6 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR FALL, 1948—Henry Field Seed & Nursery eles. Sher 
HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No; 1 Building Shenandoah, Iowa 
Henry Field, Editor 
Contributors 
“Alfalfa” John Nicolson (Seed) Helen Field Fischer (lowers) 
Pate Simmons (Seed & Nursery) LeOna Nicolson (Nursery) 
Geo. Rose (Nursery) Irving Steurer (Garden Seed) 
Deane Schneider (Field Seed) —& all my friends and customers 
Subscription Price—A Garden Seed, Field Seed 
or Nursery Order 
My Prices Not Raised 
Don’t know of any more unpopular subject these days 
than increased prices. We see and hear of them on all sides 
and every class of merchandise. With increased costs on 
every. hand, can’t blame a lot of people for raising. 
AtfHenry Fields though the prices are the same. No 
raises. Am trying to run my business so I can look you all 
in the eye. Know you'll appreciate this fair way of dealing. 






A GENTLEMAN: A man who is clean both outside and 
inside; who neither looks up to the rich nor down to the poor; 
who can lose without squealing and win without bragging: 
who is considerate of women, children and old people; who 
is too brave to lie, to generous to cheat and who takes his 
share of the world’s goods and lets other people have theirs. 
Mrs. Field’s 2 Favorite Recipes 
The 2 most popular of Mrs. Field’s recipes are ‘‘15-Minute 
Cucumber Pickles’ and ‘“‘Making Kraut in Glass Jars’’. 
Have so many requests for them that I thought I’d reprint 
them here in Seed Sense. 
15-MINUTE CUCUMBER PICKLES 
4 qt. cucumbers (sliced or chunked) 1 tsp. cloves 
cups water tsp. allspice 
cups vinegar 1 tsp. cinnamon 
cups sugar 3 tsp. salt 
tsp. black pepper 1 onion, medium size, cut fine 
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 
Should 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 cucumber, and 
cut the onion up fine, We prefer dill size, or rather large cucumbers as 
these stay crisp better. Just so they are not seedy. But any size cucumber 
can be used. 
When the vinegar comes to a boil, put the cucumbers and onion in and 
let come to a boil again and boil 5 minutes. Then can up like fruit in 
glass jars while hot. 
MAKING KRAUT IN GLASS JARS 
Cut or slice or chop the cabbage in the usual way and put it right in 
the glass jar. Don’t stamp it in tight and solid, but just shake it down 
enough to settle it nicely. Put in a rounded teaspoon of salt to each 
quart, and then pour in boiling soft water to within a half inch of the top 
of the jar, seal it up and put it away down in cellar and forget it. In 
about 3 weeks it will be ready to use and will keep a long time, We have 
some that is two years old, and still good. 
We catch rain water to get the soft water. Hard water will not do as it 
has lime in it which kills the acid in the kraut. 
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Things’d be a lot better if more folks felt at home at home. 
School-Trained Canaries 

Birds are shipped ex- 
press collect (only small 
charge as birds are 
light) and we send full 
Ready for Shipment feeding with each, bird. 
Cloner, All guaranteed to reach 
you safely and we _Bive 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? 
Males Females 

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THE SUNNY-SONG WARBLERS—Jolly happy singers. Their 
songs are medium loud and varied, They will bring cheer 
to any home as everyone loves their SonZ.........csscceece $12.50 $3.50 
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. 10.50 3.50 
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 uEhe 
BIT SAOUAAEE BD AIMEE 7% 2% mo ereictaica have evn s delen cece ene e . 15,00 3.50 
THE ROLLER CANARY is so called on account of its caltine 
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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Among Our Flowers 
Mrs. Field and I are very fond of flowers and get a great 
deal of pleasure from them, Flowers are a great comfort, 
always, and help to smooth out the rough places in life, as” 
nothing else can do. The flowers in this picture, taken in 
our front lawn, early in May, are white Iris and red Tulips, 
with hardy white Candytuft and blue Grape Hyacinths in 
front of them. These are all hardy and sure early bloomers, 
and should be planted in the fall. They are inexpensive, w 
live for years, and me a beautiful showing in the early. 
spring.—H. F. 
“Thanks for the FREE GIFT? | 
Get hundreds of letters every season saying ‘“‘thanks’’ fo 
something extra received in the order. That’s a policy here | 
at Henry Fields. We always send something ‘‘extra”. Look 
for it. You not only get full measure, best quality and 
fairest prices, but a FREE GIFT besides. Hope. you like 
what I send you. : 


Overcooking is the most common fault in. - By a 
vegetables, * Some nrey a 
Grow Lettuce in Fall Es 
Leaf lettuce grows well in the fall. Spinach and ch 
too, but it’s best to protect these with a mulch of leaves 
straw. Late cabbage can be grown in the fall, too. Li 
frost won’t hurt it, but a freeze will. 

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Please Help Me 
If you are one of my customers getting 2 each of my 
catalogs or Seed Sense right along, you could do me a real 
favor if you’d just drop me a card or tell me on your order 
when you send it. a4 
You see these days we can’t always get” enough help | to. 
keep our list up to date. Rather than make # mistake an 
cut somebody out of getting their catalog, I lean the other 
way and sometimes mail two to the same house. This costs” 
me a lot of money and with your help I can stop the waste. 
Will you help? Thanks. 
Here’s a form you could pin on your akon br: or oe on a 
card and I’d sure appreciate it. J 

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