Plants Get Hungry, Too—Feed 
GREEN THUMB Liquid PLANT FOODS 
re 
1 Tablespoonful of 
HENRY FIELD'S 
Green Thumb 
+ WATER = 
1 GAL. 
Green 
Thumb 
Liquid 
PLANT 
FOODS 
Easy to Use—Just Like Watering 
Since we listed Green Thumb in our 
catalog five years ago, we have received 
hundreds of letters from our customers 
telling us how clean and easy it is to use, 
and how much good it did their lawn and 
shrubs and trees and flowers and vege- 
tables and house plants. 
Costs Less 
One package of 16 ounces makes 30 
gallons of liquid fertilizer. Directions on 
container tell how much to use for vari- 
ous plants, and your lawn, and you’ll be 
surprised how little it costs to fertilize 
with Green Thumb. if 
Goes to Work Right NOW! 
You just mix 1 tablespoonful with a gallon of water and you 
have liquid plant foods—a clear, green liquid—odorless and 
non-poisonous—and it contains the nutrition growing things 
need. And, being 
to the roots so the plants perk up right 
away. 
No Mess—No Mixing—No Digging 
If your plants get hungry and sickly, 
leaves, 
small fruit and colorless flowers, they need 
food and water and cultivation. Now 
you can spend hours fertilizing these 
hungry plants, or you can use Green 
Thumb and do a good job in a short 
time. And we don’t know of anything 
better for starting newly planted 
with yellowish 
things off right. 
GREEN THUMB is composed of important plant nu- 
liquid, it goes directly 
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16 oz. pkg., only 1.15 postpaid 
MAKES 30 GALLONS 
trients, plus Vitamin B-1, in a solution which is imme- of 
diately available to the roots of hungry trees and 
In a matter of days, you can see results. 
“GROW-AID”’ 
The Sensational Seed and 
Plant Stimulant 
Hormone-Vitamin Concentrate 
plants. 
Here is the miraculous seed and plant stimu- 
lant in concentrated form. A combination of the 
recently discovered, 
lating Hormones and the better known vitamins 
that have made plants and seeds GROW FASTER, 
AND PRODUCE LARGER 
YIELD MORE, 
Green Thumb Liquid Plant Foods 
“GROW-AID” 
: HORMONES AND. VIFAMANS 2 
very beneficial root stimu- 
FLOWERS AND FRUITS. Tests by state col- 
leges everywhere approve it. 
In one test, Dr. 
J. C. Ireland of Oklahoma Experiment station showed increases of 387 
to 47% in yield when used on corn. 
Often, number of roots on a plant 
are doubled when GROW-AID is used. 
This miraculous dust multiplies roots, 
speeds up root growth and 
stintulates and makes larger plants when used on vegetables, plants, 
shrubs, seedlings, 
| TREATED 
A sample of how “GROW-AID” 
improves plants it is used on. 
PRICES 
4018 
3 OZ. 
garden and plants) 
postpaid. 
% oz. (enough 
average 
56 
(enough for large 
garden and 
plants) 25c, postpaid. 
trees, or flowers. 
USE AS DUST OR SOLUTION— 
Very Easy to Use 
Can be used either as a dust on seed- | 
ling roots or sprinkled on your vege- 
table seeds or may be used as a solu- 
tion (about 1 teaspoonful to a gallon 
of water) to soak roots before plant- 
ing or to water plants already estab- 
lished. FULL INSTRUCTIONS FOR 
USE on Plants, etc. on each 
package. 
Seeds, 
Use It on All Your Plants and Seeds 
for Better Results 
1. Dust it on flower or 
seeds before planting. 
UNTREATED © vegetable 
2. Soak nursery stock roots in solu- 
tion before planting. - 
°3. Dust Seedling roots before trans- 
planting. 
4. Use as spray for fruit tees. 
et ag APPLES ON TREES UNTIL 
5. Use as solution to water growing 
SHRUBS AND TREES. 
6. Use as solution to water HOUSE 
PLANTS 
7. Use as solution to water ROSES, . 
SHRUBS, LAWN. A general—all 
round product every gardener should 
ave 
1.00, 
for the 
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"“SHEEP-O-LIZER" | 
Kiln BDried!! Pulverized Sheep Manure 
4011—Clean and weed free. Packed in 
paper lined burlap bags. Very rich in 
Phosphorus, Nitrogen and Potash—the 
three foods your lawn and potted 
plants and flowers need. 
Promotes quick growth. Can’t burn 
foliage. Use 100 lbs. for every 1,000 
square feet of lawn space. 
100 Ibs. only 2.85, F. O. B. Shenan- 
doah. (Shipped by freight.) 
PEAT MOSS 
4013—Every soil needs a 
mulch. This is the world’s 
best. 2 oz. absorbs 1 Ib. of 
water. Holds moisture over 
long periods of drought. 
Rake into soil. 1 bushel 
enough for 500 square feet. 
4’ loose bu. size, 2.85. 
Two 4!4 loose bu. bags, 
5.13 (you can ship 2 bags 
as cheaply as one in many Cases). 
Shipped Freight Collect direct from 
Peat Bogs in northern lowa, or Shenan- 
doah, lowa. 
PEAT] 
MOSS 
HOLDING 
MOISTURE 
POTTING PEAT 
4081!—Finely ground. High nitrogen 
humus. Activated with beneficial pac- 
teria. Potting sug -eestions printed on the 
bag. 5 qt. size (approx. 8 Ibs.) 1.39, ppd. 
HENRY FIELD'S COB MULCH 
4083—-Hasy to use. Safe, economical. 
Ideal for lawns or gardens. Helps con- 
trol weeds. Makes soil work better 
and conserves moisture. Fine for 
mulching roses, tomatoes, raspberries, 
perennials, ete. 35 Ib. bag, 1.15, F.O.B. 
Shenandoah, lowa; 3 bags for 2.95, 
F.O.B. Shenandoah, ltowa. Freight costs 
on 3 bags not much higher than on one. 
TERRA-LITE FOR SEED AND 
CUTTING BEDS 
4085—(Also known as Ver- 
miculite). Used in place of 
soil or sand, produces amaz- 
ing results in the germina- 
tion of seed and the rooting 
of cuttings. Fine as mulch- 
ing material, for storage of 
bulbs and root crops, and 
mixing with soil to improve 
its texture. It is completely 
free of all fungi, bacteria and 
insects. Holds water like a 
sponge and releases it as needed. 
package, 1.00, postpaid. 
Terra-Lite 
VeRMicuuire 
PLANT AID 
8 qt: 
“STIM-U-PLANT™ 
FERTILIZER TABLETS 
401Q—Feed your house 
plants, roses, shrubs, etc., 
with tablets of plant food. 
No muss; clean and odor- 
less. Won’t burn plants. 
10 tablets 15c; 30 tablets 
35c; {00 tablets 1.00, 
postpaid. 
SUPER PHOSPHATE 
4084—Most soils are short of Super 
Phosphate, which sometimes is why a 
plant doesn’t bloom. Henry Field’s Super 
Phosphate is made especially for African 
Violets and other blooming plants. Hasy 
to use. Full directions on each package. 
3 Ib. package, 1. 00, postpaid. 
Many times increased stande: and yields can be Obtatied with’ ‘some 5 
seeds and bulbs by treating them with disinfectants. i 
many of you have asked us about them, we are listing the best 
for you in case you want them. — 
4066—ARASAN SEED 
famous DuPont chemical & 
that increases stands and 
yields by reducing losses | 
from seed decay, damp- 
ing off and seedling 
blights caused by seed- 
borne and soil-borne dis- 
ease. 
paid. 
4019 — CERESAN — For treating seed 
borne bunt or stinking smut of wheat, 
swat of oats, some smuts and stripe ‘of 
Easily 
1 can treats 28 bu. of, srain. 
es LEADIN fe 
barley, sorghums, -and rye, etc. 
applied. 
114 oz. can, 1.15, postpaid. 
34 oz. package, enough for ayer 
age garden, 25c; 8 oz. can, 1.00, post- 
BEANS FOR BIGGER. YIELDS 
4015—All your garden peas, beans, and — 
sweet peas should be inocul 
oculation helps 
the plant take 
nitrogen from 
the air and fer- 
tilize your soil 
bigger yields, 
faster growth 
and garden soil 
_ that’s not worn 
out: 
Just takes a 
minute to dust 
it on your seed 
—no trouble at 
retoug Bl bevel aig bs 
"WATCH-EM-GROW”" 
GIANT PKT. 3°x4" 
Lt Inoculates 5 Ibs. — 
makes a world 
of difference a 
in your yield. There’s enough in th 
15c packet to inoculate 5 Ibs. of seed 
That’s enough for most of you. Full 
rections on each packet. Be sure to 
order it. Garden size 15c¢ pkt., postpaid. 
seed. ails 15¢ 
PLANT FOOD. 
4009 —The miracle plant food. abs 
package, 50c, ppd. 
centrated solution. : 
Use 1 drop solution to 1 or 
per”’ bottle. 
2. gallons of water. 
or out of doors. 
to 1000 gallons), §.00, postpaid. 
"NO SEED" BLOSSOM SET 
for Tomatoes 
4054—Just mix with wa- . 
ter and spray whole 
Stops blossom. 
-makes 
set fruit chemically. To- 
matoes ripe 2 to 4 weeks 
earlier, are larger, firmer, 
delicious—m any 
SEEDLESS. Also for 
strawberries, peppers, cu- 
plant. 
drop; 
more 
cumbers. 
spray, USDA Tested. 4 
oz. bottle (makes 1 gal. 
spray) 75c; 1 pt. (makes 4 gal. 5 es 
ppd. 
BERRY-SET 
f oz., 50c; 3 oz., {.00, postpaid. 
VITAMIN B; 
Comes in ‘‘eye drop- 
Use on house plants © 
Bottle (enough for 500 — 
blossoms 
hormone 
BERRY SET 
4067— Makes heries 4 
grow much larger, meat- | 
ier, sweeter, more luscious — 
tasting. Increases. yields. | 
Strawberries have fewer | 
seeds. Sprayed berry 
plants bear ripe fruits 
over a longer period of. 
time. This new scientific — 
“Hormone’”’ powder effec- | 
tive on ALL berries. 1 oz. | 
package makes 4 gallons. | 
eS 
ALUMINUM SULPHATE 
4059—Makes soil acid so you can grow 
blueberries, hydrangea, azaleas, etc., any- | 
where on any soil. 
tions on can, 
postpaid. 
4020—SEMESA ‘N—For 
many diseases carried on seeds, bulbs, | 
roots or flowers, vegetable and nursery | 
crops. Reduces seed rotting and damp- 
Easy to use. Direc- 
1 Ib. 39¢; 3 Ibs. 1.00, | 
Because so 
- combating | 
