
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOEK’? 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No. 1 Building Shenandoah, Iowa 
Henry Field, Editor 
Contributors 
“Alfalfa” John Nicolson (Seed) Helen Field Fischer (Flowers) 
Pate Simmons (Seed & Nursery) LeOna Nicolson (Nursery) 
Paul Wilkinson (Nursery) Irving Steurer (Garden Seed) 
Deane Schneider (Field Seed) —&€& all my friends and customers 
Subscription Price—A Garden Seed, Field Seed 
or Nursery Order 


We Still Have Red Clover and Alfalfa 
Here’s some good news. And glad to give it to you. 
I can still supply my customers with Red Clover and Alfalfa 
Seed. Don’t have too much. Both are very scarce this spring, 
and most seedsmen are already sold out. I can’t guarantee this 
promise all spring, but I’ll do my best, as always. 
This clover is GENUINE HENRY FIELD QUALITY. The 
best that can be had. But you’ll have to order early. See page 
15 for prices on all HENRY FIELD’S field seeds. 

Enlarge Field Seed Building 
Our field seed business has increased so much that we had to 
build a second story addition to our No. 4 warehouse this past 
summer. That’s our building just two blocks south and west 
of our main building. It’s complete with extra mills, scales, 
conveyors, seed pilers and everything you could ask for. 
We can get your orders out so fast now you can’t plant fast 
enough to keep up with us. Watch us give you service with 
a capital S. Hope to have a picture to show you next time. 
No April Seed Sense 
I was afraid of it. And now it’s come at last. The Govern- 
ment has cut our paper supply 25 percent, and there’s no two. 
ways about it. Can’t print an April Seed Sense, and will have 
to cut down on other printing, too. About all I can tell you 
folks is to be patient. When the war’s over there will be bigger 
and better Seed Senses, and more of them. But don’t stop writ- 
ing in, or sending in pictures. I like to have them, and will 
use them if I can in the Fall Seed Sense. 

My BUG DUST Kills Most Pests 
Glad to say we have an ample supply of Bug Dust this year. 
This powerful, all-around pest destroyer takes care of every 
need in the ordinary garden. Can’t recommend it highly 
enough. Low price is still 3 lbs. for $1.00 postpaid. 


Moon Sign Planting Dates 
Here are the planting dates for 1944, according to Llewellyn 
Moon Sign Book, which is probably the best authority. 
Potatoes—(early)—Mar. 21-22, Also ADE. 10-11, (and Mar, 13-14 
in a real early season). 
Potatoes—(late)—June 11-12. 
Beets, radishes, carrots, onions, and other root crops—Same dates 
as potatoes, 
n—(including field corn, EnES 
ae ee ae one sweet corn and popeorn)—May 6, 
Beans, melons, cucumbers, 
corn. 
Tomatoes and cabbage in house or hotbed for plants—Mar. 3- 4, 
Mar. 30-31 Feb. 23-24. 
Tomatoes and cabbage outside—Apr. 27-28. 
Peas and cabbage outside—Mar. 3-4, Mar. 30-31, Apr. 27-28. 
= aa Kale, Chard, and similar greens—Same dates as cab- 
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Late cabbage—June 3-4, 
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The issouri people sa at i 
briers and big oselia in the sign Oh the heart (Lect mn tte dace 
of the moon in August, (Aug. 16- = this year) the ill 
up again, but will die dead.—H. z : ign Car eee 
pumpkins, squash—same dates as 


No, you didn’t catch me loafing this time, Just thinking. | 
The crisp, clear winter air down in the Ozarks helps me to 
| think, so I went down for a few days to make plans for the 
busy spring season. 
SEED SENSE PLANTING CALENDAR | 
March 
It’s most time to umeover the garden when the young bulb 
shoots pop up their heads. Frost danger will soon be past, then 
you can remove the dead leaves, stalks, etc., from round the 
perennial plants. Don’t be in too big a hurry. 
Rock plants that have winter heaved by frost action, should — 
be tramped well back in place: Cut away rotting leaves Ca 
the more fleshy or woolly type plants. 
Good time to get started the seeds of slower growing annuals, 
such as Ageratum, Asters, Lobelias, Marigolds, Petunias, Salvia — 
and Zinnias. Use boxes of earth, or pots in the house or hot — 
bed, a 
Better prune those Grape Vines before they piare to grow— , 
saves bleeding of the plants. 
Can’t say too much for a well balanced soil mixture for yor u 
seedlings from seed. Most folks like 1/3 sand, 1/3 good gare 
soil, 1/3 fertilizer. 
Covers on hot beds should be left open to the sunshine 
during sunny days. Use at least 2 feet of fresh active manure 
(well tramped) in your hot bed. Tomato seeds like a soil tem- 
perature about 90 degrees. Cooler plants like Ege Plant, 
Onions, Peppers do best at soil temperatures of 70-80 degrees. 
~ April 
» (Nursery Plastiig Month) a oo 
Hurry and clean the lawn of weeds, add fertilizer and fll ino 
holes with fresh soil, reseed bare spots. You ean’t beat Henry's — 
Famous Lawn Grass Mixture. 
Plant your nursery now—all kinds, don’t wait. Barly planted 
stuff does best. 
Harden off in a cold frame the early sown plants, before 
moving to open ground. 
Have you trimmed the Privet, Chinese Elm or Russian ‘Mul- 
berry hedge yet? Better do it now, before plant growth starts. 
Finish the pruning of trees and shrubs. 
Your Roses need care and attention too. Cut out the dead | 
wood, work plant food, Vigoro or Sheepolizer around the roots, 
soon as soil is dry. 
Your early vegetable seed wants to be in the ground. Plant | 
se of lettuce, radishes, carrots, onions (seed, sets, plants) and 
others. 
Small Herbs. do well in the border, Sage and Dill. 
May 
Still time to plant those Evergreens—soak them with water — 
daily for several weeks, they like lots until started. : 
Better mark bare spots in your bulb beds. You will want to ae 
refill in the fall and may not remember where bulbs were miss- 
ing. After bulbs bloom, allow them to remain in the ground — 
long enough to ripen. This means till tops dry up. pee 
Daffodils aren’t fussy—they like to be left alone in one 
place several years. 
Best time in the world to prune early flowering shrubs like | Pa 
blooming Spirea, Forsythia, etc. Wait until blooming is over— 
new blooming wood for next season forms during the summer. 
Most of the hardy annuals can be planted outside early ber ; 
month where they are to bloom. 









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