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Sow Lawns Now 
A lawn is easy if you’ll use Henry Field 
seed and get it into the ground NOW. 
Earlier the better, is the best advice I 
can give. Even if you sow seed right on 
top of the snow, it’s good. A freeze or 
thaw will work it into the soil. 
There is a lawn mixture for every need 
on page %1 of the catalog, but I always 
like to recommend my EVERGREEN 
LAWN MIX. I harvest the bluegrass for 
this mix myself, and the other grasses in 
the blend are the very choicest. 5 Ibs. 
are only $1.95 postpaid. Order now, and 
sow 1 Ib. of seed for every 200 sq. ft. of 
new lawn, or 1 Ib. for every 400 sq. ft. 
of old lawn. 
The picture of the good lawn in the 
picture came from— 
H. ©. Jones, Route 3, Springdale, Ark. 
Special All Legume Mixture 
Lots of orders have been sent for our 
Legume bargain including Alfalfa 50%, 
Red Clover 25%, balance other good le- 
gumes like Alsike, Sweet Clover and Les-= 
pedeza. This is the cheapest Alfalfa and 
elover seeding you can possibly make this 
spring. ‘The saving is at least 50% over 
cost of different kinds of seed bought 
separately and then mixed together. 
This Mixture is ideal for Hay, Pasture, 
or a combination seeding with Brome. 
Extra high quality natural mixture and 
one look at the seed will convince you 
this is a money saving offer for you. 
Remember, it’s only $19.95 per bu. and 
that is a 60 lb. bushel, too—noxious weed 
free. 
es Ds z se oe 
4 Acres—45 Loads 
PDI SSCS SL EN ERATE I AE TTI 
“Dear Henry: 
E grew with your Henry Field Atlas Sorgd 
This is a picture of a field 
seed. There was about 45 loads on 4 acres. 
E am 6 feet tall so you é¢an see how tall the 
sorzo was.’—R. W. Garber, Latour, Mo. 
Still have a Zood supply of certified Atlas 
available, but going fast. At $10.00 a hun- 
dred, this high germinating seed is a bar- 
gain. 

We MUST Save Seed 
At no time in memory has the legume 
seed situation been so critical as it is this 
year. All seedsmen are short on Alfalfa, 
Red Clover and Alsike, and there. just 
isn’t enough seed to meet demands. More 
important, the outlook for another year 
doesn’t look any too good, unless farmers 
get behind the Government’s plea for har- 
vesting more acreage for seed. 
Poor seed crops have been part of the 
answer, but pasturing our large livestock 
population and need for hay has cut down 
our seed acreage. Now more hay fields 
are being plowed up for corn, soybeans, 
etc. Field seeds have been leaving this 
country for pastures in England, Russia 
and elsewhere in tremendous quantities, 
and there is no sign that this demand will 
let up soon. We’re just going to have to 
let more fields go for seed. It’s our pa- 
triotic duty to ‘do so. It will pay, too. 
Please Help Us Here 
It has never been our policy to ask our 
customers to make a second choice when 
ordering Field seeds. We hate to do it 
now, but our supplies of Alfalfa and Red 
clover are so short, that it can’t be helped. 
When ordering either. Alfalfa or Red. 
Clover please, if you possibly can, indicate 
a second choice. This will save time and 
correspondence. We want you to have 
what you want but we know everybody is 
going to sell out of legumes and most 
everything else. Order early, make a sec- 
ond choice, and we’ll try and take care of 
your needs. We will send back any over 
payment. With O.P.A. ceilings on seed 
they aren’t going up. But that won’t help 
you if they are sold out before you get | 
yours. 
The “Old Nick” for Pests 
Best seed protection from mice, pheas- 
ants, squirrels, wire worms and other 
pests is our Old Nick Seed Treatment. It 
saves time when applied to corn, melons 
or any other seed and costs only 3 or 4 
cents an acre.- One tablespoonful to one 
and a half gallons of corn is the way to 
mix it, and guaranteed not to clog the 
planter. A 12 once bottle, enough for 
four bushels of corn, costs only $1.00 
postpaid. 
Brome Selling Like Hot Cakes 
We have shipped out carloads of Brome 
this year and I am glad to see it that way. 
It shows that you folks are finding out 
that Brome is the best perennial, long 
lived grass you could possibly ask for. 
Simply can’t be beat for hay, pasture and 
can be either planted by itself, or a com- 
bination seeding with Alfalfa. 
Plant Brome on a firm, well packed | 
seed-bed figuring 15 to 20 lbs. per acre. 
Or with Alfalfa, use 12 to 15 lbs. Brome 
and 4 lbs. of Alfalfa. No danger of bloat 
from pasturing this combination and at 
the same time the Alfalfa helps add ni- 
trogen to the soil to increase the tonnage 
yield of the Brome grass. 
All of our Brome is extra high quality 
best No. 1 northern grown seed. Free 
from noxious weed seed, high germinat- 
ing. Our price is way below what others 
are asking. In 100 pound lots at $17.95 
and ready for prompt shipment. - 
When seeding Brome cover the seed 
lightly, rolling in a cultipacker is best. 
Use the same kind of seed-bed you would 
for Alfalfa. Free leaflet on Brome for 
the asking, ! : 
-| conditions. 
‘It’s a big fodder producer. 
| Saw. 

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HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1944—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Towa 







“ALFALFA”’ 
SAYS . 
Drought ¢ on- 
‘ditions seem to 
be indicated al- 
most everywhere 
this year, and 
with hay so high, 
we should all be 
thinking of feed 
crops like 
Sudan, Rape 
and Atlas 
Sorgo to in- 
sure plenty 
of pasture 
and fodder. 
All three of . 
these crops 

JOHN 


“Alfalfa”? John-Nicolson 
will withstand a lot of tough growing 
They are good any year. But 
this year with livestock and feed high, 
every farm should have a few acres of 
each. ‘ SS 
Unfortunately, most of these crops are 
in short supply. Sudan was only a 50- 
per cent crop. There’s nothing takes the 
place of Sudan for fall or summer pas-— 
ture. Order zonrs Boye 
* * 
Usually we sella #4 of cane and millets 
for fill in feed crops. 
appear to be pioeeee On: Secor ds 
Pertah ares ee: a tain crop of Atlas. 
most beautiful certified Atlas you ever 
Pd Bese die Mle a ie: 
Don’t waste any time covering your ~ 
needs. These crops are the best insur- 
ance against a feed shortage. _ They are 
money savers when prices are soaring on we 
hay. 
* + * * * 
You all know the situation on protein 
feeds, and the high prices. Best solution, ~ 
of course, is. the legume crops, and as 
usual Henry Field can take care of you _ 
better than THOSE ay else. 
‘ k 
‘Every a farmer in ie land suentae 
consider it his patriotic duty this year to 
save at least some legume seed. America 
needs it badly, and our Allies need them 
too. There just isn’t enough, even this 
year, and crop conditions this summer 
may make the 1945 seed situation criti- 
cal. 
¥ 
rige ae oh tule se OG 
The government is going to pay $3.50 
again for harvesting seed and, of course, 
we should all take advantage of it. 
There’s also some talk about raising this 
figure considerably to encourage more 
seed saving Hk fall: 
* * * 
Orders fe Mule Hybrids nave been 
coming in so fast that our supply is dis- ~ 
appearing. Some numbers are completely 
sold out. ‘ 
x * *  * 3k * 
Hope you'll consider our special on 
small flats. Following numbers are avail- 
able: 129-1, 129-2, 129S and 135R. In 
most cases they can be planted with the 
same plates as regular flats, and they cost 
$1.00 per ‘bu. less. They will also plant 
about 3 crs more per bushel. + 
* *% . 
“This looks ee a ee Clover year, it 
being about the only legume not awful. 
short. Henry Field stocks, as usual, are 
top hatte be ai brite Pion owas 
We ohn. 
The crops of these 
We have the 
