10 HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR AUGUST, 



HENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOR” 

Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co. 
Field No. 1 Building Shenandoah, Iowa 
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) —& all my friends and customers 
: Subscription Price—A Garden Seed, Field Seed 
or Nursery Order 





Keep Sending Me Your Letters . 
I still like to get letters from all you customers. Mine is a 
friendly business and the better I get to know my customers, 
the better I can help out with their garden and farm problems. 
In the March issue of Seed Sense, I asked that all of you who 
had been customers for 30 years or more to write me and tell 
me so. Well, I got literally hundreds of letters from friends 
who have been with me clear up to 45 years. I think that’s 
quite an achievement and am proud of it, and I thank all of 
you who wrote me. 
So all of you, regardless of whether you have been a cus- 
tomer for 4 months or 40 years, keep on sending me letters. 
It’s a real pleasure to hear from you. My advice is free, if 
you want it, and I’m always happy to pass it on to others if it 
will help in any way. 
How I Ship to You 
There are a few customers each year whg write in and want 
to know when their order is going to come, or to say that part 
of the shipment is missing. Sometimes, naturally, we make 
a mistake, but not very often. What usually happens is that 
the order is split up and shipped according to when it should 
be planted. We fill orders when our stock is in best condition 
and at the proper planting time. Garden seeds and non- 
perishable goods are sent out immediately. Perennials, vege- 
table plants, house plants, evergreens, pansies, straw berries 
and bulbs come in separate packages, even when sent out the 
same day as the rest of your order. Other plants and nursery 
stock are shipped in separate packages, too, so you may receive 
several shipments on one order. Heavy seeds are shipped by 
freight. . 
So don’t worry about your order if it doesn’t come all in one 
package. Look over the papers inside the order. They’ll tell 
you all about it. We always try to send good stock, on time, 
and at a fair price. That’s been my policy for years. 
Grow Your Own Strawberries 
One thing I like about Strawberries is that anyone can grow 
them, anywhere. They are not only the best fruit grown, but 
the only fruit that can be grown anywhere and everywhere— 
just so you have a little patch of dirt that will grow potatoes 
or onions or radishes. And how good they are. 
A man right here in our office is a fair example. He’s a 
town man on a small town lot, not an expert gardener. He 
bought 50 plants of our Field’s Giant strawberries last year 
and set them on a little patch 12 ft. square—half a square rod. 
Gave them good. average back-yard care. 
This summer, off of that little patch, he picked 72 quarts 
of the finest berries he ever saw. Far better than he could 
have bought at 50c a qt. in the stores. He said he was sure 
that with the small lots that were picked besides he had easily 
75 qts. Figure that up. Even at 40c he had $30.00 worth of 
berries on half a square rod—about one three hundredth of 
an acre. 
j And the best part of it is, that you could do it, too. Right 
in your own garden. And you can plant them yet this fall. 
We will be glad to furnish you the plants, as good as he got. 
ony kind you want. They’re all good, but of course some are 
etter. 
Get busy and have some really good berries yourself. It’s 
easy. . 
“Trust in the Lord and do good, so shalt thou live o ' 
and verily thou shalt be fed.” : - wp anisce reap 

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At Home in the Ozarks 7s aS ae 
Yes, this is the very latest picture of Mrs. Field and myself, %: : 
taken just this summer at the front door of our part time farm 
home down in the Ozarks of Southern Missouri. 
ting a little older, and a little grayer, but still manage to do 
We are get- 
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lots of work, and have wonderful garden and flowers, and to | 
enjoy them all.—H. F. ’ oe a 
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Send In Your Pictures * 
Yes, I still want your pictures. 
ter I like it. Seed Sense is your magazine—made for Henry 
And the more I get the bet- $5 
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Field customers—and without your pictures there just couldn't i 
be a Seed Sense. pec 
Any pictures—your children, homes, gardens, flowers, fields, — 
crops, livestock, ete., are all welcome. They give me an idea 
of how well my seeds and stock produce for you. Of course, I 
sometimes get more than I can use, and some of them are too 
dim to print well, so I can’t really guarantee to use all the 
pictures sent me. 
But don’t let that stop you. Look over your pictures and 
see if you don’t have some to send me. 
pictures whether they’re used or not, so don’t send any that 
you want yourself. Just send me an extra print—you keep the 
negatives Remember, I still pay 50c for each picture I use. 
Why Fall Planting Is Best 
Every year I talk more and more about fall planting. Now, 
even the experiment stations are recommending it. 
lots of good reasons for it, and I want to give you a few. 
(1) Plants get six months head start. The roots of fall planted 
; stock grow all six months and become established. 
(2) Stand up better. Because they’re established, the plants can 
take the first hot, dry summer weather better. 
(3) Bloom first spring. Fall planted plants are sure to bloom in 
the spring. 
(4) People can usually put in a better garden, Because most peo- 
ple are busier in the spring than in fall, they don’t put in 
near as many plants as they would like. 
f can do more and better planting. : 
As I say, these are only a few reasons for fall planting. The 
best way to find out what fall planting can do is to try it out 
yourself and see just how successful it is. 
A Problem on Names 
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If your family is getting more than one catalog I’d sure ap- 
preciate knowing about it. We send out a catalog to each 
I’d like to keep the © 
There are — 
In the fall you — 
name on our list, but sometimes different members of families — 
or different people at the same address order from me and 
naturally each different name is put down. 
catalogs are sent to the same address, and because of this we 
sometimes don’t have enough copies to go around. Don’t get 
me wrong, though, I want everyone who wants a catalog to 
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have one. 
So, two or more 
But if you do ‘get two or more catalogs or copies of Seed — 
Sense, please do me and someone else a favor by passing your 
extra copy on to a neighbor. 
on the coupon below. I'll sure appreciate it. sf re: 
O I received more than one catalog or copy of Seed Sense. 
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