14 HENRY FIELD'S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1947—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa — 

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Good Luck with Cane 
“Dear Henry: Thought you might like 
to hear about our good luck with sor- 
ghum this year. We planted 114 Ibs. of 
Early Orange seed. One-half the amount 
we ordered had 64 gal. of molasses. Here 
is a picture of dad in the sorghum. The 
cane was 914 to 10 ft. tall and was sure 
good quality. All of our garden was 
good, too. Had radishes to eat until 
Nov. 19,”—V. C. Lantz family, Beacons- 
field, Iowa. ff 
Treat Oats This Spring 
Regardless of the variety of oats you 
plant this spring be sure and treat them 
before planting. Ceresan is the best 
treatment you can use and it helps con- 
trol smut as well as other soil and seed 
borne diseases. If you haven’t treated 
your oats early, be sure and apply Cere- 
san just before planting, mixing the 
Ceresan with the seed when oats are 
cleaned over the mill or mixed right in 
the drill or hopper when planting. Fig- 
ure’1 pound can of Ceresan treats 32 
bushels of oats. Costs only 80c postpaid 
and is cheap insurance. No. 4019. 
Cutting the first crop of red clover 
early will mean better hay and more 
clover seed for the fall seed harvest. 
Five steps in pasture improvement: 
test and treat soil, disk well, reseed, con- 
trol grazing and clip weeds. 

Little Pals 
“Dear Sir: We are sending you a pic- 
ture of our two children, Bonnie Lou and 
John Dale with their pony, Pepper. You 
can see from my order I love your roses 
and also we like all seeds from Fields.” 
—Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Briggs, Rt. 1 Box 
101, Cameron, West Virginia. 

White & Yellow Sweet Clover 
Our white and yellow Sweet Clover 
every year outsells the rest and is one 
of the best money saving lots you can 
buy. It always gives entire satisfaction, 
good bright color, and purity and germi- 
nation that will give you a crop that will 
fit into your farming program just like 
a duck takes to water, Being a mixture 
of white and yellow Sweet Clover it 
makes ideal pasture over a longer period 
of time and excellent hay, too. Not only 
that but you are improving the soil at 
the same time and the second year it- 
could be plowed under for a perfect green 
manure crop. We still have a supply of 
seed available and can ship it the day 
your order arrives. Don’t forget inocula- 
tion—it’s cheap insurance. 
Early Korean Lespedeza 
It’s a good thing we found a supply of 
the Early Korean Lespedeza (19604) 
last fall. That’s the only thing that made 
it possible for us to be able to fill the 
orders this spring. We always did sell 
carloads of this every year and even 
though it is scarce we have kept the 
price down and it is well worth the 
money. 
This is the crop to plant for a lot of 
fine stemmed, leafy, high protein pasture 
during the hot summer months when you 
need it most. It makes a perfect com- 
panion crop with other pasture grasses 
such as Blue Grass, Red Top, Timothy, 
etc. We have it in both hulled and un- 
hulled seed. Take your choice. 
Quality Is Proof 
“Dear Sir: Thank you for the goods re- 
eeived and in such fine condition. They can 
not help but grow. My Tamarix I got from 
you last year did very well. I hope for more 
flowers next year”’—Emma Ik. Yemplin, 
Hillsboro, Ohio. 
Sold Out of Marion Oats 
Our supply of Marion Oats is all sold 
out. It seems like most everybody in the 
country must have ordered Marion Oats 
this year, the way the orders poured in 
after the catalog was mailed. We sold 
out our supply the first two weeks and 
no more are available in this area, 
Plant Permanent Pastures 

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Just a few tips and suggestions on es- 
tablishing your new permanent pasture. 
Be sure to select and prepare your seed 
bed carefully. Use plenty of seed per acre 
to quickly establish a thick, heavy stand 
that will cover the ground quickly and 
hold weeds in check. Use the proper bal- 
anced clovers to build up the soil and 
grasses to establish the sod to give you 
quick, heavy, uniform production of 
clover and grasses throughout the entire 
‘season from early spring until late fall. 
Henry’s 50-50A—-Permanent Hay & Pas- 
ture Mixture (contains 50% clovers— 
50% grasses). is ideal for this type plant- 
ing. Also 50-50B, same as above except 
without sweet clover. For low cost plant- 
ing, use Good But Cheap Mixture for 
quick results. 
Balanced pastures like these will hold 
down any danger,of bloat to a very min- 
imum. Rotate your pasture program and 
try to keep pastures fenced into at least 
two, or better yet, three fields, for best 
results. And don’t forget to see that the 
right application of properly balanced 
fertilizers at least once a year are ap- 
plied to give you the heaviest production 
of the highest quality feed. 
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“ALFALFA” JOHN > 
SAYS.... 







Legume. seeds 
are in a little bet- 
ter position this 
year—but still not 
enough to go 
around. 
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Red and Alsike 
clover are 
still very 
short. We 
could sell 
out our sup- 
ply here at 
Shenandoah 
at wholesale 
any day, but— 
we’re keeping it for you friends. It won’t 
last long after Seed Sense reaches you._ 
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Don’t believe-you’ll find a selection of 
Alfalfas like ours anywhere. Look it over. 
And note the purities, too. And remem- 
ber that good seed is always the cheap- 
est, Northern strains always the best. 
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Hope you’ve got your order in for ~— 
UNITED HYBRID. It’s going fast. Lots 
of numbers are sold out. You can see 
from the corn page that some of the best 
can still be had. But don’t delay your 
order. ; Mee. pee 
Next to bluegrass, Brome is the short- _ 
est of all grasses. Worst situation in 
years. Our supply is Cheat free, No. 1 
heavy seed—highest germination and 
purity. : 

“Alfalfa”? John Nicolson 
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Don’t forget to check your local Govt. _ 
payments for soil building practices. 
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Looks like most counties will allow 
$3.50 per acre on clovers and alfalfas, — 
and some will pay $1.50 for plowing un-— 
der red, alsike and sweet. Consult AAA 
authorities. 
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Glad to see hog prices holding up. Will 
make you money. ~ ; 
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Cheapest pork producer you can gTow 
is Rape. A little patch will net you more 
profit that any other thing on the farm. ._ 
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We harvested our own Reed Canary _ 
again this year. Best seed we ever had. _ 
Use for terrace, gulley and waterway con- — 
trol. Most State Stations have bulletins _ 
on Reed vhs Een? sad recommend it highly. 
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With freight and express services back _ 
to almost normal, we’re able to get seed 
out to you on almost a daily delivery — 
basis. But don’t put off ordering until 
too late. About half our field seed list 
will be “sold out” a month from now. _ 
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We have more Certified Atlas Hegari_ EA 
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and Norkan this year. Wonderful seed 
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Sudan is the shortest in years. Don 
wait a minute getting your order in, 
whether you order it at Henry Fields or 
not. pdt ee 
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We're in a position to give you the 
quaiity seed and the best service this ye: 
of any time in the past. So keep you 
orders coming. The earlier the better 
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