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16 HENRY FIELD’S 

Fun for 3 

“Dear Henry: These are my two girls 
and a neighbor girl in the pond which I 
use to irrigate my garden with.’’—Mr. 
W. A. Rardin, Thomas Rt., Clayton, New 
Mexico. 
I really enjoyed this picture and it 
looks like 3 little girls were really en- 
joying themselves too when this picture 
was taken. —H.F, 
Hot Air’ 
‘Dear Henry: Have used your corn fora 
food many years and compared it with hy- 
brids costing twice as much per bushel and 
found that the extra charge was mostly for 
the ‘Hot Air’.”——-F. Hi. Yoakam, Shih yee 
LORD: » Ohio. 
15-Minute _ 

Mrs. Field’s 
Cucumber Pickles. 

qt. cucumbers (sliced or chunked) 
cups water 
cups vinegar 
cups sugar 
oe mediuni size, cut fine 
tsp. cloves 
tsp. allspice 
tsp. cinnamon 
tsp. salt 
tsp. black pepper 
Mix the vinegar, sugar, water, salt and 
spices, put on the stove and let come to 
a boil before putting in the cucumbers 
and onion. The spices could be put in a 
thin cloth sack, being sure to leave room 
to swell. 
While the vinegar is coming to a boil, 
slice or chunk the cucumbers, and cut 
he onion up fine. We-prefer dill size, 
or rather large cucumbers as they stay 
crisp better. Just so they are not seedy. 
But any size cucumber can be. used. 
Whatever size is used, however, they 
should be sliced or chunked. 
When the vinegar comes to a boil, put 
the cucumbers anid onion in and let come 
to a boil again and boil 5 minutes.. Then 
can up like fruit in glass jars while hot. 
These will keep indefinitely like fruit and 
are very convenient to open up during 
the winter whenever pickles are wanted. 
FOR BEET PICKLES use same mix- 
ture of vinegar, sugar, water, salt and 
spices as for cucumbers. Some prefer 
more cinnamon and less of the other 
spices. Boil beets first, peel and slice 
and pour the hot spiced, sweetened vine- 
gar over them. Let come to a boil. and 
ean like hot fruit. 
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SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
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Busy Bees 
One of our local farmers had a prob- 
lem in clover seed production. For sev- 
eral years he had beautiful, tall, healthy- 
looking erops of clover but the yield of 
seed was not enough to even pay the 
eost of harvest. We made the sugges- 
tion that he buy several colonies of bees 
and set them up near his clover field. 
Last fall he more than doubled the seed 
yield of any of his neighbors. 
Alsike, Medium Red and White: Dutch 
clovers are practically self-sterile and de- 
pend on insect pollination for a good 
seed set. Sweet Clover, Mammoth Red 
Clover and Alfalfa don’t depend as much 
on insect pollination but they need the 
work of the bees, too. 
Not only that but vegetables like 
beans, cantaloupe, squash, cucumber and 
pumpkin, and fruits like apple, ‘pear, 
plum and cherry depend on insects for 
pollination. 
~ Jf someone in your ielehborhost has 
bees for a hobby or for a business, give 
them free space to leave several stands 
of bees in your orchard or some out of 
the way place. It will be the best in- 
vestment you ever made. Be good to the 
bees and PRON. bid wee ieee eo you. 


























Likes H. F. Seed Best 
_ “Dear Mr. Field: Here is a picture of 
my little sister, Virginia Ann, age 15 mos 
She is holding an ear of corn that father 
raised this summer. He has 
seeds for years and would 
-other.”’—Vera’ Curtis, — 
Rock, ashe ae 






























. Smooth Lendea peas are not Adapted 
for the refrigerated locker ‘whils wrin- 
kled seeded péas are. 
Flowers for All Purposes | 
Do a lot of flower planting this. yea 
and plant for every purpose. : 
Short -stems for cutting—Marig 
calendulas, sweet peas, 
bachelor buttons, carnations, lilliput. zin- | 
nias, pinks, salpiglossis, 
For color masses—Petunia, zinnia, an- 
nual phlox, verbena, asters, salvia. and» 
poppies: 
Long stems for cutting—Calliopsis, 
scabiosa, cosmos, giant zinnias and dou- e 
ble gaillardias. 
For borders—Sweet aivecnns 
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i “Dear Mir. Fiela: 1 sure. do enj 
your catalog and Seed Sense very much, 
‘appreciate the prompt way you. 
‘order ~ pcegont Ons 2 - 
dwarf 
oe Pola. 
have a lot to of 
and forget-me-nots.  .. 
-For shady places—Pansies, forget-me- 
nots. ~ 
For sun—Sunfiowers, rose moss, sete: 
nias, balsam aad annual gaillardia. : 

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‘“MIDWEST’S LEADING SEEDHOUSE” 
Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Shenandoah, lowa 
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