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2¥ FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., 

Shenandoah, Iowa 



-~Goatmobile 
ggs of Denton, Texas, and his gasoline and tire saving vehicle—a goat- 
mobile and which is “horsepowered” by goat power. 
On an uphill climb he puts the other goat there and has a two-goat 
Mr. Z. B. Wi 
for a spare goat. 
power machine. 
7 Lb. Sweet Potato 
“Dear Henry: We had wonderful success 
with your Porto Rico Sweet Potatoes. One 
of them weighed 7 Ibs.’”—Mrs. D. L. Dewey, 
County Line Road, Deerfield, Illinois, 
ener 

Hurry! It’s Heavy 
“Dear Mr. Field: So you want water- 
melon pictures. Here is One from Okla- 
homa. Our boy, Wilfred, with his Sweet- 
heart Melon taken when he was 14. He 
said, ‘Hurry, mother, it’s getting heavy.” 
¥ don’t know what it weighed but it was 
a bit heavy. The vine is a blue Wisteria 
and lovely when in bloom.’’—Mrs, Wal- 
ter Crum, Moorewood, Oklahoma. 

Also note that there is a cage 
Start Sweet Peas Indoors! 
Sweet Peas like to flower before the 
weather turns off hot. Try a packet or 
two started indoors this spring. It’s easy 
to do. Just use good soil and provide 
good drainage. Fill the pots to about 
1% inches from the top, and add a layer 
of fine sand, not sifted. Seed should be 

- pressed down into this sand to a depth 
of % an inch. 
Now set the pots or flat in a warm 
dark place and cover with a piece of win- 
dow glass. Remove this glass and wipe 
dry each day if possible, adding water to 
pot when necessary. At end of ten days 
the temperature should gradually be low- 
ered to about 40 degrees. Now give 
them plenty of light for sturdy growth. 
When plants are 4 inches tall, transplant 
3 seedlings to each 3 inch pot. Pinch 
out tip of leading branch when plants 
are 5 inches high. When danger of se- 
vere .freezing is over put them in cold 
frame until time to set in garden outside 
| or where wanted. 
DDT and Bug Dust 
Don’t want-any of you to confuse DDT, 
the famous new insect killer, with my 
BUG DUST. Both are good. But they 
are absolutely different, and made for 
different uses. DDT is used mostly for 
killing household and barnyard insects 
of almost every kind. Bug Dust is used 
mostly for killing garden insects. There 
is some overlapping, of course, and this 
gets people mixed up. If you want the 
best insecticide for the garden, order 
BUG DUST. If you want the best insec- 
ticide for killing flies, ants, roaches, bed 
bugs, ete., order DDT. You’ll find them 
both on page 9 of the catalog, 






























You Name It 
My catalog next year is going to list 
one of the finest new Muskmelons any- _ 
body ever,grew. It’s a new hard-shelled — 
type that’s really resistant to rot in the © 
field, and of course perfect for shipping. — 
The skin is yellow and well-netted. Flesh 
is deep, orange-yellow in color. Fruit 3 
size 5 to 8 lbs. And it’s one of the best 
tasting melons I ever enjoyed. Ga; 
Was able to grow only a few ‘poem 
this year. Not enough to sell, although © 
some of the boys around the seedhouse 
wanted me to put up packets and chargea 
nickel a seed. Don’t want to do that, but — 
still I want you to try it, so am going t 
give away seed to those who'll help 
name it. ; 
Here’s what to do. Sunt write a not 
at the bottom of your order saying “My ve 
name for the new Contest Muskmelon is ~ 
,’ and I’ll send you a packet. of 
ten seeds free. . Then, I wish you’d try it, 
and write me a letter next Fall and tell” 
me how it grew. Want to see how it” 
does in every section of the country. 
Going to make a contest out of it, too. ee 
To the one picking the name for this new 
melon for the catalog next year, I’ll give 
a $25 certificate, good for anything at 
Henry Fields. For the best picture of 
it growing in the garden, Til send an- 
other $25 certificate. i 
I’m the judge in both cases. And con- — 
test winners will be announced in the 
catalog. In case of a tie—duplicate “4 
prizes will be given. a 



perennials that look like they’ve been 
dusted with silver. You probably know — 
them better as Ghost Plants. But orders 
are coming in asking ‘“what’s the price.” 
And sure enough, I forgot to put the 
price in the catalog. Well, here it is 
39ce each, 2 for 65c; or 3 for 89c, post 
paid. W-71. You can order these hardy, | 
“srow anywhere” plants here out of Seed 
Sense or from page 25 of.the geet 
Tomatoes to be staked may be planted ; . 
closer (about 2 feet part) than un- ae 
staked tomatoes. — tia: 
Good Little Worker 
‘Dear Mr. Field: This is my grand- 
daughter, Adeline, and her victory gar- 
den. She is 7 yrs. old and has a garden 
and flowers for her own. She is a good 
little worker.”’—Mrs. Henry Alexander, 
Rt. 3, Lakefield, Minnesota, ; 


