
SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1949—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa ; 13 














isn’ t too early to start mak- 
to make soil tests this year 
some extra fertilizer does 
od business to get the right 
your particular needs. In 
, the right amount in the right 
or the right crop. It may be that 
your fields need only phosphate 
r fields may give you a better 
ding some potash, and some of 
1 may need nitrogen for best yields. 
can’t build a good crop rotation on 
at is very acid and on the oppo- 
, liming soil already high in lime 
pa | throwing good money away. So, 
first step is to test for lime. There is 
e to add fertilizer to a sour soil 
rou first correct the acidity of the 
self. 
} sat a good accurate sample of soil for 
e, Take a sample of each different 
Does Your Pasture Look Like This One? 
It needn't if you follow suggestions below. 
- There are too many worn out pastures like the one pictured above at left. 
 needn’t be. 
Your Pasture Can 
Henry Field Seed. Follow suggestions below. 

manured, fertilized or cropped differently. 
A separate sample for each field of less 
than 10 acres is needed. Take samples 
from at least 10 ‘different places in each 
10-acre field or less and mix all together 
for a good average, composite sample. 
For larger fields, take composite samples 
for each 10-acre area. Use a trowel, auger 
or spade and take samples to a depth of 
6 inches and place them in a clean bucket. 
Then they should be mixed together thor- 
oughly. You will need one-half pint of soil 
for each test. 
Place all samples in a clean paper sack 
or ice cream carton. Don’t use a rusty 
or dirty container such as old tin cans. 
Label each sample carefully with your 
name, field and sample number, keep a 
record for yourself on all area samples. 
Best times to take samples are late sum- 
mer and fall. Don’t take samples in the 
winter when frost is in the ground. 
Please don’t send samples in to us for 
testing as we have no special equipment 
here at the seedhouse. Your County Agent 
or Vocational Agricultural teacher will be 
glad to help you. Many states have soil 
testing laboratories in connection with 
their State College. 
F Good Pastures Give Lowest Feeding Costs 
Reseed Your Worn Out Pasture NOW! 


Look Like This! Use 
There 
Your pasture can be just as prolific as the Henry Field pasture pictured 
beside it, if you use good seed and give it a little good care, right now. Here are the 
3 good rules to follow: 
1. ROTATE YOUR PASTURE—Since legumes (alfalfa, red clover, alsike, etc.) are 
badly injured by overgrazing and since the best pastures are those with healthy 
legumes along with the grasses, you must rotate your pastures so that the legumes 
can recover between grazing periods. 
the grasses will take care of themselves’’ 
man and county agent. 
Plan to divide your large pastures into smaller 
separate fields and rotate your stock. The old saying, 
“Take care of the legumes and 
still holds good. Ask your soil conservation 
They will tell you the same thing, 
2. RESEED YOUR PASTURES THIS SPRING: The only way to have a better 
pasture is to start NOW! 
plow your present sod bound fields. 
Not next fall, but now, this spring. 
Double dise or light 
Sow in the valuable legumes—alfalfa, red clover 
etc., and the drought-resistant grasses like Brome Grass. 
Get these sowed, fertilized 
and looked after and you’ll get DOUBLE the production of an untreated pasture. 
Tests prove this. 
for low feeding costs. 
And remember, no grain or feed can compete with a healthy pasture 
. And you’ll get pasture feed in July and August, the hot months, 
when you need it, if you have healthy legumes in your pasture. 
If you don’t sow legumes in with your pasture, you can keep up production of brome 
grass and bluegrass by applying nitrogen fertilizers such as ammonium nitrate or 
ammonium sulphate, ete. 
you just as good, if not better results. 
But sowing legumes is cheaper, and, in the long run, gives 
Legumes add the nitrogen to your soil for you. 
3. GET GOOD SEED. When you get your seed to fix up your pasture this spring, 
be sure it’s good seed. 
seedsman. 
Don’t buy just anywhere. 
Get it from a good, reliable 
Two Choice Pasture Mixes I Recommend 
My Famous Lot 50-50 Permanent Hay & Past. Mix—50% Clovers, 50% grasses. 
Gives you the balance you need for perfect pasture. 
6 Clovers & 6 grasses. 
Lot 50-50B (without sweet clover). 
Good But Cheap Pasture Mix—Real quality, but at a price. 
_ clovers and grasses for all season pasture. 
iad. ie 
Bushel sows 3% to 4 A. Per bu. only.......... Sis $10.95 
REFERS fede Het hakekete ace scetecchemes chalolle Wate ie 11.75 
Contains 8 different 
Bu. sows 3% to4 A. Per bu....... $8.95 
. not near 

“ALFALFA” JOHN 
SAYS.... 



Sudan Grass 
shortest crop since 
1934. Don’t get 
caught short. Fine 
for midsummer 
pasture. Price still 
cheap. Order early! 
Also Sweet Sudan. 
* * * * * 
Thousands 
of farmers 
will reseed or 
plant new 
pastures this 
spring. Read 
elsewhere in 
Seed Sense. 
Good northern alfalfa is way short— 
enough to go round. Better 
hurry if you haven’t ordered. Give sec- 
ond choice, please. 
* * 
“Alfalfa” John Nicolson 
* , Se 
Same thing true of Brome and Tim- 
othy. Crop production last fall was below 
normal supply needed. To help fill in 
needs, order mixtures, like 50-50 Clover- 
Grass mixture, Timothy-Alsike, Timothy- 
Red Clover, etc. 
% * %* * * 
Small Flats and Rounds are most pop- 
ular grades in United Hybrid Corn. Prices 
are right and seed quality never better. 
United ‘“‘Kernel-Koated”’ will give you 
twice the stand in wet years. : 
- & * a 
The new Cherokee oat is about the 
heaviest oat you ever saw. Blight resist- 
ant, high yields, and matures week earlier 
than Clinton. Perfect for Kansas, Mis- 
souri, Iowa and Nebraska. Plant some. 
* * ob * * 
Gurno is best poultry feed. No excep- 
tions. White seeded, early and easy to 
harvest. Plant a big patch or field. 
So * * * Bo 
50-50 B Pasture Mixture (without 
Sweet Clover) is selling like hotcakes. 
Just the right mixture of 50% clovers to 
build up soil, and 50% grasses for good 
sod. Also 50-50 A Mixture (with Sweet 
Clover). 
* * * * * 
Hubam Clover is best crop for an an- 
nual legume rotation. Produces all growth 
first year. Fall plow for a green manure 
crop. Or use for hay or save for seed 
crop. 
* * # * BS 
Ladino Clover excellent new perennial 
clover for pastures. Nearly all Agricul- 
tural Colleges recommend it. Add 1 Ib. 
per acre to Brome-Alfalfa or other pasture 
combinations. 
Some legumes are cheaper this year. 
Alsike and Lespedeza are two. Top notch 
quality seed. Low seeding cost per acre. 
* * * * * 
Order all seeds early. Plant early! 
Those who are always looking for trouble 
find more than their average share of it. 
Gurno Stands Drouth 
“Dear Mr. Field: My husband planted 10 
Ibs. of your Gurno and threshed 60 bu. of 
seed from it, even though we had no rain 
all summer. It was planted near the high- 
way and everyone inquired what it was as 
it stood the dry weather and headed so 
well.”—Mrs. Edith Cronk, Rt. 2, Osborne, 
Kansas. 
