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Letter from Soldier 
“Dear Mr. Field: Rec’d my April Seed 
Sense and read every word in it. The 
next time you are down to your Ozark 
farm, I'd like to have you call on me. A 
short chat would do me lots of good. You 
know when a fellow has been 41 years on 
a farm, his roots go down’pretty deep. 
Something like the roots on the ‘‘Good- 
But-Cheap” alfalfa seed I sowed in 1936. 
Still standing and producing 5 tons to. the 
acre a year. 
if I could pull a few of those old farm 
roots up, I’'d make a better soldier, but I 
believe roots like those are the foundation 
of a country. I don’t have any pictures 
of crops, but if you’ go up tothe farm in 
Linn. Co., Iowa, you'll see Henry Field 
everyplace you look.’—Harry G. Powell, 
Capt. 63 Inf., Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. 
Seed Sense Free 
Some folks have asked if I send Seed 
Sense free to folks who order in the fall 
as well as those who order in the spring. 
The answer is, Yes. The subscription 
price is simply a garden seed, field seed, 
nursery stock or baby chick order some- 
time in the year, so if you order this fall 
you’ll get Seed Sense regularly too. And 
don’t forget, it’s really a magazine for 
you so send in any criticisms or sugges- 
tions when they occur to you. IT’ll appre- 
ciate it. 
A Puzzle 
“Dear Mr. Field: 
As a little thank offering -for sending 
me “‘Seed Sense,’’ I will send you a little 
puzzle in line with your trees. 
tam supposed to plant a grove 
To please the lady that I love 
This ample grove is to consist of 19 trees 
In nine straight rows 
Five trees in each row, I must place 
Or I shall never see her face. 
C. W. Gause, Osawatomie, Kans. 
Can you figure it out? If you can’t 
after studying it awhile, turn to the dia- 
gram on page 2 and see how Mr. Gause 
solves it for you.—H, F. 
Pedigreed Stock 
RS ASU PES TF OR RE I SL OTT 
I am able to spare some of my pedigreed 
birds from our. chick breeding flocks for 
“first.comers” this fall. Here’s part of them. 
If you want more information Ill send it to 
you promptly. 
Individually pedigreed’ New Hampshire and 
White Leghorn males @ $5.00, Sent ex- 
press prepaid. fi : 
Mating pens—One New Hampshire or White 
Leghorn male with three females. $17.50 
for the pen of four birds. Pedigree papers 
furnished free for all individuals. 
Special matings in White Rocks, Buff Or- 
pingtons, Rhode Island Reds, and White 
Wyandottes. Cockerels or pullets @ $4.00. 
HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1942—Henry Field Seed & Nursery 

Henry Field Lawn 
Here’s a picture of a Henry Field lawn 
clear out at Townsend, Montana.  Isn’t 
that a dandy? Sent in by Thomas L. Per- 
kins a good customer of mine out there. 
Incidentally you folks whose lawns 
aren’t looking too good—remember fall 
is the ideal time to reseed. Anytime up to 
Nov. when there is moisture. Get your 
seed in before the rains. 
About Pruning This Fall 
The one trouble with pruning is most 
folks don’t do enough—especially on 
newly planted stuff. Don’t be afraid to 
prune your plants. 
There’s a good reason for pruning. It 
leaves less tops for the roots to support 
with sap. I’ve even seen plants newly set 
out that wouldn’t put out leaves until final- 
ly somebody pruned them—and then you 
ought to have seen them grow. Pruning 
makes the plant bush out more, too, and 
that’s what we usually want. 
In the spring you should prune just as 
soon as you set the plants out but stuff 
planted this fall, shouldn’t be pruned 
until real early next spring. But then, get 
out as soon as you can with a real sharp 
knife or pruning shears and give your 
plants a haircut. Make the cuts as clean 
as possible. 
Hedging shrubs I prune down to with- 
in 3 inches of the ground. It will grow 
just as fast or faster as if you had left the 
tops on. Fruit trees need to have the top 
cut back a little and all the side branches 
pruned back pretty severely. 
School-Trained 
Canaries 
Ready for Shipment Oct. 15 
Good singing canaries are no longer as 
plentiful 
has cut off some imports, However, we'll 
have. a fair supply of some of the finest 
singers in the country ready for shipment 
about Oct, 15. 
Birds are shipped express collect (only 
small charge as birds are light) and we 
send full details about care and feeding 
with each bird. All guaranteed to reach 
you safely and we give you 10 days to test 
song of male birds and 5 days to examine 
hens. Birds not entirely satisfactory can 
be returned for exchange or refund. Fair 
enough? 
Please get your orders in early and re- 
serve a good bird, before they're gone. 
Males Females 
THE SUNNY-SONG WARB- ea. ea. 
LERS—Jolly happy sing- : 
ers. Their songs are 
medium loud and varied. 
They pen: bring cheer to 
any ome as everyone 
loves their song Mt $6.95 $2.75 
THE HARTZ MOUNTAIN 
BIRDS—These sing much 
louder than most birds. 
Songs are short and va- 
ried in tone. Very pleas- 
ing, if you like a loud 
singer. Sing ‘freely all 
day long 5 
THE ALPHINE TRILLERS 
—These peppy fellows, 
sing their fancy songs of 
trills and rolls. all day 
long. Songs are mellow. 
The notes will delight 
you. Colors yellow with 
light and medium shad- 
6.50 1.95 
8.50 2.75 
Pll Ship Nursery Stock Early 
Bulbs, iris, poppies and the like will go 
out the same day you order them, 
with nursery plants, it’s different. 
Some things like trees, roses, ete., don’t 
But 
as. they were because the war } 

Co., Shenandoah, Iowa _ ; 


go dormant until pretty late and to move © ve 
it before it was dormant would do you 
about as much good as planting broom- ~— 
sticks. So I want you to leave it up to me 
as to when the best time to ship is, ae 
I figure I’ll start sending out straw- 
berries about September 20 and fruit — 
trees, grapes, roses, shade trees and the 
like about October 10. 
wouldn’t do you any good and after that 
is the ideal time to fall plant anyway. 




From 
““MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE” 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa 
THIS SEED SENSE 
FOR: 
POSTMASTER: If unde- 
liverable for’ any reason, 
notify the sender stating 
reason on Form .3547, — 
postage for which is 
guaranteed. 

“CROPS * DISEASES 
Sec. 562 P. L. & R. 
U. S. POSTAGE 
PAID 
PERMIT Mo. 5 

Before that ~- 
y § DEPT OF AGRICULTURE 
Div OF FOOD & VEGETABLE 
F PLANT INQUSTRY 
PO WASHINGTON D CS. 
“BUREAU 

