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Henry Field’s 
EED SENSE 
“FOR THE MAN BEHIND THE HOE” 
Published by Henry Field Seed & Nursery Co., Shenandoah, Iowa 
Shenandoah, Towa, August, 1951 
No. 3 
Prize-Winning Pullets 
“Dear Mrs. Field: I am enclosing a pic- 
ture of my son and six grandchildren with 
our five first prize Master Grade White 
Leghorn pullets. We entered them in the 
Oregon County Fair and won first prize 
- and second sweepstakes. The pullets are 
‘a - from the 300 we ordered from you last 
Memeo April: They began laying at 4144 months 
and are in very good production now.’’— 
Mrs. A. H. Childers, Thayer, Mo. 
“$1. 00 for Your Snapshots! 
We now give $1.00 instead of 50c for 
each -~photograph we use in Seed Sense. 
_ Send us your snapshots of your children, 
flowers, vegetables, gardens, chicks, ete. 
B The more you send sthe better we like it. 
We couldn’t put out a Seed Sense or cata- 
j log without'‘them. Then, too, they give us 
an idea of how our seeds and nursery 
. stock are doing for you. So get busy and 
- send us your spare snapshots (not nega- 
tives). Of course, we can’t use all we re- 
ceive (though we would like to), but for 
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in cash. 
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_ Plant Something New 
Nothing makes a garden more interest- 
ing than something new. That’s one of the 
“reasons we send out a new catalog each 
season. Of course there are a lot of the old 
dependables that just can’t be beat, but 
- in almost every class of flower, shrub and 
_ tree something new is developed each 
year. And we have a lot of the best of 
these new items, along with the old fa- 
- vorites, in this Fall catalog: 
_ For instance, in this catalog are the un- 
usually beautiful new Aurelian Hybrid 
ilies and the striking new Cascade Ma- 
donna Lily. There are many new varieties 
of Iris, as well as some outstanding new 
ulips and Daffodils. 
And a hundred other things! So look 
oye the catalog pages, and order at least 
a few “new” items this fall. We know 
"ll enjoy them. 
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‘or as a foundation planting. 
Plant Tulips in Groups 
Most of us are inclined to plant tulips 
in straight rows. And they look fine that 
way. Standing so straight and looking so 
dignified, they almost demand a formal 
setting. 
But you can plant them in groups, in-. 
formally, too, and they are just as beauti- 
ful. Dig a hole 6 in. deep and about 12 to 
16 in. across. Never mind the shape of the 
hole—it can be round, or oval, or no par- 
ticular shape at all. Then drop 6 to 10 
-tulip bulbs in the hole, and set them 
where they fall. The reason for dropping 
them is that they will fall into a natural 
grouping. If we place them we are always 
inclined to make straight lines or circles. 
Such a planting in front of a group of 
shrubs will be very welcome and beau- 
tiful next spring. Or you can do the same 
in the flower border, or along the walk 
They all 
come up together as a clump. You’ll never 
regret planting them this way. 
Proud of Their Garden 
“Dear Friends: 
We are having such won- 
derful success with your plants and shrubs. 
We are really proud of our garden,”—Mrs. 
Elmer Hulbert, Wilmington, Ill. 
Robert Trickey Wins Jr. 
Seedsman Bicycle 
We are happy to announce that the 
winner of the Schwinn bicycle, given the 
Junior Seedsman who sold the most col- 
lections of seed last spring, is Robert 
Trickey, age 12, Box 38, Green Valley, 
Illinois. 
There is no doubt about Robert being 
the winner. He sold 216 collections—a 
new all-time record. No one has ever, in 
the history of our Junior Seedsman or- 
ganization, come close to that mark. , He 
most assuredly is to be congratulated on 
doing a splendid job. 
Robert, who has been a Junior Seeds- 
man since 1947, sold the seeds while liv- 
ing in Cayuga, Indiana and has since 
moved to Green Valley, Illinois. His 
mother, Mrs. A. H. Trickey, wrote us that 
he already has some good prospects in 
Green Valley in view for next year; so you 
‘Junior Seedsmen in Green Valley had bet- 
ter take heed. /You’ll probably have 
pretty stiff competition next year. 
We had hoped to have a picture here in 
Seed Sense of Robert and his new bike, 
but we haven’t received a picture yet, so 
will try to put it in the next issue of Seed 
Sense. : 
- Runner-up in the contest was Clinton 
Himes, age 13, Box 315, Mabel, Minne- 
sota, who sold 144 collections. Clinton’s 
sales, incidentally, also topped previous 
records, and he too is to be congratulated 
for the fine selling job he did. 5 
21-Inch Cucumber! 
H. A. Ommen of Rt. 1, Green Forest, 
Ark., sent us this photo of his 3-year-old 
daughter, Grace Marie, and the cucumber 
that was raised from seed in her conglom- 
eration packet. The cucumber was 21 
inches long and 16 inches around! How 
many of you folks can beat that for size? 
Fall Planting Safe Until 
Soil Freezes Hard 
When ffeezing temperatures begin, 
many folks who have not finished their 
planting wonder how much longer it ean 
safely be done. The answer is, as long as 
the soil will crumble and can be packed 
properly about the bulbs and roots of 
plants. : 
It makes little difference to plants 
whether itsis November or December as 
long as they can be properly planted. 
A crust of frost on the surface of the soil 
will not interfere with planting. In fact, 
such things as fruit and shade trees (not 
evergreens) and other heavy nursery 
stock can be planted right up to the time 
when the ground freezes solid. 
With Only 3 Teeth, Too! 
‘*‘Dear Mrs. 
Field: Here is a 
picture of our 
grandson, Michael 
Sevier, sampling 
an ear of corn. He 
was 7 months old 
at the time and 
had only 3 teeth so 
didn’t get very far. 
Your seeds give 
complete satisfac- 
tion whenever we 
plant them,’ — 
Mrs. George L. Av- 
erturf, 613 S. Da- 
vis, Ottumwa, 
Iowa. 
