
G HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1945—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah,. Iowa 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“KOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE’ 
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) 
Geo. Rose (Nursery) Irving Steurer (Garden Seed) 
Deane Schneider (Field Seed) —€& all my friends and customers 
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“IT Told You So” 
I know it’s not polite to say ‘I told you so,’’ but I can’t help : 
reminding you folks, that I told you way along early this spring 
that we were going to have ‘‘a cool wet spring and summer.” 
Remember? 
And another thing I kept telling you folks all winter and 
spring was that we were going to have a very, very serious food 
situation. By far the worst year of the war years so far on food. 
And that it was up to every one to grow his own food or go 
hungry. 
Well? What about it so far? Didn’t I tell you the truth? 
And let me tell you something else—‘“‘Brother you ain’t been 
nowhere and seen nothin’ yet.’’ We really haven’t started to see 
food trouble. I hate to say this, but there could easily be food 
riots in this great rich country of ours before next spring. I knew 
the situation was bad but I ‘didn’t realize just how bad until I 
saw the situation in the cities right now, on my recent trip east. 
You have no idea how serious it is already. And we haven’t any- 
where near reached the worst yet. It scares me to think what 
may happen if we have even a partial crop failure. 
There’s still time to do a little something about it though, 
Still time to plant more garden. Sweet corn and beans and to- 
matoes and squashes and lots of things; it’s just time to plant 
them now. And grow more’ chickens for meat (if you can get the 
baby chicks). Meat is going to be the worst problem of all.. It 
would be a good idea to keep a pig or two if you can possibly 
arrange it. 
An‘d lots of canning and drying and cellar-storing of all kinds 
of vegetables. I’m telling you it may come in mighty handy before 
another year rolls around. I’ve always preached this—and prac- 
ticed it too—but I never was so deadly in earnest about it as I 
am now. In fact, I am just downright scared about the future 
of the food situation. 
Now I’ve told you the truth and ealled the turn right through 
on the war, and the weather, and the food situation, and I don’t 
think I’m wrong now. What do you think about it? ait. 
A Tree for Servicemen—Free 

The coming of peace is a solemn thing which most of us will 
want to greet with thanksgiving and a return to the simple 
things. It will be a time when the home and the garden will 
have more meaning to us than ever. 
Because this is so, I have thought for a long time that some 
homey thing should be done to honor our Service people. And 
I think I know what I can do. 
If you have a son, daughter or husband in the Service, I want 
to give you a tree for them. I meanit. A tree for every Service 
person in your family. Can’t think of a better way to memori- 
alize them. A good tree will be a living reminder of what they 
stood for, and it will be a monument to them. 
Can’t say now what kind of tree I will send. But you can be 
sure it will be a good one, and a long lasting one. This has been 
a good growing year for me so far, and everything looks nice, 
so I’ll be able to send a tree to every customer who has a family 
member in armed services who asks for one. Probably be Ameri- 
can Elms or Maples. Can’t say for sure until I know how many I 
have. And it won’t be the biggest tree. But it will be the best 
for its size. 
Only one thing Iask. And that is that you sen’ me the name, 
or names, and relationship of those in Service in your family 
and their rank and branch of service. Fill out the slip here 
and send it in. That’s all. Pin it to your nursery order, so I 
can send both at the same time. It will save extra packing and 
postage. But send itin. I want to see a tree planted for every 
boy and girl in Service. 
-Wonderful for the garden or for forcing indoors. 


YES, WE HAD FLOODS TOO. 
This has been a bad year for floods, and we got our share, too. 
This piceery was one taken early in June at our Ozark home, fol-_ 
lowing a 5 inch rain, a regular old time “trash lifter.’? The 
_ creek took a short cut down the big road till it came to the rise | 
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where our house stands, then it cut across the bottom field back — 
to the creek, taking the fences along with it. This picture shows _ 
Jim and. myself checking the damage and wondering how we are 
going to get the fence fixed up again. Fortunately our house and 
a 
garden are on higher ground and missed the flood, but water sure 
messed up things in the bottom field, especially the fences. achat 
As usual we were down at our Ozark Garden through most of 
May and June, and enjoyed it very much as we always do. Had 
lots of strawberries and raspberries and good garden stuff and 
plenty of hard work. We have three good milk cows so had | 
plenty of milk and cream and fresh butter. 
private ‘‘freeze box’? (home type zero freeze unit) there and 
have it full of fruit and vegetables and pork and veal all of. our — 
own growing, and we don’t aim to go hungry. 
We will be down there again in the fall to dig and care for the 
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We have our own > 
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wild flower plants and fill and mail your orders for them. The ~ 
flood never touched them and they are all looking fine. 
you will be able to get your share of them. ~ 
Dutch Bulbs—They’re Here Again 
Am to be able to offer you genuine ‘“‘Holland-Grown”’, bulbs 
again. You see them listed in the catalog here, and I know | 
you’ll welcome them back to the garden, same as I will and ~ 
thousands of others. My bulbs this year are unusually good. 
I hope 
They’re the best of the best in quality, and everyone will bloom 2 
for you next spring. 
Didn’t know I was going to be able to get Hyacinths ante 
Crocuses. They are certainly scarce. 
the catalog section. Here they are: 
HYACINTHS—Massive tresses of big flowers in many colors. 
Have five 
varieties to offer. : 
GRAND MAITRE—K-20 a beautiful blue. 
LA VICTOIRE—K-21 a vivid red. QUEEN OF PINKS—K-22 _ 
a lovely pink. 
L’INNOCENCH—K-24 a perfect white. 
Am offering these bulbs at 25¢ each; 12 for $2.59; 25 for 
$4.69. Or one of’ each of the above five for only ot 10, all 
postpaid. . 
CROCUS—They bloom with the melting snows. 
lawn or. shrubbery planting. 
purples K-3 or a mixture K-7 of all colors. 
17 for $1.00; 25 for $1.19, postpaid. 
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Henry Field, 
Shenandoah, Iowa, 
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CITY OF HAARKEN—K-23 a brilliant yellow. — 
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