~ HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
_ Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No. 1 Building 
Henry Field, Editor 
Contributors 7 
“Alfalfa” John Nicolson (Seed) Helen Field Fischer (Flowers) 
Pate Simmons (Seed & Nursery) LeOna Nicolson (Nursery) 
Burke Schrive (Field Seed) Irving Steurer (Garden Seed) 
Paul Wilkinson (Nursey) —And all my friends and customers 
Subscription Price—A Garden Seed, Field Seed 
or Nursery Order 


Don’t Forget the Store 
If you live near one of my 14 stores, you’ll find it real handy 
to run in there to get your seeds, nursery stock, or baby chicks. 
Hach store has a complete stock of most everything you'll need 
in a planting way and they’re mighty anxious to please you. 
Hspecially some of the boys almost ‘‘bust a button’’ to see you 
get taken care of right so you’ll maybe write Henry and tell 
-him about it. Here’s the list of stores: 
Ksterville, lowa, 22 South 6th. 
Ft. Dodge, Iowa, 505 Central Avenue. 
Storm Lake, Iowa, 512 Erie. 
Des Moines, Iowa, 215 Walnut Street. 
North Omaha, Nebr., 203 North 16th Street. 
Lincoln, Nebr., 942 P Street. 
Council Bluffs, Iowa, 535 W. Broadway. 
Spencer, lowa, 216 So. Grand Avenue. 
Perry, Iowa, 1302 2nd Street. 
Creston, Iowa, 219 W. Montgomery. 
Chariton, Iowa, North Main Street. 
Algona, Iowa, East State Street. 
Carroll, Iowa, 108 West 6th. 
So. Omaha, Nebr., 2419 N Street. 
Seed Sense’s 25th Birthday 
IT don’t know whether many of you folks know it or not, but 
this is SEED SENSE’S 25th birthday. Over a quarter of a cen- 
tury it has lived just to make you smile and help you with 
your planting. 
It was born February, 1913, so really should be 28, but 
since there were two or three years that it wasn’t published 
(they don’t count in the life of a magazine), its real age is 25. 
A lot of you folks have read it all 25 years. Some of you 
were little boys and girls when SHEED SENSE first came out 
and used to like to look at Ruth’s baby pictures and some of 
you even had your baby pictures in it. And now, you are grown 
up and you find pictures of Ruth’s children, and maybe some- 
day you’ll have pictures of your own children in it. 
Anyway, SEED SENSE has been a nice youngster. Some- 
times it was hard to handle and get out on time, but gen- 
erally, it has been a lot of fun. Hope you’ve enjoyed it, too, 
and will be enjoying it just as much when SEED SENSEH is 50. 
And remember, a nice birthday present is some of those extra 
prints of your snapshots. They look awfully nice in SHED 
SENSE. 
Don’t Quit Planting! 
When some folks heard that their fruit trees had been killed 
in the Armistice Day freeze, I heard them say, ‘‘Aw, what’s 
the use. I give up growing fruit;”’ they said that even though 
this freeze was the first on record of its kind for at least 52 
years and maybe longer. 
It’s going to be the first ones to establish orchards who are 
going to reap the Big Profits in a few years. . They’re going to 
make money because fruit is going to be scarce and will bring 
high prices. But that aside, anyone who grows things can’t 
ever give up. I’ve been planting peach trees for 50 years now 
and I suppose I will every year as long as they keep dying 
eventually. 
I remember somebody asked my father one day why he was 
always planting trees. The man said, “‘“‘Why, you’re eighty. 
You’ll never live to eat fruit off that tree.’’ I remember father 
said, “Then somebody else can,’’ but the funny part was, he 
DID live to eat fruit off that tree. 
The loss of fruit trees is serious. It hurts to have a whole 
orchard gone all at once. But there’s only one thing to do and 
that’s PLANT IT RIGHT BACK THIS YHAR. You’ll be-one 
year ahead of the crowd, if you do. 
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In order to get along these days, a man must keep his back to: 
the wall, his ear to the ground, put his shoulder to the wheel, 
his nose on the grindstone, keep a level head and his feet on 
the ground. 
Shenandoah, Iowa 

Surprise Party for ‘The Boss’ 
Just 17 years ago February, KF NF, our radio station, went 
on the air for the first time. Then we were one of the pioneers 
and only a few folks had radio sets and only a few stations 
were on the air. Maybe you remember the old crystal sets and 
the “‘one-tubers” you used to nurse along trying te get a faint 
peep out of and how proud you were when the static quieted 
down enough to let you hear someone announce a Station. 
Well, anyway, the seedhouse folks rigged up a surprise party 
to celebrate our 17th year of broadcasting. They had all the 
old-timers who had once broadcast over KE NEF back here, they 
had a big cake made for me, and they presented me with a 
wrist watch—something I’ve never owned before. 
It was quite a celebration, too—lasted two days with all the 
trimmings. Of course, I was mighty proud and happy. Who 
wouldn’t be with lots of folks saying all the good things they 
could think of about you? And of course, most important, to 
be able to think back over those 17 years of broadcasting and 
all the good times we’ve had and the helpful programs we've 
tried to arrange for you and to plan for all the good friendly 
programs we can have in the future. Yes, I was proud and 
wasn’t ashamed of being proud and hope that 17 years from 
_ how finds me just as proud, 
The loving cup you see there by the cake is the one I won 
as being the, most popular announcer in the United States. 
Hadn’t had it out for years, but one of the boys put it out be- 
cause it fit in with the celebration, Will try to keep on 17 
years more with programs just the same or better. Hope you 
listen, 

How Did Seed Sense Arrive? 
1S SR a ES . 
I’ve been having quite an argument with our envelope maker. 
He insists we should mail SEED SENSE in an envelope and I 
insist that it arrives okay without an envelope and the money 
saved by not buying envelopes helps me send SEED SENSE to 
more people. 
You folks are the only ones who can settle this argument, 
if you will be so kind. Write and_tell me how SEED SENSE 
arrives. Did it get bent in the mail? Did the order blank and 
price list arrive in good shape? Do you think it should have 
an envelope? Don’t bother if you don’t have time, but if you 
would drop me a postcard, I sure would appreciate it.—H.F. _ 
Last Call for Pictures 
sR Se SS SS RS 
I’m still paying 50c apiece for pictures that I use in SHED 
SENSE or the catalog. SHED SENSE must have them. Most 
any picture will do—your children, your yard or garden and 
especially pictures of your corn field or your corn crib and a 
note how the corn did for you. 
are doing. 
Anyway, send in those extra prints. I keep them here and hes 
I can use them, the 50c is paid just as soon as they are used.— 
AH 
Sg th aS sh ahs ae ae 
A man considers a woman a gossip because she repeats things — 
he tells her, 
Same of chickens. Need pic- — 
tures of your flock (you in it) and a story of how the chicks 
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