8 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 1946—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Home Type “Freeze Box” 
I think that one big help to better liv- 
ing which will come into general use soon, 
is the home style Deep Freeze Unit, or as 
we call ours “The Freeze Box.’ They 
are just as useful and just as necessary 
as a refrigerator, and will eventually be 
just as much in common use. There should 
be—and I think will be—one in every 
home that has electricity and that can 
afford any modern equipment at all. And 
be sure to get one big enough. 
They have been rather hard to get as 
yet, but a few have been coming on the 
market, and soon more and more will be 
available. 
We got one over a year and a half ago, 
from a firm right here in Shenandoah who 
are manufacturing them in a small way, 
and after nearly two seasons use now, I 
can honestly say that it is one of the best 
investments we ever made. We pretty 
near live out of it for days at a time. 
It has been a great success with prac- 
tically all kinds of meats, fruits, vege- 
tables, and also many cooked dishes. 
These are put into the box at the time 
when they are most plenty, and at their 
very best quality, and then we eat them 
at our leisure any time within a year or 
so. It’s much like the community locker 
system, but with the big advantage of 
being right,in your own basement where 
you can dip into it any time on a mo- 
ment’s notice. 
Just imagine having immediately avail- 
able (in a quality generally better than 
you could buy) a plentiful supply of 
choice cuts of beef, pork, chicken, butter, 
cheese, strawberries, raspberries, sliced 
peaches, new peas, string .beans, aspara- 
gus, mixed soup vegetables, ice cream, 
fruit cake, and so on, all of our own 
producing, all packed in “one meal” 
amounts ready for immediate use. We 
have all these in our box, and many more. 
The boxes are simple, not hard to op- 
erate, take very little electric current, 
and are safe, sure, and dependable. 
You will make a few mistakes at first 
as what to pack and how to pack it, and 
how much to put in, but you will soon 
learn by experience how to provide to fit 
your family. At first don’t put in too much 
of any one thing till you find out how, 
and how much. Be sure it is frozen quick 
and hard and kept at continuous Zero or 
below. Don’t pack meat or vegetables 
salted. For some reason salt and freez- 
ing don’t work together. We pack most 
meats and vegetables in water to avoid 
drying out—just freeze them up solid and 
airtight. Fruits we pack in syrup. Keep 
much better. Go to it. It’s lots of fun and 
profit and good eating and a happy family. 
No Cripples—No Weak Ones 
“Dear Sir: Our baby chicks arrived today, 
and I just had to tell you about them. Not 
n cripple, not a weak one, and only one was 
mashed. With a new cinder block brooder 
house and the brooder running for the last 
two days and nights, everything was warm 
and ready for them. We have never seen a 
finer bunch of baby chicks. We are well 
pleased with them, Thank you so much.’’— 
Mrs. Orville Parrish, Box 46, Harrisonville, 
Missouri. 
Answer to Puzzle on Page 4 


He borrowed another dollar from his wife. With the 
18 dollars he then had, he paid the first '/, of $18 or $9, 
the next '/ or $6, and»the last 1/9 or $2. He thus paid 
out $9, $6, and $2 or a total of 17. Then he gave his 
wife back her dollar and everybody was happy. 




2 Jr. Seedsman Takes Own Advice. 
RS SO ae 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here I am in my garden and am growing an even better one this 
year. 
plant no other. 
Roachdale, Indiana. 
Really Nice Peaches 
‘Dear Henry: I just want to write you and 
tell you about our Valiant peach tree I set 
out three years ago and last year we picked 
and canned three bu. of nice large ones. 
Some were 10%” around. The whole neigh- 
borhood was interested in them. We learned 
they need lots of water while fruit is grow- 
ing.’—Mr. Wm. J. Lawson, Aurora, Ne- 
braska, 
Bright Spot for You 
Here’s a bright spot for your garden 
—one you will be real proud of. I eall 
it my “Are of Fire Collection” because 
the flowers are so bright you’ll think the 
whole garden is on fire when you look at 
them. Ill send you these three Oriental 
Poppies—1- Glowing Ember, 1 Helen 
Elizabeth and 1 Glory Glow—all three 
for only $1.79 postpaid. This is a real 
bargain of the brightest colored poppies 
I know. No. XW-21. 

Picture with Order 
“Dear Mr. Field: I am sending you a 
picture of myself with some pumpkins I 
raised from seeds I ordered from you. 
Also I’m sending another order. for seeds 
and trees as I always enjoy planting your 
seeds,’”’—Mrs. Herbert Alt, Pansy, W.Va. 
I raised lovely cabbage and I sure like my slaw, 
you mean when you say ‘Seeds That Yield are Sold by Field.’ 

Already I’ve learned what 
My parents would 
Being a Jr. Seedsman is fun, too.”—John Kessinger, Jr., Rt. 1, 
‘ 
Plant Tulips 
From October to March 
Tulips and other spring bulbs in the fall, 
that we think that’s the only time they 
can be planted. As a matter of fact Tu- 
lips can actually be planted from October 
through March. The reason they are best 
planted in the fall is because the ground 
is in best condition for them then. Harly 
spring planting is just as good, provided 
you can work the ground in March. 









Sugar Lumps in Jan. 
Kermit Freeland, Cambridge, Iowa, 
sends in this picture of Diane and Mark 
Freeland eating Sugar Lump Watermel- 
ons on the 3rd of January this year. 
‘“How’s that for being wonderful keep- 
ers,’’ he says. ‘In the background are 4 
of your Persian Lilacs that have 
wonders.”’ 

We’re all-so in the habit of planting 

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