TENRY FIELD’S SEED SENSE FOR MARCH, 1950—Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
“ALFALFA” JOHN 
SAYS... 
| Hirst of all order 
your seeds early. 
While we still have 
_ them for you. 
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_ The new Bin Buster 
formula in United Hy- 
brid corn is a honey.. 
you can order 
F any quantity, bush- 
“eis, half bushels and 
3 pecks. 
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_. Never saw Ladino 
_ clover sell so fast be- 
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- Plant Gurno for poultry feed. White 
» seeded, early maturing and best all 
_ around low cost feed you can grow. 
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_ Orders have really poured in for Hubam 
_ clover. It is the lowest priced clover you 
can plant in 1950. And you will be sur- 
~~ prised at the fertility Hubam will add to 
~ soils when plowed under in late summer, 
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A Alfalfa, the queen of the legumes, is 
_ very popular again this year. It should 
- have a place on every farm in the Mid- 
_ west. Nothing beats it for hay and also 
_ for pasture with Brome. 
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Sweet Sudan will help fill in with mid- 
summer pasture when you really need it. 
Plant a good sized field of it. If you pre- 
fer the regular Sudan we have that, too. 
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é AXTELL Sorgo, Atlas Sorgo and Nor- 
kan will fill in your row crop acres and 
ell make excellent fodder and ensilage. 
= lLow-planting cost per acre with big re- 
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Rape is rich in protein—just what 
young pigs need. Ready to’ pasture in 6 
io 8 weeks. 
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Don’t forget there is still plenty of time 
to get pasture mixtures seeded on your 
present pasture or your new pasture. 50- 
=0 Pasture Mixtures, half clovers and half 
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With reduced corn acreages you will 
want to plant the best hybrid—and that 
is UNITED. The extra, ‘‘Kernel Koating,”’ 
‘doesn’t cost you a cent and you will get 
a better stand and earlier cultivating 
with it. 
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We will stay with you as long as any- 
one on legumes like Alfalfa, Red Clover, 
. Alsike, ete. Also grasses .like Brome, Or- 
: chard Grass, Alta Fescue, etc. And the 
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h, prices at Henry Field’s are right. 
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Hurry your order. It will be appreci- 
ated and handled the way you want it. 
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_ you plant seeds from Henry Field’s. 
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erasses are best. We have them for you. 
Sun Cured Kentucky Blue Grass 
This special offer has the world beat for 
price and value. We harvest hundreds of 
thousands of pounds of blue grass each 
year and are able to make you a good 
price. 100% Genuine Kentucky Blue 
Grass. Good quality. Well worth the ask- 
ing price and more, too. It has been cured 
right out in the sun and wind, and this 
helps. make it bright, clean and plump. 
And free of noxious weeds. Not light 
weight seed or a cheap mixture of grasses 
but honest to goodness blue grass. Plant 
at the rate of 1 lb. per 200 square feet. 
Ask for lot Sun Cured on your order. Spe- 
cial spring prices: 
59c per Ib.; $1.70 per 3 Ibs.; $2.75 per 
5 Ibs.; $5.45 per 10 lbs.; $12.95 per 25 
Ibs.; $47.50 per 100 Ibs. All prepaid 
prices. 
Corn Borers Are Expensive 
The Corn Borer caused a lot of head- 
aches in the Cornbelt in 1949. And a lot 
of farmers were cut severely from normal 
profits they should have made raising 
corn. In Iowa alone the average loss per 
farm was figured at a minimum of 
$900.00. And some farms suffered a lot 
more loss in proportion. 
Nine out of ten farmers had a borer 
problem of one kind or another in 1949. 
And figures show only one farmer out of 
three tried to do anything to correct it. 
Application of DDT on the corn at the 
right time is still the best recommended 
practice. Some ‘DDT spray in areas will 
do best on the first brood and other areas 
may require spraying for the second brood 
as well. No two years are alike and close 
watching during the growing season and 
egg counts will help determine when to 
spray for best results. 
Weather conditions during the growing 
season will have a lot to do with recom- 
mendations during 1950. Dates of plant- 
ing corn wil) also help in corn borer 
control. Stalk shredding and cutting, fol- 
lowed by a clean job of plowing are good 
suggestions to follow. 
We recommend that you plant a good 
part of your acreage in UNITED HYBRID 
corn. Many farmers found out in 1949 
that UNITED stood up under adverse 
weather conditions and heavy borer pop- 
ulation areas. There is none finer and you 
will be mighty pleased at the job United 
Hybrid will do for you in your own corn 
field. Still time to order in the grade and 
variety you want for your soil types. 

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Cherokee Wax Bean Is 
_ New and Better 
Just want to remind you about the new 
Cherokee Wax Bean shown on the front 
cover of our big 1950 spring catalog. Don’t 
miss ordering it—it’s the greatest im- 
provement in wax beans for many years. 
Developed by the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, its vines are large 
and erect, bearing handsome pods 5 to 6 
in. long. The beans are oval-shaped, 
meaty, tender, stringless, and of excellent 
quality. Area bright golden yellow color. 
Black seed. Bears in 50 days. Market 
gardeners as well as home gardeners like 
this one for its dependable productiveness 
and the clean appearance of the pods at all 
times. Will grow and do well anywhere. 
No. 1198S. Pkt. 20c; % lb. 40c; 1 Ib. 65c; 
3 Ibs. $1.45, postpaid. 
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Another H.F. Wedding 
“Dear Mr. Field: Here is a wedding 
picture of our daughter and husband, Mr. 
and Mrs. Gerald Richters, Fairmont, Ne- 
braska. They would like the rose you 
offer. We have bought seeds from you 
and always have been well pleased.’’— 
Mr. and Mrs. Jake Abele, Utica, Nebraska. 
Congratulations, Mr. and Mrs. Rich- 
ters. A fine rose has been sent. 
Maltese Cross or Scarlet 
Lightning 
This is an old-time perennial and is 
probably one of the most brilliant of all 
scarlet flowers. We like bright colors 
here at Henry Field’s and think most of 
our customers do too. We liked this so 
well that we got some seed a year ago, 
planted it and now have some nice plants 
to sell. The plants throw up stalks about 
2to 3 ft. high. The flowers are about the 
same size as Sweet Williams, and are a 
brilliant gleaming scarlet. Each flower 
is shaped like a Maltese cross. They are 
easy to grow and will grow in most any 
location where there is some sun. Does 
well on rich or poor soil. Will give youa 
wealth of bloom on long stems and make 
beautiful cut flowers or give you a real 
bonfire of color in your garden. No. 
B2127S. Price: 39c each; 2 for 65c; 3 for 
89c, postpaid. 
Swept Floors for Her Penny 
‘Dear Mr. Field: I am sending for your 
one cent Conglomeration Packet. I earned 
my own penny by sweeping the floor and 
making the bed for my grandmother, who 
was ill. If I have good luck with my seeds 
I will send you a snapshot of myself and the 
garden.”—Georgia Marie Dykes, age 5, Jop- 
lin, Missouri. 
Our Planting Instructions Free 
If you haven’t had too much experience 
with some kinds of plants or seeds and 
are wondering about how they should be 
planted or cared for, don’t forget that 
each order sent out from here has free 
planting instructions with it. We make 
it a point to send along simple, common 
sense planting advice, so that you will be 
able to take good care of your plants and 
get good results. It’s a part of our free 
service to all our customers, 
