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Canaries 





Ready for > ehigaicat Oet. 15 ; 
Good singing canaries are no longer as 
plentiful as they were because the war 
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 
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-THE SUNNY- SONG WARB- 
LERS—Jolly happy sing- 
ers. Their songs are 
medium loud and varied. 
They Bi bring cheer to 
any ome as everyone 
loves their song..... % suas $7.95 $3.25 
THE HARTZ MOUNTAIN 
BIRDS—tThese sing much 
louder than most birds. 
Songs are short and va- 
ried in tone. Very pleas- 
ing, if. you like a loud 
ea es freely all 7.50 2.50 




















ee ee es 
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- 
AGUS) eee Shey Sondiae 's aleve keneeeie Gh 
BUTTERCUP WARBLERS 
—Derive their name from 
their beautiful orange 
yellow color. These birds 
are bred from true deep 
colored strains. Their 
voice is clear, ringing and 
of medium loud, tones. 
Extra-select birds, of {9 95 3.50 
COULSE. 2, ccc sere ese wean 
Everything Postpaid 
. Don’t forget, everything you order 
from Henry Field (except Field Seeds) 
is postpaid right to your door and you 
‘don’t get a bill later on for shipping 
charges that you didn’t know about. 
3507 3.25 









“ There are some big trees that go express 

collect, but they are plainly marked, and 
if your order is for $10.00 or more, I’ll 
pay the express on them, too. 
Seed Sense Like 
an Old Friend 
“Dear Mr. Field: I want to think you 
for sending us your wonderful magazine 
Seed Sense. It is just like an old friend 
coming to our house. You are doing a lot 
of good with it. When my husband comes 
in with the mail that brings Seed Sense, 
I just let the work slide and can hardly 
put it down long enough to get the din- 
- ner. It is so interesting from cover to 
_ cover.” —Mrs. Anna Murdorff, Craig, 
oe ebr. 
44 Grew Out of 74 
1 ASS EAA EEE ARCS 
= “pear Mr. Field: I thought maybe you 
would like to know that out of about 74 
trees, vines, shrubs and perennials we 
‘set out last fall, every one looks fine and 
That’s what I call a mighty good 
_ jivel 
= Moore, Bates 
- percentage.” —Lizzie C. 
he ‘ieee? Mo. 
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can give you this year is 
order early. Stock is se : 
tion slow, help scarce which si 
you help yourself Hp rehnne 



















No sense in that. ae DIREC 
the difference for yourself, 
I’ve spoke my piece now 
enjoyed Seed Sense. Get t 
now and send a letter with 
them all, even if you ioe % 
long one.—H. 4 tbe 








V for Victory 
“Dear Henry: Thought you might be 
interested in this picture of a carrot that 
grew in my victory garden last year. I | 
dug it the day after my son left for the 
Army Air Corps. I covered my carrot bed 
with leaves and we have been eating them 
all winter long.’’—Karl K. tae 517 
Elm, Newton, Kansas. 
I Still Want Pictures 
What with film rationing, I know pic- 
tures are harder than they were to get. 
But Seed Sense still needs them and is 
willing to pay for them. You’ll probably 
be taking some anyway and an extra print 
isn’t hard to get to send in. 
T’ll still pay 50e each for any and all I 
can use, and $5 for the best one each time, 
but you must send in a print you don’t 
want back. Any kind of picture you would 
like to see in Seed Sense is just right— 
your family, your garden, your corn in 
the field or in the crib, your. children— 
all are good. Corn pictures, if used, still 
pay double, or $1.00 each. 
Seed Sense is your magazine. 
them in. EE: 
MULCH—Good clean straw always 
makes good mulch, but you can use 
leaves, or lawn rakings if. you mix in 
enough sticks and other material to keep 
the mulch from packing down. If a mulch 
packs down, it often smothers a plant. 
Be sure to remove early in spring. 



















We're running our business to. 0 please yo u 
and you alone and maybe you’d have SO! ne 
improvements to offer. 
Effective June 1 we started - an. sent 
back, with your garden seeds or nurse 
stock, your original order. It got so here 
last spring (with so many hundreds o 
thousands of orders) that sometime 
when you’d write about something on 
your order, we couldn’t locate it rig 
away and searching for it made a dela 
And we know it’s service with a ope 
that you want. : 
So we decided to send me order ‘pac 
with the items you ordered. That Ww 





























So send 

Stet in looking up your order. : : 
We argued back and forth wie 
decided to do it and I think it’s. going to 
be a big help to you as well a 
you’ve got any suggestions to add o 
about the idea I’d sure be tickled to 
them. Remember this business is os for 
you so speak up.—H. F. 







From 
“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE”’ 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa ‘ 
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