6 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 

HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOR”’ 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No. 1 Building 
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) 
Subscription Price—A Garden Seed, Field Seed 
or Nursery Order 
Plant Now—Gain 6 Mos. 
I’ve been taken to task for saying that you gain six months 
by planting in the fall. And in some respects this cricticism 
is justified, It’s all in the way you figure it—and it figures 
different for each class of plant. 
In the case of Oriental Poppies and Madonna Lilies, just 
to take two of a class, both plants came from arid, hot-weather 
countries, which required that they be completely dormant 
during the hottest period. And they should be planted then, 
which means August and September here. About then they 
come to life again, make a considerable fall top growth, and 
are ready to bloom after winter is over. 
Perennials as a class are much better planted in the fall, 
even though most of them do not make much top growth then. 
What is more important, they make considerable root growth, 
so that they are ready to grow early in the spring, and long 
before you could, or would likely put out new plants. Peren- 
nials as a class are (with exceptions) early bloomers. This 
means that if they are to gain their maximum beauty the first 
year of planting, they must be planted VERY HARLY, or in 
the fall. This is as much true in the far North as it is in the 
South. 
Trees of all kinds make practically no top growth in the fall, 
but their root systems grow and become situated_and ready 
for work early the following spring. 
All shrubs and hedge plants can and should be planted in the 
fall. They will do best then. Prune to one half in size, cover 
them with soil to prevent heaving in the winter, uncover them 
again in the spring—that’s the whole story, and you won’t lose 
one of them. Do the same with roses, and berry bushes. 
If you live much below the Missouri-Kansas’ north line, 
consider fall your big nursery planting season—for every- 
thing.—H. F. 7 
P. S, Forgot evergreens. Plant them in the fall by all means. 
FREE GIFTS With Your Orders 
BL OL AE 0 EE A EE SI AE EST Sia I ET A LENA EEE S RETS Y 
Have always believed in a fair price, plus fair measure and 
a little more. That’s why you see so many FREE GIFTS with 
your orders from Henry Fields. No matter what you order, 
you get something extra. If you order seeds, you will get some 
extra packets, something you probably couldn’t get any place 
else. In nursery it’s the same, you get extra plants, besides 
what you pay for. So look for them in your orders. They’re 
all plainly marked FREE GIFT. And the bigger the order, the 
bigger the free gift or the more of them. 







School-Trained Canaries 
Birds are shipped ex- 
press collect (only small 
charge as birds are 
light) and we send full 
details about care and 
feeding with each bird. 
a All guaranteed to reach 
you safely and we give you 10 days to test song 
of male birds and 5 days to examine hens. _ Birds 
not entirely satisfactory can be returned for ex- 
change or refund. Fair enough? 
Ready for Shipment 
Oct. 15 
Males Females 
ea. ea. 

songs are medium loud and varied. They will bring cheer to 
any home as everyone loves their song..............s2. $15.00 
THE HARTZ MOUNTAIN BIRDS—These sing much louder 
than most birds. Songs are short and varied in tone. Very 
pleasing, if you like a loud singer. Sing freely all day long. . 
THE ALPINE TRILLERS—These peppy fellows sing their 
fancy songs of trills and rolls all day long. Songs are mel- 
low. ..The notes will delight you. Colors yellow with light 
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THE ROLLER CANARY is so called on account of its rolling 
or connected song with beak closed. It is known as the 
Grandest Living Natural Songster. It is a living music box 
and its soft sweet rolls will delight all who love music or 
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Rane AS EET LOVE BIRDS—Green, Blue, Yellow and White. 
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$4.00 
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Shenandoah, Iowa 
—€& all my friends and customers 


es es 
There is nothing more dependable than a good mule team 
and an old fashioned lumber wagon, especially when you can 
take ‘the wheels. off of an old car and ride on rubber. Yes, we 
live the simple life at the cabin. Nobody Jhurries, not even the 
dogs. Mrs. Field and myself both like it there.—H. FP, 
About Cheap Lawn Seed 
More money is wasted. on lawn seed than for any other 
garden need. And it’s not because people buy too much seed 
and use it unwisely, but simply because they don’t know what 
to buy—are not in the habit of reading the label—and won’t 
believe what it says when they do. 
Let it be understood right now, once and for all time, that 
Kentucky Bluegrass is what makes a lawn in our country. In 
starting a new lawn a small proportion of Red Top and Rye 
Grass helps give a quick thick turf while the slower starting 
Bluegrass gets established. 
Timothy is a detriment to a lawn yet most of the “cheap” 
lawn mixtures are cheap because they contain lots of timothy, 
dirt, chaff and usually weeds. 
Here are some figures. Good Kentucky Bluegrass has been 
selling wholesale, at over 50c per lb. White Dutch Clover sells 
at wholesale (if you can get it) at over $1 per lb. 
Since these two are the mainstay of any lawn, you can see, 
in a minute that what you buy at retail in most every corner 
store for 50c and less a lb. can’t contain much good lawn seed. 
Do you like a smooth thick lawn? What you should have is 
about 60% Bluegrass, a little White Dutch, and the rest rye 
grass and redtop. If the label is much different, be suspicious. 
Better still, don’t buy it. 
Really good seed is the cheapest even if it costs more per 
pound. 




An H, Wedding in England 
“Dear Mr. Field: This is a picture of my son, Sgt. Herman 
Canfield, and his wife, taken in England on their wedding day. 
Mrs. Canfield would like*the rose you offer for pictures of bride 
and groom.’’—Mrs. David Canfield, Rt. 2, Bloomingdale, Indiana. 
Congratulations. The rose is on the way. H.F. 
