
Off for a Canter 
My good customer, Mrs. A. L. Ti 
; c I » Mrs. A. L. Tillman 
- Milledgeville, Dllinois, sends this picture 
of her 6 yr. old grandson, Lowell, riding 
a Holstein heifer. Like so many others, 
she says she likes H. F. seeds and Seed 
Sense.. : 
Earlier and Better Service 
on Nursery — 

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Sense and Fall Catalog is out a full month 
an last year. There’s a good rea- 








hat ala: 
t some of the fall items earlier than 
1, because they need to be planted 
are three beauties that should be planted 
early. August and early September is best 
for them although they can be planted 
Jater, too. As usual, nursery stock will be 
- gent to you when it is the proper time to 
plant it. So get your orders in early. Es- 
pecially for these things that should be 
planted early. a 
Tips on Lawn Planting 
Weeds won’t bother a fall seeded lawn 
‘and besides the grass seedlings get off to 
a better start when fall planted. From 
the middle of August up until freezing 
weather is the time to plant. For best re- 
sults the surface inch or two of soil 
should be fine and loose enough so that 
the seed may be covered_easily, but the 
soil underneath should be firm and well 
packed. Unless the soil is fertile manure 
or plant food should be applied and 
worked into the soil several weeks before 
seeding. 
- A mulch helps out 
dry at planting time. 
if the weather is 
Clean straw, peat- 
- moss or burlap sacking laid on the ground 

is fine. Depth of mulch about one-half 
inch deep. Keep soil moist after seed is 
planted until new grass has made a 
growth of one or two inches. 
If reseeding an old lawn, rake off the 
dead trash giving the soil underneath a 
good scratching to provide enough loose 
soil to cover seed. Use plenty of Henry’s 
Famous Lawn Mixture for best results. 
Use 1 pound to each 200 sq. ft. for a new 
seeding; or 1 pound for each 400 sq, ft. 
when reseeding lawns. 
Send in Pictures 
<1 SOE SOL ae ae RTO RES, 
Haven’t received as many pictures 
from you customers this summer as usual. 
Can understand this, because film is hard 
to get. Most of the time I can’t get it my- 
self. But I sure appreciate those that 
came in, You can see lots of them here 
in Seed Sense. And I want more. Can’t 
put out a Seed Sense without them. I al- 
ways pay 50c for every picture I use, so 
send them in when you can. f 

You’ve probably noticed that this Seed |- 
at. I want you H. F. customers — 
early. Iris, Oriental Poppies and Peonies | 


~ Garden on a Train 
Here’s one on me. IL can’t for the lite 
of me find the name of the good lady who 
sent me this picture. I remember writing 
her about it, and I certainly want to pay 
I do for all other pictures. | 
This is certainly an unusual garden, 
isn’t it? Can’t remember ever having 
seen anything like it. Note on the back 
of the pictures says that onions, radish, 
celery, lettuce, carrots and beets were 
raised, as well as rhubarb, sage and 
_ chives. Will say that this garden should 
take some kind of prize. ; 
- Story of Seed 
Like ore from the mine, the seed leaves 
the farm in a crude state. It is shipped, 
cleaned, bagged, inspected—and finally 
becomes a finished product in every sense 
of the word just like a pure ore from 
erude ore. : 
What happens to the seed from the 
time it leaves the farm until it is sold is 
our job—the seedsmen’s job. No part of 
this nation’s business is more important 
than the branches of effort devoted to the 
seed business. 
In our Colleges of: Agriculture, hun- 
dreds of research workers are always on 
the job busy testing, crossing, selecting 
and improving new and old strains of 
seed. The USDA has scouts all over the 
country—in fact all over the world, in 
foreign countries searching for new and 
better adapted crops or plants. 
Tt has always been our policy to provide 
our customers with the finest of ‘‘proc- 
essed’ seed at all times. That is why we 
have installed all new up-to-date clean- 
ing mills—the finest money can buy to 
see that you’ and every other customer 
gets the best seed that can be had at all 
times. The seed house provides a market 
for seed produced on your farm seed 
which, without proper eleaning and the 
necessary storage, would not be worth 
even a fraction as much in any market at 
all. We don’t want to brag too much, but 
we are proud of the service that our busi- 
ness gives to the American farmer in the 
production of food. 
Helpful Hint 
— 
“Soak cucumber seed in turpentine 5 days 
before planting. The seed does not smell, 
and does not affect the gzermination.”“— Mrs. 
R. M. Avey, Cozahome, Arkansas, 


her the 50c for its use in Seed Sense like. 
pha Ay ficial Pye ie 


-Golden Anniversary 
__ Hale and hearty on their golden wed- 
ding anniversary are Mr. & Mrs. W. N. 
Draper of Lees Summit, Missouri. Con- 
 gratulations. ‘‘We have used Fields seeds 
for over 40 yrs.,” they write. Congratu- 
lations again. This time to both of us. 
= eary Beles 
Perennial Garden | 
So many people write in to me to ask 
what they‘should plant in a perennial gar-— 
den that I thought I’d make up a collec- 
tion that would make a small complete 
garden. This collection is for about 25 
square ft. of ground and has varieties that 
will bring blooms from early spring until 
hard frost. And flowers for eutting, too. 
Here it is: 
3 Shasta Daisies 
8 Hardy Columbines 
1 Bleeding Heart 
83 Carnations Mixed 
2 Delphinium Mixed 
2 Phiox (1 pink, 1 red) 
1 Hardy Aster. 
You won’t find this collection anywhere 
else but Seed Sense. Price is only $4.59, 
postpaid, for the whole shebang. Ask for 
No. XW-18. 
Thanks to Henry 
“Dear Mr. Field: Thank you for Seed 
Sense; also your catalog as you give much 
good information on when and how to plant 
everything. We have used your seeds before 
and always liked them.’—Mrs. A. C. Gor- 
danier, Randall, Kansas, 
Flower Fan 
‘Dear Mr. Field: 
Here is our young 
flower fan. She 
(Marie) is looking 
forward to planting 
your mixed seed 
package for chil- 
dren (with her 
mother’s help!). We 
‘would like to see 
this printed in Seed 
Sense.’? — Mrs. 
Chester J. Hopin, 
3388 E. Pierson, 
Flint,. Michigan. 
Well, here it is. 
Send some more 
pictures and tell 
how the Conglomer- 
ation Packet grew. 



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