16 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR APRIL, 1942— Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, lowa 


This Garden le 
“Dear Mr. Field: My mother is writ- 
ing this letter for me. I had the ‘first’ 
corn in the neighborhood from my penny 
conglomeration packet I got with my 
mother’s garden seed order from you. I 
am 5 years old and I planted and weeded 
my own garden. I also raised a large 
sack of gourds, besides other vegetables 
and flowers. My penny was well in- 
vested.’’—June Irene Palmer, Hickman 
Mills, Mo., c/o Mrs. Robert Palmer. 
Dear Irene: You did a very good job 
for a young lady. I’m glad you liked the 
packet. Most boys and girls do. Hope 
you try a bigger garden this year. 
Any of you other boys and girls who 
want a penny conglomeration packet, just 
stick ic in with your mother’s garden 
seed order and say you want it.. It must 
be your own penny and it must come 
with your mother’s order. You'll be sur- 
prised at the hundreds of things you-can 
grow from it.—Henry Field. 
Pleased All The Way 
"Round 
Dear Henry: 
We bought seed of you last year that 
did fine. We raised more beans than we 
had for several years. Canned several 
quarts, had all we wanted to eat and gave 
quite a few away. The vines were full of 
blossoms and beans until late October. 
We planted some of your speckled calico 
pole Limass We never saw such vines 
and beans. They were just loaded with 
big pods and blossoms. Had all we 
wanted, gave some away and saved some 
for seed—all from one 3 oz. pkt. of seed. 
Our strawberry plants are doing fine. 
Lost only 3 plants. The Gem had large 
bunches of green berries and blossoms on 
in Dec. and last week we found blossoms 
and they were still covered with snow. 
Our 5 in 1 apple tree did well last sum- 
mer also the Ruby Red Rhubarb and 
“ixed Hybrid sweet corn. Had one pkt. 
we had sweet corn to eat for quite 
‘es and it was sure good, so sweet 
*, Your bug dust is all you say 
‘d it to get rid of the stupid 
vs on my beans.—Edna M. 
on, Nebraska. 



Does Your Mouth Water? 
How would you like to have some nice 
sweet melon right now? I would. There’s 
one way you can have it and that’s plant 
it. Be sure and try the Sugar Lumps 
this year. White ones, yellow ones, or 
red ones, they all are the sweetest mel- 
ons you ever tasted. Mrs. A. B. Berge, of 
Whalan, Minn., who sent this in says, ‘If 
this doesn’t make your mouth water, 
nothing will. I always use your garden 
seed and have a grand garden every year. 
I also bought some apple and plum trees 
from you that are growing real fast.’’ 
Welcome, New Customers! 
Yes, after over 50 years of business, we 
still have new customers every year. This 
issue of Seed Sense is going to a lot of 
new people who have never been with 
us before, and I want to say hello to you 
new folks and tell you that you are per- 
fectly welcome. 
If you haven’t got acquainted with us 
and our way of doing business before, we 
want you to join in now and be “one of 
the bunch.” Hope you like Seed Sense. 
I Still Want Pictures 
I hope you don’t get tired of me re- 
minding you to send in your snapshots, 
but with summer coming on, it’s a good 
time to take them. Send in your extra 
prints and the deal still holds good— 
each one I use, I pay for at 50¢ each. So 
send them in, children, flowers, field seeds 
or any interesting picture like we use in 
Seed Sense. Especially want your hybrid 
corn snaps and chicken pictures. And be 
sure and tell me all about the yield, etc., 
on the back. Everybody is interested. 
We’ve got to have them if we’re going 
to have a Seed Sense.—H. F. 
From 
“IOWA'S LEADING SEEDHOUSE”’ 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa 
THIS SEED SENSE 
FOR: 
The Last Few Words 
Seed Sense is all done now 
and here’s the last page all 
finished but for this corner Tr 
always save to the last. 
I’ve had a nice visit and I a 
hope you have too. If you en- £ 
joy Seed Sense, there’s nothing I like 
more than hearing you say so and if you 
don’t to find out why. It is your maga- 
zine and I’d like to make it to order. 
So don’t be bashful. 
ter now and then and let me know how 

you are, how your garden did and the — 
Mule-Hybrid gorn and the chicks and how 
the family is. It’s your turn to write now 
anyway, 
And please get that order in just as 
soon as you can. I don’t want any of you 
to be disappointed, but the ones who wait 
until the last minute this year, are going 
to be. Some shortages look mighty 
serious already. 
And don’t forget to send me those 
snapshots you have extra prints of. I 
can’t put out a Seed Sense without them. 
I’ve talked long enough now, and it’s 
high time I got back to work. Will look 
forward to hearing from you soon.—H.F. 
The Policy of the House 
In all dealings with custoniare we keep 
in mind these general rules that have 
been the settled policy of the business 
from the start. ; 
1. Be Helpful—Answer the cree es s 
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 al- 
ways 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. 
A F. 
* * * 
One ounce of mirth is worth more thea 
ten thousand tons weight of melancholy. 

Sec. 562 P. L. & R. 

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