> HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1942—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 11 
Hold That Shadow! 
“Won’t you please hold that shadow 
still for me? Every time I get it lassoed, 
it just slips out and goes away.” This 
is Gerald R. Hall—1i0 mo. old, grandson 
“4 de Oakland of Powers Lake, N. 
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Some of the Letters to Lukie 
Last month, I suggested that some boys and 

girls might want to write to Lukie, who is re- | 
cuperating from a serious accident. Well they 
did by the hundreds. Not only boys and girls, 
but mothers and dads too. Sorry I haven’t 
room to print more of them, but this will give 
you some idea—H.F, — 
Dear Lukie: 
Sorry you got hurt. I go to school. I am 
in ia first grade, and get A on my grade 
card. ; 
Eugenia Joan Bingham, Hepler, Kansas. 
* * * 
Dear Lukie; 
I have been ill for more than two years, 
so Know about how you feel. But I am so 
giad you are getting better. I have a grand- 
daughter 10 years old, and a grandson 6. 
Their other grandmother is Mrs. Beam, of 
Clarinda. We have seen your grandpa, and 
we order things from his seed house, so feel 
like we know him. - 
We hope you will soon be well and strong. 
Best wishes to you and your family. 
Mrs. E. E. Baird, Agenda, Kansas. 
* (So * 
Dear Lukie: 
I am a little boy 5 years old, and I live in 
western Kansas. My Mamma ordered some 
seed from your Grandpa, and I saw your 
picture in Seed Sense. 
_My big brother is in the Navy and about 
four months ago he sent me two little navy 
suits just like his. 
Byron Cagle, Ashland, Kansas. 
; * * * 
Dear Lukie: 
Today Daddy brought home Henry Field’s 
Seed Sense and Mother told me to look at 
your picture in it, and te read what you 
wrote there. I am very imterested in it. I 
-like the doll you have on the bed by you. 
Iam 8 years old, I go to Swanton school. I 
am in the 4th grade. I have 3 sisters and 2 
brothers. I would like to know how old you 
are. 
Your friend, Dick Prazak, Swanton, Nebr, 
* * bal 
Dear Lukie & Henrietta: 
I am 10 years old and TI like to read the 
Seed Sense and look at Henry Field’s cata- 
log. Iam very sorry you got hurt, and hope 
you get well soon, 
My mother lived near Des Moines, Iowa 
when she was a little girl, and remembers 
seeing your grandpa and mother. She re- 
members seeing your mother with her pet 
pig at the Iowa State Fair when she was a 
little girl. 
We have a big garden every year and plant 
most’of Henry Field's seeds. 
Bonnie Marie Honey, Wakenda, Mo. 
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You Start First 
“Go on. You go ahead and start first 
and T’ll just watch you.”’ Anyway, it looks 
like Billy is saying that to Norma Jean. 
Mrs. Norman Halley of Elsberry, Mo., 
who sent this in says, ‘‘Here is a picture 
of how the large podded Marvel pea 
turned out for us. The children were 
a lot of help shelling the ‘big boys’ as 
they called them.” 
A Suggestion 
Mrs. Gertrude Crawford of Douds, Iowa, 
wrote in this suggestion the other day. 
“Why don’t families,” she says, “plant dur- 
ing the war either a shrub or tree for every 
son or daughter (nurses) that is in the serv- 
ice of their country?” 
Don’t know how you feel about it, but 
thought I would pass the suggestion along. 
I know for one thing, you would certainly 
take especial interest in those trees. 
If anyone wants to do this, I'll furnish 
the trees or shrubs at no cost. Just tell 
me where your son or daughter is serving, 
and what you would like to plant.—H.F. 
Plant A Windbreak— 
It’s Easy 
Planting a windbreak isn’t such hard 
work as some folks think. It’s quick and 

| easy and if you do it right, you’ll wonder 
how you ever got along without it before. 
Plow a deep furrow at least a 100 to 
150 feet away from your house where 
the trees are to go and tamp seedlings 
into the furrow carefully. Haul some 
water to the trees if you can. Set trees 
6 to 8 ft. apart in rows 8 to 10 ft. apart. 
If you plant in staggered (zig-zag) fa- 
shion you’ll get best results. 
The important thing is to _ plant 
EARLY. Get your order booked and we’ll 
ship them out so you can get them out 
early and growing during this fine spring 
weather. 
WINDBREAK SPECIAL 
CHINESE ELMS 
00 
Big 1/2 ft. trees 
will grow 8 to 10 fet 
ft. per year Paid 
SHADE TREE SPECIAL 
CHINESE ELM 
GIANT 10 FOOT $ 69 
TREES will give + pat 
you shade at once Collect 
FREE: 1 LOMBARDY POPLAR 
if ordered this month 



“Go ’Way from Me 

“Go away from me. Mr. Field can get 
pictures for Seed Sense from somebody 
else.”’ 
This is Dale Haight, son of Mr. and 
Mrs. EK. F. Haight of Elliston, Ia., who 
has been banned from his parent’s gar- 
den because he pulls up plants faster 
than his folks can grow them. 

Save—Use Quantity Prices 
Lots of folks order 4 fruit tress of one 
kind, and 1 of another, and want to know 
if they can get them for the low rate per 
5 trees. Absolutely yes. It’s a good way 
to save money. If you’re buying 5 or 10 
or 100 fruit trees in all, but they are dif- 
ferent kinds, you may use the rate earned 
by the total quantity of fruit trees you 
buy and you’ll be surprised how much you 
save. 
The same is true of shrubs. By buy- 
ing in quantity, you get low quantity 
prices for the total number you-buy, even 
though part of your shrub order is for 
one kind and part for another. 
Birds for Your Garden 
5 for 60c Postpaid 
I ran across this interesting deal the 
other day and know a lot of you will be 
interested. These are life-size wooden 
birds painted in, bright colors’ like the 
real ones and fastened on a special long 
“twistem’’ stem that you can wrap around 
shrubs or branches in your yard. They 
looked so lifelike and real we put a bunch 
in our trial grounds and I decided to let 
you foiks 
buy some if 
you like. Vit 
send one 
each of the 5 
—Oriole, 
Cardinal, 
Gold - Finch, 
Bluebird,and. 
Tanager to 
you for only 
60c postpaid. 
2 collections 
$1.10 post- 
paid. They 
really will 
catch your 
eye. Make 
dandy gifts, 
too. — 


