14 HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1945—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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10 Ft. Tall 
‘Dear Henry: Picture of myself with 
my sorghum raised from H. F. Seed. This 
Orange Cane grew 10 ft. tall. I grow it 
every year. The syrup is of excellent 
quality. I am enclosing another order for 
seed.’’—Perry E. Morgan, Three Rivers, 
Michigan. 
All-Around Legume 
Sweet Clover lives under a wider range 
of soil and weather conditions than any 
other clover crop. Deeper roots make it 
more drought resistant, and it helps pre- 
vent soil erosion, and is the finest of all | 
legumes to plow under as a green manure 
erop. Sweet Clover is one. of the best soil 
conditioners and the addition of the ni- 
trogen sweet clover adds to the soil makes 
for great fertility. Plant it on soil that 
has been ‘‘corned to death.’’ 
Sweet Clover makes a fine hay crop, 
and in addition a seed crop the second 
year. Lots of farmers fall plow the first 
year’s growth to improve corn yields. It 
also furnishes better grazing than other 
common corn belt pasture plants. On poor 
soils it has no rival. 
Plant Sweet Clover on the late spring 
snows, or just as soon as you can work 
the soil. Plant it early—that is the im- 
portant thing. We recommend 12 to 15 
Ibs. per acre. The combination of our fa- 
mous yellow and white mixed Sweet 
Clover is ideal for pasture, hay and soil 
improvement. We have beautiful lots of 
sweet clover including top notch quality 
Premium grades. We can still take care 
of your order if you hurry. 
Plant Plenty of Rape 
Nothing quite beats Rape for quick re- 
sults and cheap gain for hogs. It is very 
rich in protein for growing pigs, and it is 
far cheaper to grow your own protein feed 
than to buy it in the form of tankage or 
other feed. Our seed is genuine Dwarf 
Essex Rape. Use 5 to 8 lbs. to the acre 
any time from April through the summer 
months. 10 lbs. $2.65; 25 Ibs. $6.25, 
postpaid. E 


All Legume Mixture 
This lot proved so popular with our cus- 
tomers last year that we included it in our 
listing again this season. Henry’s Special 
All Legume Bargain Mixture includes 
50% Alfalfa, 25% Red Clover, balance 
other good legumes like Alsike, Sweet 
Clover, etc. This is by far the cheapest 
Alfalfa-Clover seeding you can possibly 
make. The saving is at least 50% over 
cost of different kinds of seed bought sep- 
arately, and then mixed together. 
With the scarcity of Alfalfa, you 
couldn’t ask for a better mixture to in- 
clude along with youryBrome planting to 
make a combination seeding. It will work 
out perfectly for you and it is blended of 
high quality, natural mixture legumes, 
and at a money saving price. 
Remember it is only $19.95 per bushel, 
noxious weed free, and bright clean seed. 
Crested-Slender Wheat 
Mixture 
This is a sensational offer bought early 
at a price and a saving passed along to 
you. The two best winter hardy, peren- 
nial, drought-resistant grasses that are 
ideal for Nebraska, Kansas, Dakotas and 
the great plain states. You will find this 
an excellent combination to add to your 
present tame or wild pasture. It comes 
on quickly, makes a rapid growth, and is 
ideal for dry land conditions. 
We recommend 10 Ibs. per acre for fix- 
ing up pastures, and for new seedings, 15 
lbs. per acre. This is poaly priced 100 
lbs. for $13.95. 
Stretch Your Alfalfa 
We have the shortest supply of Alfalfa 
seed this year in a long, long time. Not 
near enough seed to meet demand. Make 
your Alfalfa go just as far as possible this 
year by mixing it with Red Clover and 
other legumes. 
tion when you make a planting of Alfalfa 
that you plan to use later on with Brome 
Grass, add some Red Clover seed along 
with the Alfalfa. Red Clover will be good 
for two years. 
make the additional planting of Brome 
grass to fill in, and give you the Brome 
and Alfalfa combination. 
New Sweet Sudan 
Here is the newest in new introductions 
in Sudan to give you sweet, juicy, palat- 
able forage feed for all kinds of livestock. 
The seed supply is very limited. Be sure 
to place your order early before we are 
sold out. Sweet Sudan is far superior to 
the common Sudan type, greater disease . 
resistant, non-shattering seed qualities 
and produces much more plant growth, 
which means higher yield. 
SPECIAL: Enough Sweet Sudan to 
plant an acre—20 lbs. for $6.00, post- 
paid. 
Early Combine Grain 
Sorghum 
Here is absolutely the latest in the new 
introductions of combine grain type sorg- 
hum seed. No. 617—-an improved selec- 
tion of the Early Kalo, and produces 
heavier yields of good quality grain with 
stiffer stalks and more disease resistant. 
Has compact straight seed heads that ma- 
ture early, stand well after ripening in 
the field in case of delayed harvest, and 
highly resistant to chinch bug damage. 
Be sure and include the 617 Early Com- 
bine Grain Sorghum in your field seed or- . 
der for the highest yield and quality grain 
this year. 
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Our quality is tops. 
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“ALFALFA’’ J OHN 
Alfalfa Seed is 
sure hard to get. 
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Most everybody 
knows Alfalfa Seed 
doesn’t ‘“‘set’? good. 
in a wet year. 
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Most ev- 
erybody.- 
knows that 
Nebraska 
had the big- 
gest Corn 
|ecrop on rec- 
ord and that 
South Da- 
kota and Kansas had good corn crops also. 
Good corn crops mean a good supply of 
rain in July and August and lots of rain — 
in July and August means poor Alfalfa ' 
Seed setting. 
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“Alfalfa”? John Nicolson 
That’s the story in the middle west. _ 
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Nebraska and Kansas had big seed 
crops in 1943 and very short ones in 1944. _ 
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‘The northwestern states of Montana, 
Idaho, and Utah ordinarily grow a lot of 
Alfalfa Seed. We have had our repre- 
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sentatives in those states trying to buy 
- Alfalfa Seed all fall and we got some seed © 
— but nothing like what we need, ee 
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Seed of Northern origin than any other 
firm. But the crop is so short, Alfalfa is 
such a wonderful crop, so many people 
want to seed it, that our supplies certainly — 
will not be enough for our customers. 
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In Utah, where Alfalfa Seed is grown_ 
at a high altitude, they had a serious frost 
on September 15, 1944, which farmers 
out there say killed three-fourths of the 
seed crop they would have had. 
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A lot of the Alfalfa Seed this year 
that was fully developed got touched up 
with frost and in general is not up to 
usual color even whee the cermination 
is above 90%. 
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Alfaifa is the shortest of the Legumes 
but all the Legumes are short. 
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Most Legume Seeds are close to OPA 
ceilings so they are not going to go much 
higher but there isn’t anywhere near 
enough Legume Seed to take care of this 
year’s demand. : 
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Ceres eh 
Sit down right now and make out your 
entire seed order and send it to Henry 
Field. Our prices are below ceilings. 
We have seed today. 
"Nuff sed. - 
—John. - : 
I have aaa returned from. ihe western e8° 
states as I write these notes and I hon- — 
estly believe that we have more Alfalfa — 
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