only is a STOM¬ 
ACH POISON but a CONTACT POISON and FUNGICIDE— 
a t.t, IN ONE DUST. No need to buy three preparations. Buy 
Henry Field’s famous Bug Dust. 
Dust Almost a Miracle 
A great many folks claim my Bug Dust is a real miracle, 
the way it goes to work. You may not believe that until you 
try it, taut you will then. 
Guaranteed 
My reputation as a gardener for 50 years is behind Bug 
Dust. It does what I say or your monfey back and no argu¬ 
ments.—H. F. 
PRICES 
3 ..$ 1 . 00 , postpaid 
2 lbs! and dust .. l-OO, postpaid 
5 lbs. 1.40, postpaid 
DUSTERS 
A small but strong 
and powerful gun for 
small gardens. 40c, 
each, postpaid. 
Bigger gun. Holds 
about 1 lb. Bug Dust. 
Dong extension noz¬ 
zle for getting under 
plants. Now only 98c 
each, postpaid. _ 
From 
"IOWA'S LEADING SEED HOUSE" 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, Iowa 
Sec. 562 P. L. & R. 
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