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FIELD’S 


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*TOR  THE  MAN  BEHIND  THE  HOE” 

VoL  7 Shenandoah  Iowa,  June,  1919  No.  S 


Printed  and  Published  in  the  Private  Printshop  of  the  Henry  Field  Seed  Co.,  Shenandoah,  Iowa 


“This  Little  Pig  Went  to  Market” 

Yes  there’s  a spotted  pig  in  the  crate,  and  he  is  starting  on  a long  trip  to  Wyoming.  His  brother 
went  to  Oklahoma,  and  others  to  Missouri,  Kansas,  Illinois,  and  all  over  everywhere.  John  Henry  is  pat- 
ting him  goodbye.  The  pigs  are  great  pets  emd  will  lay  down  and  stretch  out  when  they  see  John  Henry 
coming,  so  he  can  scratch  their  sides.  Sometimes  you  will  see  three  or  four  piled  up  around  him.  The 
spotted  pigs  are  zdl  sold  that  we  have  to  spare  now  but  we  have  some  nice  red  ones  ready  to  go,  register- 
ed Durocs,  at  $35.00  each  either  singly,  or  in  pairs  or  trios  not  related. 


That  Big  K.  C.  Star  Ad 

Lots  of  people  have  asked  me  about  the  re- 
sults of  that  big  12  page  ad  I had  in  the  Kansas 
City  Weekly  Star,  Feb.  5th.  You  remember  I had 
an  ad  big  enough  to  tell  the  whole  thing,  prices 
and  all,  and  let  you  order  right  from  it. 

Well  it  worked  first  rate.  People  seemed  to 
like  it.  We  kept  track  of  the  orders  that  came 
in  on  the  order  sheet  cut  from  the  ad,  and  there 
were  about  9,000  of  them  in  all  (8972  to  be  ex- 
act), and  they  still  come  straggling  along  yet,  a 
few  each  day.  The  total  amount  of  these  orders 
was  $26,866.61. 

This  does  not  include  orders  on  letter  paper 
or  our  own  order  sheets,  nor  those  that  inquired 
first  and  ordered  later.  There  were  thousands 
of  these.  Of  course  this  was  only  a small  part 
of  our  total  business,  but  it  all  helped.  We  have 


had  a record  season.  It  looks  now  like  about 
250,000  orders,  amounting  to  about  a million  and 
a quarter.  I will  give  you  the  exact  figures  later. 

A Big  Year  For  Nursery 

The  biggest  increase  this  year  has  been  in 
the  Nursery  department.  It  more  than  doubled 
in  amount  over  last  yea*r.  We  got  such  a flood 
of  orders  we  were  pretty  badly  swamped  for 
awhile,  and  later  we  run  clear  out  of  stock  and 
had  to  return  thousands  of  dollars  for  orders 
we  could  not  fill  at  all. 

People  seem  to  like  our  plants  and  prices  and 
service,  and  we  appreciate  it.  Next  year  we  will 
be  in  better  shape  than  ever,  and  able  to  fill  all 
orders,  so  come  on  with  them.  We  will  have 
next  year  about  4,000,000  Everbearing  Strawberry 
plants  alone.  And  other  stuff  in  proportion. 


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FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


Vacation  Time 


This  is  vacation  time  and  I hope  you  can  all 
get  av/ay  for  a trip  even  if  only  for  a few  days. 
Of  course  it  is  nice  to  take  a vacation  any  time, 
but  it  seems  like  the  summer  and  early  fall  is 
the  nicest  time  of  any,  especially  for  an  auto  trip. 


family  of  us,  that  we  had  to  carry  the  baggage 
and  camp  stuff  in  a trailer.  The  picture  below 
shows  it  plainer.  The  trailer  works  pretty  well, 
and  on  good  roads  you  don’t  notice  the  pull  of 
it,  but  on  heavy  roads  or  on  hills  you  know 
you’ve  got  something.  But  even  then  its  better 
than  overloading  the  car  itself  with  your  outfit. 


For  a good  many  years  we  took  a long  auto 
trip  every  summer,  and  this  shows  us  lined  up  in 
front  of  our  house  and  the  seedhouse  on  the 
start  of  one  of  our  trips.  There  is  such  a big 


Our  familv  is  getting  so  big  now  though  that 
even  the  car  and  trailer  won’t  hold  us  and  otjr 
luggage,  so  we  have  not  taken  any  long  trips  for 
two  or  three  years. 


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Travel  Pictures 


This  shows  a camp  in  Estes  Park,  Colorado,  on  our  tirst  long  trip. 
Notice  the  rope  ridge  tent,  the  ceunp  fire,  and  the  supper  on  the  ground. 
Estes  Park  is  a beautiful  place.  We  liked  it  best  of  all  places  visited. 


Here  is  a camp  “somewhere  in  Missouri”  on  our  trip  to  the  Ozarks. 
It  shows  the  cupboard  we  built  in  the  the  back  end  of  the  trailer,  also 
our  big  tent,  and  more  complete  outfit  used  on  our  later  trips.  We  had 
7 children  with  us  on  this  trip  and  went  quite  a piece  into  the  Ozark 
country.  We  liked  that  country  well  and  came  pretty  near  buying  a 
place  and  moving  down  there  to  ret  ire,  but  had  to  give  it  up.  Could 
not  get  away  from  the  seed  business. 

It’s  a pretty  country  with 
timbered  hills,  and  rocks,  and 
green  grass,  and  fine  climate, 
and  running  water,  and  the 
finest  people  on  earth.  Most  of 
it  is  a pretty  hard  country  to 
farm  in,  but  there  are  spots  of 
very  good  land  and  fine  crops. 

The  lower  picture  shows 
a camp  in  Nebraska  on  eui- 
other  of  our  trips.  I remem- 
ber that  was  at  a place  where 
we  broke  an  eixle  and  were 
laid  up  two  days. 

We  have  crossed  Nebraska 
6 times  in  all,  and  we  gener- 
ally take  the  O.  L.  D.  trail 
that  runs  through  Lincoln  and 
Hastings  emd  McCook,  but  we 
went  once  by  the  Lincoln 
Highway  which  follows  the 
Platte  river  amd  it  is  a good 
road  too.  In  fact  practically 
any  of  the  main  roads  are 
good  nowadays  except  in  real 
muddy  weather,  and  west  of 
here  lots  of  the  roads  are  not 
affected  much  by  rain  unless 
very  heavy. 


On  this  page  I am  show- 
^ng  you  pictures  of  some  of  our 
trips  (taken  several  years  ago). 
They  may  be  old  to  some  of 
you,  but  new  to  many.  We 
made  three  or  four  trips  to  the 
Rocky  Mountains,  generally 
Estes  Park,,  and  these  pictures 
were  taken  on  those  trips. 

When  we  go  on  a trip  we 
don’t  like  to  go  dressed  up  and 
stop  at  hotels.  That’s  no  va- 
cation at  all.  Our  idea  is  to 
camp  out,  live  Indian  fashion, 
wear  our  old  clothes,  sleep  in  a 
tent  and  cook  over  a camp  fire. 

On  our  first  long  trip  we 
had  only  a small  7x9  tent  as 
shown  in  the  top  picture,  but 
later  we  got  a good  9x14  tent 
two  room  tent,  strong  but 
light,  with  folding  poles,  and  a 
floor  cloth,  as  shown  in  the. 
second  picture. 

Also  we  acquired  a folding^ 
table  to  put  the  gruh  on,  some 
folding  chairs,  a “Kamp  Kook” 
set  of  dishes  and  cooking  uten- 
sils, and  various  other  con- 
veniences, which  were  carried 
in  the  trailer  along  with  bed- 
ding and  extra  clothing. 

Supplies  we  bought  most- 
ly as  needed  in  the  towns  we 
went  through,  but  we  carried 
eJways  a fair  supply  of  staple 
eatables  with  us. 

We  made  a number  of  long 
trips,  and  had  a great  time,  and 
I wish  we  could  go  again  this 
summer,  but  there’s  too  many 
children  to  either  take  or  leave. 

Lots  of  people  write  asking 
me  for  advice  about  touring 
and  camping.  My  advice  would, 
be  to  go  by  all  means.  It’s 
easy,  and  pleasant.  Roads  are 
better  than  you  expect,  and 
there  is  no  danger  of  getting 
lost  or  hurt.  Don’t  load  your 
car  too  heavy.  Most  people 
overload  and  it’s  hard  on  tires 
and  springs  and  tempers. 
Carry  plenty  of  maps.  Don’t 
drive  too  hard  or  too  far  in  a 
day.  Take  it  easy. 

Camp  out  by  all  means  if 
you  like  camping.  Some  folks 
don’t  though.  Don’t  start  with 
old  tires.  Take  plenty  of  time 
to  eat  and  sleep.  Don’t  try  to 
drive  in  the  mud.  Lay  up  and 
wait  for  dry  weather. 


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Plant  Peonies  This  Fall 


Of  course  you  can  plant  peonies  in  the  spring 
if  you  want  to.  There  is  no  law  against  it.  But 
if  you  really  want  to  have  success  with  peonies, 
the  time  to  plant  them  is  in  the  fall,  especially  in 
September  and  October.  They  are  practically  cer- 
tain then  to  live  and  bloom  and  they  wUl  be 
pretty  sure  to  bloom  next  spring,  too,  which  would 
not  likely  be  the  case  if  planted  next  spring. 

I don’t  know  of  any  flower  more  satisfactory 
to  plant  than  peonies.  They  are  sure  to  live  and 
grow ; they  will  bloom  anywhere  and  for  any  one 
and  they  live  forever,  getting  better  with  age. 
They  have  no  diseases  and  no  insect  enemies, 
they  are  big,  beautiful  and  fragrant.  They  bloom 
in  time  for  Memorial  day.  A single  clump  of 
them  on  the  lawn  is  a beautiful  sight  and  a big 
bed  of  them  is  finer  yet. 

Just  notice  the  picture  above  showing  mine  in 
bloom  at  the  seed  house.  Did  you  ever  see  any- 
thing finer?  I have  probably  the  finest  collection 
in  the  country.  They  are  worth  coming  hundreds 
of  miles  to  see.  I have  the  varieties  that  bloom 
and  bloom  every  year.  I can  give  you  any  color 
you  want.  If  you  love  peonies  let  me  fix  you  out 
with  a start  of  really  good  varieties.  You  will  find 
a long  list  of  them  in  the  catalog  and  in  the  last 
September  Seed  Sense.  Study  over  the  list.  Be- 
sides I have  over  200  kinds  not  listed  there.  I can 
give  you  any  kind  you  want.  Considering  what 
you  get  for  your  money  there  is  no  flower  so 
cheap  as  peonies.  You  can  buy  them  from  25c 
up,  for  good  plants.  Any  one  can  afford  to  plant 
them,  get  them  from  some  neighbor,  but  by  all 
means  plant  some. 

I never  felt  that  money  spent  for  flowers  was 
wasted.  It  is  money  well  spent,  for  there  is 
nothing  that  gives  so  much  pleasure  and  happi- 
ness in  the  world.  Some  e has  said  that  the 
peony  is  the  flower  for  the  million  and  for  the 
millionaire.  The  millionaire  could  buy  nothing 
finer  and  the  millions  can  all  afford  to  buy  them 
And  I guess  that’s  about  right. 


If  you  have  been  promising  the  wife  some 
flowers  to  fix  up  the  front  yard,  now  is  the  time 
for  you  to  make  good,  by  spending  a few  dollars 
for  the  looks  of  the  place,  to  say  nothing  of  the 
pleasure  it  will  give  the  wife  and  the  girls. 

Plenty  of  90-Day  Seed  Com 

I am  afraid  there  is  going  to  be  considerable 
replanting  of  corn  and  if  you  have  that  bad  luck, 
we  are  in  shape  to  fix  you  out  with  90- day  corn  t« 
replant  with.  We  have  a good  stock  of  it  OL. 
hand,  high  germination,  genuine  early  stuff  and 
just  what  you  need  for  planting  any  time  up  to 
the  20th  of  June,  or  even  later  than  that  farther 
south. 

We  can  furnish  either  the  Red  90-Day,  Yel- 
low 90-Day  or  the  white.  You  may  take  your 
choi  Personally,  I believe  I like  the  red  the 
best  of  the  three  and  the  yellow  would  be  my 
next  choice. 

I can  furnish  any  of  these  varieties  of  com 
at  the  prices  printed  in  the  big  catalog,  v/hich 
you  already  have.  You  will  be  safe  in  ordering 
at  those  prices  any  time  during  June. 

If  you  are  in  a hurry,  you  can  telegraph  or 
telephone  your  order  and  we  will  make  prompt 
shipment  and  if  you  are  in  an  especially  big 
hurry,  iv«  cmi  send  it  to  you  by  express.  Of 
course,  in  that  case  you  must  remember  that  you 
would  have  to  pay  the  express  charges.  We 
never  prepay  express  on  seed  corn,  except 
sometimes  on  small  amounts,  such  as  a peck,  or 
something  of  that  sort. 

If  you  have  lost  your  stand  of  corn  and  have 
to  replant,  or  if  you  have  some  overflow  land,  or 
something  of  that  kind,  that  you  can’t  get  into  tm- 
til  some  time  in  June,  don’t  get  discouraged,  for 
we  can  fix  you  out  with  corn  that  will  make  a 
crop  yet. 


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Home  (Cold  Pack)  Canning  Outfits 

We  have  been  talking  home  canning  by  the 
cold  pack  method  for  a long  time  and  have  ad- 
vised every  one  of  our  customers  to  get  into  it 
heavy,  but  have  never  handled  the  canners  them- 
selves till  now. 

We  have  had  so  many  inquiries  for  them 
however  that  we  have  decided  to  handle  them  on 
a large  scale  and  after  looking  the  field  over  care- 
fully we  decided  that  the  best  one  for  the  aver- 
age housewife  is  the  Hall,  pictured  here. 

I have  tried  it  out  thoroughly,  and  find  it  to 
be  simple,  practical,  easily  operated,  certain  in  re- 
mits, and  reasonable  in  price.  I liked  it  so  well 
that  I ordered  a carload,  and  took  over  the  dis- 
hibution  for  the  states  of  Iowa,  Nebraska, 
Kansas  and  Missouri,  I can  ship  into  other 
states  too,  but  will  pay  special  attention  to  these 
states. 

What  It  Is 

The  picture  here  shows  its  appearance  bet- 
ter than  I can  describe  it.  It  is  made  of  smooth 
galvanized  iron,  heavy  enough  to  stand  hard  use, 
and  rust  proof. 

It  is  made  as  compact  as  possible  in  order  to 
get  the  best  results  with  the  least  fuel.  In  wash 
boilers,  etc.,  it  is  necessary  to  heat  more  water 
than  needed.  Two  burners  must  be  used  under 
a washboiler.  The  container  of  the  Hall  Canner 
is  made  a special  size  to  reduce  waste  space  as 
much  as  possible.  The  extra  height  allows  six 
more  jars  to  be  processed  in  the  upper  tier  at 
only  a trifling  additional  fuel  cost.  Two  tiers  of 
quart  jars  can  not  be  safely  boiled  in  a can  less 
than  eighteen  inches  high. 

Each  rack  with  its  one  or  two  jars  (some 
styles  three  pints)  is  handled  separately  which 
eliminates  having  to  lift  a heavy  tray  full  of  load- 
ed jars.  A dozen  quart  jars  will  weigh  from 
thirty- five  to  forty  pounds  filled. 

When  a rack  of  jars  is  placed  in  the  con- 
tainer, they  will  locate  just  right  with  relation  to 
the  bottom  and  sides  to  get  the  proper  circula- 
tion of  water.  They  will  stay  where  placed.  One 
rack  cannot  interfere  with  another. 

The  handle  being  open  and  projecting  out- 
side of  container  is  always  cool  and  can  be  hand- 


The HALL  CANIMER,  the  best,  simplest,  easiest 
operated  and  most  practical  low  priced  Home  Canner. 
Capacity  12  jars  at  one  time.  Guaranteed  satisfact- 
ory. Price  $5.50  delivered  Postpaid  (or  $6.00  west 
of  Denver  or  south  of  Ft.  Worth.) 

Send  orders  to  Henry  Field  Seed  Co.,  Shenandoah, 
Iowa. 


led  without  holders. 

The  highest  efiiciency  is  attained  when  can- 
ning either  six  or  twelve  jars,  but  any  quantity 
from  one  pint  to  twelve  quarts  can  be  handled, 
economically. 

Any  rack  can  be  taken  out  without  even  hav- 
ing to  look  into  the  boiling  water.  A jar  cannot 
be  broken  in  handling,  nor  dropped  out  of  rack. 

The  Hall  Canner  is  guaranteed  absolutely 
satisfactory  or  your  money  back.  We  send  it  by 
postpaid  Parcel  Post,  or  prepaid  Express,  and  if 
it  don’t  look  good  to  you  after  a week’s  trial,  I 
will  refund  your  money  and  pay  expense  of  re- 
turning it.  Price  $5.50. 


! 

! 


henYou  Use  the  Hall 
Cold-Pack  Chnner 


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Just  Beans 

Do  you  remember  the  song  we  used  to 
sing  at  the  old  soldiers’  reunions?  I wasn’t 
an  old  soldier,  but  I was  generally  there  just 
the  same  as  a sort  of  a boy  scout  in  the  Sons 
of  Veterans’  camp  and,  like  the  rest  of  small 
boys,  I was  always  in  the  thick  of  everything. 
But  what  I started  to  talk  about  was  the  Bean 
song.  As  I remember,  it  run  something  like 
this — sung  to  the  tune  of  “There’s  a land  that 
is  fairer  than  day’’ : 

“There’s  a spot  that  the  soldiers  all  love, 

And  the  mess  tent’s  the  place  that  I mean 
And  the  dish  that  they  like  to  see  there, 

Is  the  old  fashioned  white  army  bean.’’ 

There  were  about  forty  verses,  more  or 
less,  and  they  used  to  sing  it  till  you  could 
hear  it  in  the  next  county, 

I guess  soldiers  haven’t  changed  much 
since  fifty  years  ago,  for  I notice  that  the 
Army  Bean  is  still  the  main  standby  and  as 
popular  as  ever, 

Fortimately  they  can  be  grown  pretty 
near  anywhere  in  the  country  and  on  any  kind 
of  soil  and  with  no  extra  tools.  They  can  be 
threshed  with  a regular  thresher,  or  beat  out 
’with  a flail  or  club. 

The  variety  to  use  is  the  regular  “Navy 
Bean”  (also  known  as  Pea  Bean,  Field  Bean 
and  Army  Bean.)  They  can  be  planted  any 
time  up  to  July  30th  in  this  latitude,  but  better 
about  the  middle  of  June.  Use  20  lbs.  of  seed 
per  acre,  in  rows  any  convenient  width  for  culti- 
vating, We  like  corn  row  width  here  and  plant 
with  a corn  drill  set  extra  thick.  Cultivate  like 
corn  or  potatoes.  Pull  when  most  of  the  pods  are 
ripe,  stack  the  vines  to  dry  and  then  thresh  any 
way  handy, 

A fair  crop  is  20  bu.  per  acre.  I have  had 
40  bu.  per  acre  in  a good  year.  They  will  make 
on  thin  soil,  but  fairly  rich  is  better.  Too  rich 
will  make  an  excess  of  vine  and  uneven  ripen- 
ing, but  otherwise  will  do  no  harm.  Get  busy 
and  plant  all  your  spare  ground  to  beans.  It  is 
profitable  and  patriotic  both. 

We  have  a good  supply  of  seed,  Michigan 
grown,  the  very  finest  quality  and  the  genuine 
variety.  See  Back  Page  for  Price. 

Buckwheat 

If  an  effort  is  made  to  grow  buckwheat  in 
the  corn  belt  for  grain,  we  advise  planting  be 
delayed  until  three  months  before  the  date  of 
first  killing  frost  of  the  fall.  In  the  central  part 
of  the  corn  belt,  this  will  mean  planting  about 
the  middle  of  July.  In  some  seasons,  buck- 
wheat may  be  planted  as  late  as  the  first  of 
August  and  yet  mature  a crop. 

Ordinarily,  about  three  pecks  of  buckwheat 
per  acre  are  drilled  in,  or  five  pecks  broadcast- 
ed. The  land  should  be  prepared  in  about  the 
same  way  as  for  corn.  Buckwheat  ordinarily 
does  very  well,  even  on  very  poor  soil,  but,  like 
all  other  crops,  appreciates  a little  manure  or 
fertilizer.  The  most  popular  varieties  are  the 
Japanese  and  Silver  Hull, 

Buckwheat  has  a mellowing  effect  on  the  soil 
and  in  the  corn  belt  is  more  often  grown  to 
serve  as  bee  pasture  and  to  plow  under  as  a 
green  manure  crop,  than  for  any  other  reason. — 
Wallace’s  Farmer. 


Rape 

Rape  furnishes  splendid  pasture  the  same 
year  it  is  seeded.  That  is  all  it  is  good  for. 
The  stockman  who  is  short  on  pasture  is  th« 
only  one  who  has  any  use  for  it.  The  hogmaii. 
appreciates  rape  most.  The  sheepman  also  likes 
rape,  but  is  not  quite  so  enthusiastic,  because 
rape  sometimes  causes  bloat.  Rape  makes  good 
pasture  for  cattle,  but  the  cattle  injure  it  by 
tramping  and,  unless  care  is  taken,  there  is  a 
chance  of  rape  causing  bloat  and  also  a taint  in 
the  milk  of  dairy  cows.  For  hogs,  therefore, 
rape  is  splendid,  for  sheep  it  is  good  and  for 
cattle  and  horses,  it  is  fair. 

Sow  rape  at  any  time  of  year,  from  early 
spring  until  the  first  of  August.  Begin  pasturing 
it  when  it  is  two  months  old,  or  fourteen  inches 
high.  In  buying  seed,  be  sure  to  get  the  Dwarf 
Essex  variety.  There  are  several  other  sorts, 
with  seed  just  about  like  the  Dwarf  Essex, 
which  flower  the  same  year  they  are  grown  and 
are  worth  not  more  than  half  as  much.  Sow  at 
the  rate  of  four  to  six  pounds  per  acre.  If  you 
are  intending  to  hog  or  sheep  down  corn,  by  all 
means,  broadcast  four  or  five  pounds  of  rape 
seed  per  acre  at  the  time  of  the  last  cultivation. 

Rape  pasture  is  richer  than  almost  any 
other  pasture,  alfalfa  and  clover  not  excepted. 
Some  animals  do  not  relish  it  at  first,  but  gener- 
ally they  soon  learn  to  like  it.  Rape  furnishes 
the  cheapest  and  best  of  all  the  temporary  hog 
and  sheep  pasture.  There  should  be  twice  as 
much  rape  grown  as  at  present  on  the  stock 
farms  of  the  corn  belt.  However,  it  is  only  a 
temporary  substitute  for  alfalfa  or  clover  past 
ures. — Wallace’s  Farmer. 


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7 


This  Shows  One  Reason  Why 

Everybody  is  asking  me  how  I like  the  Spotted 
Polemds  by  this  time.  I like  them  fine.  I don’t  know 
as  they  are  better  than  other  good  breeds  of  hogs,  but 
they  suit  me  any  way,  and  I guess  the  kind  to  reuse 
is  the  kind  you  like  best.  You  can  have  the  best 
luck  with  what  you  like  best  always. 

For  shape  and  build  they  are  like  any  good  reg- 
ular Poland  China,  but  inclined  to  be  more  remgy. 
They  are  long  bodied,  have  deep  sides,  high  backs, 
and  big  bone.  The  sow  and  the  pigs  in  this  picture 
¥dll  give  you  a splendid  idea  of  how  they  look.  They 
are  gentle  eind  quiet,  good  mothers,  and  very  prolific. 

Our  Sorghum  Making  Plans 

We  are  planning  on  making  Sorghum  on  a 
big  scale  this  summer.  We  are  putting  out 
abou-’  200  acres  of  Cane,  Part  of  it  on  our  own 
land  and  part  of  it  being  grown  for  us  on  con- 
tract. The  Cane  that  is  grown  for  us  on  contract 
we  pay  for  at  the  rate  of  $5.00  per  ton,  delivered 
at  the  Sorghum  Mill  without  stripping  or  heading, 
which  makes  a profitable  proposition  for  the 
growers  as  it  yields  anywhere  from  ten  to  six- 
teen tons  per  acre, 

Mr.  Eldridge  went  south  along  in  April  and 
bought  a complete  syrup  mill  down  in  the  sugar 
count^>^  It  is  one  that  is  a little  too  small  for 
ugar,  but  just  the  right  size  for  making 
lots  of  Sorghum  syrup.  We  also  have  the  old 
mill  which  we  used  last  year. 

After  the  Cane  is  run  through  the  mill  it 
goes  on  through  an  ensilage  cutter  and  direct 
into  the  silo.  We  are  building  five  silos  with  a 
total  capacity  of  about  1.000  tons  and  expect  to 
have  them  all  full  and  then  some  by  the  time  the 
Sorghum  season  is  over. 

Our  experiments  and  all  the  information  we 
can  get  show  that  this  Sorghum  ensilage  makes 
the  very  best  feed  for  cattle  and  equal  in  ever>^ 
way  to  corn  ensilage.  It  will  not  cost  us  any- 
thing. not  even  labor,  for  the  Sorghum  Mill  puts 
it  in  the  silo  just  as  easy  as  it  could  be  put  in  a 
pile  out  in  the  yard,  so  it  looks  to  us  like  we  had 
a pretty  good  start  for  cattle  feeding  with  the 
1,000  tens  of  free  silage. 

We  do  not  expect  to  feed  much  Corn  with 
this,  although  we  may  feed  a little.  We  probably 
W'ill  use  a light  ration  of  cotton  seed  meal  with  it 
to  furnish  protein  and  also  we  v,-ill  use  from 
three  to  five  pounds  per  head  per  dav  of  Alfalfa 
hay  which  we  will  grow  ourselves.  This  will 


I Like  the  Spotted  Polands 
That  is  a grreat  point. 

I have  no  sows  or  sow  pig’s  to  sell  now  but  can 
spare  a few  boar  pigs,  8 to  12  weeks  old,  at  $40.00 
with  papers,  or  $30.00  for  a few  that  are  not  eligible 
to  registn^.  Also  2 fall  boars  and  2 yearlings  at 
higher  prices. 

We  adso  have  some  very  fine  registered  Duroc 
pigs  of  femey  breeding  at  $35.00  each,  •with  papers,  in 
padrs,  trios,  or  singly.  Also  my  boy,  Philip,  has  a 
litter  of  very  fine  registered  black  Poland  Chinas  at 
the  same  price,  $35.00  each,  for  either  sows  or  boars, 
if  taken  soon. 

I make  a balanced  ration  and  we  look  for  good  re- 
I suits  in  our  cattle  feeding. 

We  are  not  sure  yet  whether  we  will  do  winter 
feeding  or  wait  and  do  summer  feeding  on  grass, 
as  that  will  depend  somewhat  on  the  market  out- 
, look,  the  labor  situation  and  various  other  things. 

; One  beauty  about  a silo  you  can  keep  the  feed 
definitely  and  do  your  feeding  whenever  it 
suits  you  best. 

This  1,000  tons  of  silage  w^ill  take  care  of  500 
head  of  steers  for  a 100  day  feed  or  300  head  for 
6 months  feed,  so  you  see  we  are  in  for  a pretty 
big  job  of  cattle  feeding.  By  getting  our  silage 
free,  as  w^e  w’ill,  and  grow'ing  our  own  Alfalfa, 
our  only  cash  outlay  for  feed  w’ill  be  for  the 
cotton  seed  meal  and  what  little  corn  w'e  buy, 
which  w^ni  not  be  very  much,  so  if  w’e  use  any- 
, thing  like  reasonably  good  judgment  in  buying 
our  feeders  and  have  any  decent  luck  whatever 
the  turn  of  the  market  we  ought  to  make  some 
money  feeding  cattle. 

By  the  way,  what  do  you  know  about  the  dif- 
ferent makes  of  silos?  We  have  never  had  any 
great  amount  of  experience  wuth  silos,  but  what 
little  we  have  had  w'as  in  favor  of  the  the  silo 
and  most  of  the  information  we  could  get  was 
along  the  same  line.  So  w’e  bought  the  Dickey 
Glazed  Tile  Silo  w^hich  looked  to  us  like  the  best 
kind  there  was  made.  We  have  two  16x50  two 
14x50  and  one  10x40.  They  are  not  erected  yet, 
but  w^e  are  starting  on  them  this  week  and  ex- 
pect to  have  them  all  up  by  July  1st. 

Vv^'e  w^ill  appreciate  any  information  or  advice 
that  any  of  you  can  give  us  about  the  different 
kinds  of  silos,  about  erecting  them  or  about  fill- 
ing them.  e realize  we  have  something  to  learn 
along  that  line  yet  and  besides  that  w^e  are  not 
i through  building  silos,  and  will  probably  build 
I more  next  summer. 


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FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


Field’s  Seed  Sense 

FOR  THE  MAN  BEHIND  THE  HOE 


Published  Monthly  by  the 

HENRY  FIELD  SEED  COMPANY 

Field  Building,  Shenandoah,  Iowa 
And  Printed  in  Their  Own  Private  Printshop 

Henry  Field,  Editor  E.  F.  Vincent,  Mng.  Editor 

SUBSCRIPTION  PRICE  25c  per  year  or  5 years 
for  $1.00. 

Time  Yet  to  Plant  Sudan 

Here  with  us  we  can  plant  Sudan  with  good 
success  as  late  as  July  1st,  and  with  fairly  good 
luck  as  late  as  July  10th.  In  fact  it  will  make  as 
quick  as  millet,  will  make  three  times  as  much 
feed  and  far  better  feed. 

The  best  field  I ever  had  was  planted  about 
June  20th  on  overflow  land  where  the  corn  had 
washed  out.  It  would  have  made  two  cuttings, 
but  we  let  it  stand  and  made  one  cutting  of  it 
about  Sept,  15th  and  it  looked  like  about  8 tons 
to  the  acre.  It  was  drilled  in  rows  and  cultivat- 
ed, using  4 or  5 lbs.  of  seed  per  acre. 

As  a catch  crop  it  is  far  more  dependable 
than  cane,  millet,  or  kaffir,  will  make  as  quick, 
make  more  feed,  cure  easier  and  keep  better. 
It  is  the  only  one  that  will  make  two  or  three 
cuttings.  The  others  make  only  one. 

No  Issue  of  Seed  Sense  for  July 


Perhaps  you  remember  that  last  year  we 
skipped  the  July  number  of  Seed  Sense,  This 
year  we  are  going  to  do  the  same  thing.  We  are 
going  to  skip  the  July  number.  There  are  sev- 
eral reasons  for  this.  For  one  thing,  you  are  all 
too  busy  and  hot  to  do  much  reading  and  we  are 
b sy  invoicing  and  there  are  a lot  of  other  things 
like  that  and  so  I think  we  will  just  skip  the 
July  number  and  come  again  in  August.  Your 
time  will  be  extended  so  that  you  will  get  the 
twelve  numbers  by  getting  an  extra  month  at 
the  end  of  your  time,  so  nobody  will  lose  any- 
thing. 

The  Alfalfa  Seed  Situation 

There  is  going  to  be  an  enormous  demand 
for  alfalfa  seed  this  summer  and  fall,  I never 
heard  so  much  talk  about  sowing  alfalfa  as 
there  is  now.  Everybody  all  over  the  country 
is  going  to  sow  alfalfa.  Of  course,  you  know 
what  this  is  going  to  do  to  the  supply  of  seed. 
The  big  demand  we  are  certain  to  have  this 
summer  and  fall  is  going  to  exceed  the  supply 
of  good  seed. 

Alfalfa  For  the  Women 

If  your  men  folks  won’t  try  alfalfa,  you 
girls  and  women  should  get  a free  sample  of 
alfalfa  and  plant  it  in  the  flower  garden  or  vege- 
table garden.  It  won’t  be  long  till  you’ll  see  the 
men  folks  picking  at  it  and  asking  questions 
about  it  and  beginning  to  look  thoughtful.  That 
will  mean  that  the  fever  is  working  and  pretty 
soon  they’ll  have  the  most  pronounced  case  of 
“alfalfa  fever”  you  ever  saw.  Try  it,  I’ve  seen 
it  worked  dozens  of  times.  There’s  alfalfa  in 
flower  gardens  all  over  the  country  right  now. 


More  About  Pasturing  Sudan 


There  has  been  so  much  inquiry  about  the 
safety  of  pasturing  sudan,  that  I took  it  up  with 
Dr,  Waters,  editor  of  the  K,  C,  Star,  and  he  wrote 
to  the  Kansas  State  College.  The  answer  he  got 
covers  the  case  so  fully  that  I reproduce  it  here. 


ICmtsas  6tat?  Agriniltural 
ifflEm^atlan,  Xaitsaa 

W.  M.  JAROINC.  PAUIDENf 

DEPARTMENT  OF  AGRONOMY 

April  29,  1919. 


Dr,  H,  J,  Waters,  Editor, 

Weekly  Kansas  City  Star, 

Kansas  City,  Mo, 

Dear  Doctor  Waters: 

I have  your  letter  of  the  24th,  and  the 
Inclosed  letter  from  the  Henry  Field  Seed  Company 
relating  to  the  presence  of  pinisslc  acid  In  Sudan 
grass.  As  stated  in  the  clipping,  analysis  of  Sudan 
grass  made  at  this  Station  two  or  three  years  ago 
showed  slight  traces  of  prussic  acid,  but  so  far  no 
authentic  cases  of  poisoning  from  sudan  grass  have 
been  reported  to  us,  and  as  far  as  I have  been  able 
to  determine  no  such  cases  have  been  reported  to 
other  stations.  So  many  fanners  have  used  sudan  grass 
for  pasture  that  it  seems  very  probable  that  some 
would  have  reported  injvury  before  this  if  it  contained 
prussic  acid  in  sufficient  quantities  to  be  injurious. 
It  is  nevertheless  desirable  that  some  caution  be 
exercised  in  pasturing  sudan  grass  in  dry  seasons 
when  the  growth  has  become  stunted,  . It  is  very 
possible  that  conditions  may  be  such  that  prussic 
acid  will  develop  in  sufficient  quantities  to  be 
injurious.  The  fact,  however,  that  we  have  never 
met  with  such  a condition  leads  us  to  believe  that 
it  is  not  likely  to  occur,  and  consequently  we  have 
not  hesitated  to  recommend  sudan  grass  for  pasture. 

Sincerely  yours, 

AOtIng  Head  of  Department. 

Prices  on  Field  Seeds  for  July 

There  will  be  no  July  issue  of  Seed  Sense 
o when  it  comes  to  buying  field  seeds  in  July, 
especially  alfalfa,  vetch  and  such  seeds  as  that, 
you  will  have  to  write  in  for  special  quotation 
We  will  print  a monthly  price  list  the  first  of 
July  and  send  it  upon  request  to  anyone  who 
wants  it.  There  will  be  no  July  Seed  Sense  to 
carry  the  price  list  as  in  the  past. 

About  the  Hammocks 

I regret  the  delay  in  filling  hammock  orders, 
but  if  you  will  just  be  patient  we  will  get  the 
hammocks  to  you  before  entirely  too  late.  We 
simply  got  too  many  orders.  The  man  who 
makes  these  hammocks  can  only  make  about 
two  a day,  and  is  unable  to  hire  help  at  the  price 
he  is  selling  them.  He  thinks  that  the  orders  that 
are  in  ncv/  can  be  filled  by  July  1st,  or  about 
that  time,  and  he  writes  me  that  he  would  pre- 
fer to  not  have  any  more  orders  till  he  gets 
caught  up. 

Meanwhile  if  any  of  you  do  not  care  to  wait, 
let  me  know  and  I will  refund  your  money,  for  I 
know  it  is  hammock  time  now. 


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9 


This  picture  was  sent  me  by  John  Jonker,  Sultan, 
Wash.,  who  writes:  “Here  is  a picture  of  some  of  your 
White  Elephant  com.  It  is  14  feet  high.  Note  the 
ear  I am  holding  in  my  hand.  It  measured  14  inches.” 
The  White  Elephant  sure  does  make  lots  of  silage, 
t especially  when  moved  north.  It  grows  taller  and 
I heavier  them  ever  then. 

And  speaking  of  Silage,  I don’t  see  why  more 
1 people  don’t  use  it.  I don’t  see  how  amy  one  can  run 
I a dairy  or  feed  steers  either,  without  silage.  I sure 
I wouldn’t  want  to  try  either  without  it. 

You  can  use  corn  or  cane,  or  kaffir,  or  Sudan,  or 
t even  sunflowers,  and  have  worlds  of  the  best  of  feed, 
I anytime  you  want  it.  It  keeps  forever  if  you  have  a 


When  To  Cut  Sudan  For  Hay 

We  are  asked  probably  a dozen  times  a day 
when  to  cut  Sudan  for  either  hay  or  seed. 

The  fact  of  the  matter  is  Sudan  can  be  cut 
whenever  you  are  ready  and  the  weather  is  right, 
li  It  really  doesn’t  make  much  difference,  although 
! the  best  time  to  cut  it  is  when  it  is  about  four  to 
1 1 five  feet  high  and  beginning  to  head  out.  If 
I ' you  cut  it  at  that  time  you  can  get  one  more  and 
' possibly  two  more  cuttings  during  the  season  if 
■ you  have  good  luck.  The  hay  at  this  time  would 
be  of  the  best  quality  and  it  would  be  of  a length 
I to  handle  nice,  but  of  course,  it  would  be  soft  and 
would  need  a little  care  in  curing. 

I If  you  want  to  save  seed,  however,  you  must 
I let  the  whole  crop  stand  and  cut  it  all  at  one  time. 
I We  did  that  way  last  year  and  cut  the  entire  crop 
I about  September  15th.  The  tallest  stalks  were 
I about  eight  feet  high  and  the  rest  from  that  down. 
I We  cut  it  with  a corn  binder,  set  it  in  shocks  to 
I cure  for  about  a week  and  then  stacked  it  like 
I wheat  and  threshed  from  the  stack  along  in  the 
l|  winter.  The  hay,  after  the  seed  was  threshed 
I )ut  of  it,  was  nice  and  green  and  bright  and 

I splendid  feed.  We  baled  it,  fed  part  of  it  dur- 

II  ng  the  spring  and  sold  the  rest  of  it  @ $30.00 
l|  )er  ton.  I don’t  know  how  many  tons  we  got  to 


good  silo,  and  you  can  just  let  it  lay  while  you  have 
good  grass,  and  then  when  feed  gets  short  you  czm 
draw  on  the  silo. 

A field  of  corn  like  this  man  has  will  make  prob- 
ably 20  tons  per  acre.  I have  known  them  to  make  25 
or  30  tons,  and  a ton  of  silage  will  feed  a cow  or  steer 
20  days.  Figure  it  out  for  yourself. 

We  have  5 big  silos  ourselves  with  a total  cap- 
acity of  about  1,000  tons,  and  I think  we  will  build 
5 more  next  year.  Ours  are  the  Dickey  glazed  tile 
block  silos,  which  we  think  are  the  best,  but  there  are 
lots  of  good  kinds,  and  any  kind  is  a lot  better  than 
doing  without. 


the  acre,  but  I should  think  about  five. 

You  get  just  about  the  same  yield  whether 
you  make  one  cutting,  two  cuttings  or  three.  The 
only  difference  is  if  you  cut  oftener  the  hay  will 
probably  be  a little  finer  and  of  a little  better 
quality.  On  the  other  hand  you  have  more  work 
and  work  has  to  be  taken  into  account  now-a- 
days  when  it  costs  so  much. 

We  have  always  put  our  Sudan  in  rows  and 
cut  it  with  a corn  binder  whether  we  were  cut- 
ting for  hay  or  seed.  This  year  we  are  drilling 
part  of  it  with  a wheat  drill  and  expect  to  cut  it 
with  a grain  binder.  I am  sure  it  will  work  al- 
though we  have  never  tried  it  ourselves.  We  will 
et  the  bundles  up  in  shocks  to  cure  for  about  a 
eek  and  then  stack  it. 

It  can  be  cut  with  a mower  and  handled 
loose  all  right,  but  it  is  harder  to  cure  that  way 
s it  packs  down  considerably  in  the  shock  and 
also  it  is  long  and  heavy  and  easily  tangled  and 
hard  to  fix.  Something  like  old  fashioned  slough 
grass  in  that  regard.  It  is  much  nicer  to  handle 
it  with  either  a grain  binder  or  corn  binder  if 
ou  possibly  can. 

But  any  way  you  handle  it  you  are  sure  of 
lots  of  hay  and  it  is  no  harder  to  cure  than  any 
other  hay  crop  and  not  anywhere  near  so  hard  to 
cure  as  Cane. 


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FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


$50.00  From  20c  Worth  of  Seed 

“Sirs:  With  other  seed  I purchased  20c  worth 

of  tomato  seed.  I planted  48S  plants  and  3 of  them 
died.  I sold  over  $50.00  worth  of  ripe  tomatoes,  can- 
ned over  100  qts.,  gave  away  bushels  of  them,  sold 
many  green  tomatoes,  gave  neighbors  many  bushels, 
canned  100  qts.  of  green  tomato  pickles  and  chow- 
chow.  / certainly  will  order  my  tomato  seeds  from 
the  Field  Seed  Co.  Isn’t  this  20c  well  spent?” 

— W.  B.  Thorne,  Hartford,  Kansas. 

Seeds  All  O.  K. 

“I  sent  you  two  large  orders  this  spring  and  the 
seeds  and  plants  were  very  satisfactory.  Both  were 
large  enough  to  get  Seed  Sense  for  a year  and  it’s 
coming  all  right. 

/ used  your  seeds  last  year  and  the  Redhead 
tomatoes  and  Volga  cabbage  were  fine.  The  Volga 
came  on  as  an  early  cabbage  and  kept  up  all  summer 
and  was  used  as  kraut  in  the  fall,  and  that  is  unusual. 

I get  the  largest  seeds  of  you  of  any  seedsman.” 
— Mrs.  Gay  Conley,  Blandville,  W,  Va. 

Everbearing  Strawberries 


“Enclosed  you  will  find  my  order  for  spring  gar- 
den, also  for  100  more  Everbearing  strawberry  plants. 
We  planted  125  plants  last  spring  and  they  did  fine. 
Had  short  cake  the  first  day  of  August,  so  we  have 
decided  to  put  out  100  more  plants.” 

•—Mrs.  Paul  Black,  East  Moline,  III. 

Boosting  for  Field's  Seeds 

“I  have  started  to  write  several  times,  but  some- 
thing came  up  and  stopped  the  good  work.  The  seed  I 
got  last  year  was  very  good,  in  fact  my  son,  Donley, 
15  years  old,  had  the  garden  that  took  first  prize  for 
being  the  best  garden  in  town  and  my  young  daugh- 
ter, Belle,  age  11,  took  County  Sweep  Stakes  or  grand 
prize,  and  she  competed  with  girls  19  and  20  years 
old.  Of  course,  she  told  all  who  asked  where  she  got 
her  seed. 

I gave  several  canning  demonstrations  over  the 
country  and  also  at  the  County  Fair  and  did  a little 
more  boosting  for  ‘Field’s  Seeds.’  Yours  truly,” 

— Mrs.  J.  W.  Curl,  Burley,  Idaho. 

Strawberries  at  Thanksgiving 

“Glad  to  say  that  I have  been  a customer  of  H.  F. 
for  13  years  and  I find  in  all  my  dealings  that  he  is 
the  most  honest  man  I ever  had  to  deal  with  in  all 
my  dealings.  I have  bought  all  kinds  of  seed,  flowers, 
fruit  trees,  and  I was  sure  I had  you  caught  when 
you  advertised  the  Everbearing  strawberries.  Well,  I 
sent  for  them  but  didn’t  have  much  confidence  when  I 
did  so  and  less  when  I got  the  slips  and  looked  at 
them  and  don’t  you  know  that  some  of  those  slips  had 
blossoms  on  them  when  I was  planting  them.  Oh,  I 
thought  they  were  just  early  bearers,  but  I want  to 
tell  you  it  wasn’t  long  before  we  had  strawberries  and 
they  kept  blooming  and  bearing  until  the  frost  killed 
them  and  as  fine  as  any  berries  you  could  want.  Why 
you  can  put  them  in  pots  in  the  house  from  frost  on 
and  have  berries  all  winter.  We  gathered  berries 
from  the  vines  the  evening  before  Thanksgiving  and 
bad  pie.  Yours  truly,” 

— Henry  Henson,  Hebbardsville,  Ky. 

Best  Seeds  Ever  Planted 


“Mr.  Henry  Field:  I thought  I would  tell  you 

how  I got  acquainted  with  your  seeds.  I went  to 
Buffalo  county,  Nebraska.  My  daughter  lives  there 
and  I thought  of  staying  until  mid-summer.  So  I 
prefer ed  to  make  her  garden  if  she  would  furnish  the 
seed.  She  said  she  would  and  the  best  on  earth,  Henry 
Field’s  seeds  they  were.  They  were  the  best  I ever 
planted  and  we  had  the  best  garden  in  Buffalo 
county,  Nebraska.  When  I came  home  I told  her  to 
see  that  I got  one  of  your  catalogs  for  this  spring.  So 
I got  one  the  other  day  and  made  out  my  order  for 
garden  seeds  for  this  spring.  Yours  respectfully,” 

—G.  W.  Wolfgang,  Riverdale,  Mich. 


Belgian  Hares 


Our  head  printer,  E.  F,  Vincent,  is  like  the 
est  of  us  here — he  has  the  farming  fever.  We’ve 
all  got  it.  Instead  of  raising  hogs  though,  he 
raises  Belgian  Hares  and  White  Leghorn  chickens  i 
on  some  vacant  lots  near  the  seedhouse.  He  has  j 
fin  stuff  and  they  are  increasing  so  fast  he  has  ! 
got  to  start  selling  right  away  or  buy  more  land. 

He  has  Belgian  Hares  now  ready  to  ship  any 
time,  10  to  12  weeks  old,  at  $6.00  per  pair  or  * 
$8.50  for  a trio.  He  says  they  are  a bargain  at 
that  price.  Send  along  your  orders  either  to  him 
or  the  Seed  Company. 


Likes  Our  Prompt  Service 

Dear  Sir:  We  just  received  our  seeds  and  I can’t 

imagine  how  they  got  here  so  soon.  We  were  all 
pleased  even  to  the  baby.” 

— F.  A.  Grandstaff,  Sundance,  Wyo. 

Good  Luck  With  Sudan 

“Dear  Sir:  Here  we  are  back  again  for  the  third 

time  with  an  order  for  more  seeds.  We  find  you  to  be 
the  fairest  and  squarest  man  to  deal  with  both  in 
price  and  amount  of  seeds. 

Last  year  was  a pretty  dry  year  so  our  garden 
didn’t  do  much.  First  the  cut  worms  ate  all  my  cab- 
bage and  tomatoes  and  then  the  rest  dried  up.  The 
only  thing  we  had  luck  with  was  the  Sudan  Grass.  We 
had  2 cuttings  and  some  pasture  from  it,  but  let  the 
first  crop  stand  until  the  seed  was  ripe,  so  it  was  a 
little  coarse,  but  the  stock  seemed  to  like  it  just  as 
well. 

My  husband  and  I both  enjoy  the  “Seed  Sense”,  as 
it  seems  to  be  just  the  thing  to  keep  a person  planning 
on  what  to  try  next  year.  Yours  truly,” 

— Mrs.  E.  Sand  in,  Carlisle,  Iowa. 


“You  can’t  possibly  say  too  much  good  for  j 
your  Progressive  Everbearing  strawberries.  I have  ! 
some  of  them  and  they  are  fine.  We  picked  our  first  |ii 
ripe  berries  April  26,  1918,  and  our  last  berries  Dec-  j 
ember  23,  1918.  Plants  are  looking  fine  now,  am  go-  f 
ing  to  reset  my  patch  as  soon  as  the  ground  gets  dry  1'. 
enough.” — Mrs.  Geo.  Harvy,  Mansfield,  Mo. 


“Dear  Sir:  Last  spring  received  some  sudan.  It  j 

done  fine,  some  of  it  got  9 ft.  6 in.  tall.  It  stood  38 
days  without  a drop  of  rain.  I raised  my  own  seed  so  f 
I guess  I will  put  one  over  on  H.  F.  for  this  year  if 
all  goes  well  next  year  or  this  year  1919  rather.  I 
will  have  some  more  sweet  clover  to  offer  you.  It  ■ 
done  fine  last  year.  Got  17  bushels  from  one  acre,  : 
valued  at  $179  and  if  I would  have  tried  to  sell  the  [ 
acre  of  land  I could  not  have  got  $5.00  for  it.  It  was  '■* 
yellow  clay  and  the  top  of  a high  hill.  Well  enough.  | • 
Yours  truly,” — C.  E.  Lite,  Ansley,  Nebr. 


Berries  From  April  to  December  I 


$179  Sw’eet  Clover  Seed  on  $5  Land 


FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


11 


Get  Ready  for  Alfalfa 


Tobacco  Dust  for  All  Bugs 


It  is  a safe  guess  that  at  least  two-thirds  of 
the  alfalfa  seed  that  is  sown  in  the  cornbelt  is 
sown  in  the  months  of  July,  August  and  Septem- 
ber, the  most  of  it  during  the  month  of  August. 
This  is  a good  time  to  sow  alfalfa.  The  only 
thing  to  remember  is  to  have  the  ground  in  first 
class  condition.  Most  of  the  failures  in  growing 
alfalfa  are  due  to  the  poor  preparation  of  the 
soil  before  the  seed  is  sown.  Remember  that 
alfalfa  does  not  catch  well  on  freshly  plowed 
ground.  It  should  be  plowed  and  then  worked 
from  two  to  four  weeks,  if  possible,  in  order  to 
get  the  ground  settled  and  in  good  condition.  If 
possible,  you  should  begin  getting  the  ground 
ready  now,  although  you  can,  of  course,  put  the 
alfalfa  in  following  a crop  of  wheat  or  oats,  if 
you  will  plow  the  ground  just  as  soon  as  the 
grain  is  off,  and  work  it  and  get  it  down  in  shape. 

Remember  that  we  have  the  very  finest  al- 
falfa seed  for  sale  and  will  be  glad  to  fix  you 
out.  Our  seed  is  all  sold  subject  to  your  own 
test  and  approval  and  subject  to  the  test  and 
approval  of  any  state  college  or  experiment  sta- 
tion. We  do  not  handle  imported  seed  nor  low 
grade  native  seed.  We  have  the  finest  quality 
of  native  American  seed,  I can  ship  you  seed 
from  Nebraska,  Kansas,  Dakota,  or  Montana 
which  ever  you  prefer.  We  will  tell  you  exactly 
where  the  seed  came  from  and  tell  you  the 
truth  about  it  We  will  guarantee  our  seed  free 
from  dangerous  weeds  or  adulterations  of  any 
kind.  The  market  on  alfalfa  seed  is  advancing. 
These  prices  are  good  until  July  1st.  Send  along 
your  order.  See  page  16. 

Alfalfa  Following  Oats 

I suppose  three  hundred  different  people 
have  written  me  in  the  last  month  or  six  weeks 
asking  about  putting  in  alfalfa  on  oats  ground 
after  the  oats  have  been  cut. 

Now,  it  is  just  possible  you  can  make  it 
work.  I have  known  it  to  be  a success  and  I 
have  known  it  about  as  many  times  to  be  a flat 
failure.  It  depends  some  on  the  soil  and  more 
on  the  season.  The  trouble  is  the  oats  pull  the 
moisture  out  of  the  ground  pretty  fast  and  the 
chances  are  that  after  the  oats  are  cut,  the 
ground  v/ill  be  so  dry  and  hard  that  it  will  be  a 
mighty  hard  proposition  to  get  it  worked  up  in- 
to nice  shape  for  sowing  alfalfa.  You  must  re- 
member that  alfalfa  absolutely  must  have  the 
ground  in  good  condition. 

If  you  really  feel  that  you  must  put  alfalfa 
in  following  oats,  I would  suggest  that  you  fol- 
low the  binder  with  a disc  and  chop  the  ground 
up  thoroughly  by  running  both  ways.  Then 
plow  immediately  if  the  ground  is  in  condition 
so  it  can  be  plowed,  and  disc  and  harrow  it 
several  times  again.  Then  for  about  a month 
disc  and  harrow  at  intervals  to  keep  ground 
loose,  weeds  killed,  and  moisture  from  escaping. 

This  would  throw  you  to  the  middle  of 
August,  which  is  a good  time  to  sow  alfalfa.  If 
the  weather  has  been  good  and  you  have  done 
thorough,  ca-reful  work,  the  chances  are  good  for 
a good  stand  of  alfalfa  but  I really  believe  it 
would  be  better  to  put  the  alfalfa  on  ground 
which  has  not  grown  a crop  this  year  at  all. 


The  best  remedy  I have 
ever  found  for  the  striped 
bugs  on  cucumbers,  water- 
melons, muskmelons,  squash 
and  other  vines  is  tobacco 
dust.  This  is  simply  a 
strong  grade  of  refuse 
ground  up  into  a very  fine 
powder  like  snuff.  It  is  finer 
than  flour  and  very  strong.  I don’t  know  wheth- 
er it  kills  the  bugs  or  simply  drives  them  away, 
ut  it  surely  does  the  business  somehow.  Also 
spoonful  of  it  piled  around  the  stem  of  each 
lant  will  prevent  borers,  which  kill  the  plants 
ter  in  the  season.  Price,  20c  per  lb.,  postpaid; 
y freight  or  express,  10c  per  lb.,  $1.00  for  12 
bs.  Special  price  on  large  lots. 

What  About  Cabbage  Worms 


I have  tried  everything  from  Moral  Suasion 
to  Paris  Green  and  from  Ice  Water  to  Red 
Pepper.  Sometimes  it  seemed  to  do  some  good 
and  sometimes  it  didn’t.  Sometimes  when  the 
worms  got  real  bad  I would  begin  doctoring 
and  in  a few  days  they  would  disappear  and  I 
would  think  I had  hit  on  a sure  cure  and  then 
would  discover  that  on  the  part  of  the  patch  I 
had  not  doctored  the  worms  had  disap;» eared 
just  the  same.  Tobacco  dust  is  good.  It  is  not 
dangerous  like  Paris  Green  and  seems  to  drive 
the  worms  away.  Dry  road  dust  is  good,  so  is 
strong  brine.  One  customer  writes  that  he 
makes  a weak  lye  water,  2 teaspoonsfuU  to  s 
bucket  of  water.  Poultry  will  eat  the  worms. 

A Cure  for  Cabbage  Worms 

We  have  had  several  good  remedies  sug- 
gested for  cabbage  worms.  Here  is  one  that 
has  been  suggested  in  a slightly  different  form 
by  several  different  people : 

“My  way  for  getting  rid  of  cabbage  worms  Is 
dry  air  slacked  lime  just  dusting  each  head 
lightly.  I never  have  to  go  over  them  more  that 
the  second  time.  It  is  the  surest  thing  I harr« 
ever  tried  and  that  is  all  I have  used  for  th® 
last  five  years,”  . 

— Mrs.  E.  M.  Wheeler,  Wesigate,  IrywnL 

The  Striped  Melon  Bugs 

About  the  worst  pest  we  have  on  Musk- 
melons, Cucumbers  and  Squashes  is  the  lifti® 
striped  melon  bug.  I suppose  you  have  had  a 
tussle  with  him  already.  Maybe  you  saved 
your  vines  and  maybe  he  got  them.  It  is  about 
an  even  chance.  We  have  had  hundreds  of 
letters  lately  asking  for  advice  about  it. 

My  advice  would  be  to  use  Tobacco  Dtxst^ 
lots  of  it.  It  is  cheap,  will  not  injure  the  vlneg 
in  any  way  and  pretty  nearly  always  it  will  drive 
the  bugs  away.  It  don’t  seem  to  kill  them,  but 
anyway,  they  leave.  The  best  way  to  do  is  to 
dust  it  on  when  there  is  dew  on  the  leaves,  so 
it  will  stick.  If  there  comes  a rain  and  washes 
the  tobacco  dust  off,  put  on  some  more. 

You  can  buy  Tobacco  Dust  from  almost  any 
seed  house.  We  can  furnish  it  to  you  at  from 
8c  to  20c  per  lb.,  according  to  quantity. 

Price,  20c  per  lb.  postpaid;  by  freight  or 
express,  10c  per  lb.,  $1.00  for  12  lbs.  Special 
price  on  large  lots. 


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FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


June  the  Month  For  Cultivation 


While  it  is  true  that  June  is  known  as  the 
month  of  roses,  and  the  month  of  June  brides  and 
•weet  girl  graduates.  I have  always  thought  of  it 
more  as  the  month  of  weeds.  There  is  no  month 
In  the  year  when  weeds  grow  like  they  do  in 
June ; and  no  month  when  it  is  so  easy  or  so  im- 
portant to  kill  them. 

Practically  all  my  life  I have  fought  weeds. 
My  wife  says  that  I can’t  walk  through  the  flow- 
er garden  without  having  a knife  in  my  hand  and 
whacking  at  the  weeds  wherever  I see  one  peep- 
ing out  from  under  the  plants.  I suppose  it  has 
got  to  be  a habit  with  me.  An  old  aunt  of  mine, 
who  was  visiting  me,  noticed  me  dodging  down 
after  a weed  and  remarked  that  it  reminded  her 
so  much  of  Sol  (my  father).  She  said  he  was  al- 
ways doing  just  that  very  same  way. 

Well,  anyway,  I believe  it  is  a pretty  good  hab- 
it, for  unless  we  are  everlastingly  fighting  weeds, 
they  will  surely  get  the  better  of  us,  and  it  seems 
like  they  grow  twice  as  fast  in  June  as  they  do 
any  other  time.  If  you  once  let  them  get  the 
st^  on  you,  it  will  be  uphill  business  getting 
them  corralled. 

The  experts  tell  us  that  it  is  very  important 
for  crops  of  all  kinds  to  keep  the  ground  con- 
stantly stirred,  and  that  weeds  are  really  a bless- 
ing in  disguise,  that  if  it  wasn’t  for  the  weeds  we 
would  not  stir  the  ground  half  enough;  that  in 
chasing  around  after  the  weeds  and  digging  them 
out  we  are  compelled  to  stir  the  ground  con- 
stantly and  that  results  in  more  good  for  the 
crops. 

And,  I suppose  they  are  about  right.  When 
you  figure  it  out,  there  is  generally  a reason  and 
an  excuse  for  almost  everything  that  happens  in 
the  world,  even  weeds,  so  we  will  agree  to  call 
weeds  a blessing  in  disguise,  but  just  the  same  I 
hate  weeds  and  always  will,  and  you  may  rest 
assured  I will  keep  on  chasing  them  as  long 
as  I am  able  to  go,  and  I guess  you  will  agree 
with  me  on  that. 

My  father  always  used  to  say  that  the  time  to 
kill  a weed  was  before  it  came  up.  He  was  a 
great  believer  in  a rake  as  a principal  garden 
tool.  He  would  always  keep  the  ground  stirred 
every  two  or  three  days  with  his  rake  so  the 
weeds  never  had  a chance  to  even  sprout,  and 
his  garden  always  looked  mighty  clean  and  nice, 
too. 

Of  course,  you  don’t  need  to  have  me  tell 
you  anything  about  cultivating  or  tending  garden. 
You  know  it  already  from  your  own  experience, 
but  it  won’t  do  a bit  of  hurt  to  remind  you  of  it 
occasionally,  so  my  advice  for  the  celebration  of 
the  beautiful  month  of  June  would  be  to  keep 
everlastingly  at  it  with  the  hoe  and  the  rake 
and  the  wheel  hoe  and  the  cultivators  and  keep 
the  top  two  inches  of  the  ground  rolling  around 
until  the  weeds  do  not  have  a chance  to  grow, 
and  if  one  does  get  a start  and  show  its  head, 
chase  it  like  a mad  dog.  If  you  once  get  through 
June  with  the  garden  and  the  corn,  the  rest  of 
the  season  will  be  easy  and  in  July  you  can  go 
fishing  or  camping. 

Right  now  as  I write  I can  see  two  or  three 
weeds  out  in  my  garden,  and  I have  to  gcaout 
and  see  to  them.  H.  F. 

P.  S.  Don’t  forget  that  a wheel  hoe  is  the 
nicest  thing  in  the  world  to  kill  weeds  with. 


Seeds  to  Plant  Now 

Your  seed  planting  should  not  end  with  the 
early  spring  months.  If  it  does,  you  are  going 
to  miss  a lot  of  good  things.  There  is  quite  a 
list  of  vegetables  of  which  successive  plantings 
should  be  made  every  ten  days  or  two  weeks  if 
you  want  lots  of  them  and  want  them  at  their 
best. 

Take  beans  for  instance.  The  first  planting 
of  green  or  wax  podded  beans  should  be  made 
in  this  latitude  about  May  1st  and  the  last  about 
July  15th.  If  you  want  string  beans  at  their  best 
and  lots  of  them,  you  should  plant  about  every 
two  weeks,  commencing  and  ending  with  the 
above  dates.  Right  now  is  a good  time  to  plant 
the  beans  from  which  you  expect  to  get  those 
you  entend  to  can.  You  can  then  do  your  can- 
ning in  the  fall  when  the  weather  is  not  so  hot 
and  you  will  not  have  to  carry  them  so  long  a 
time  before  you  use  them.  Some  say,  too,  that 
they  will  keep  better  when  canned  after  the  hot 
summer  weather  is  past. 

Then,  there  are  beets.  My  wife  always  in- 
sists that  I make  a planting  of  beets  for  can- 
ning during  the  latter  part  of  June  or  first  of 
July,  and  “woe  is  me!’’  if  I happen  to  forget.  It 
is  “woe”  in  more  ways  than  one,  for  if  I do  for- 
get, I am  forced  to  go  without  beet  pickles  and 
I would  about  as  soon  go  without  canned 
peaches. 

You  make  the  first  planting  of  table  beets 
early  in  the  spring  as  soon  as  you  can  work  the 
soil  and  the  last  about  July  1st.  Plantings 
should  be  made  about  once  a month  during 
that  time,  if  you  would  always  have  them  good 
and  tender.  For  late  planting  for  canning  pur- 
poses, Eclipse,  Blood  Turnip  or  Crosby’s  Egyp- 
tian are  as  good  as  any. 

Sweet  corn  is  something  that  we  deprive 
ourselves  of  as  much  or  more  than  anything 
else  from  neglect  to  make  successive  plantings. 
Take  three  varieties,  an  early,  an  intermediate 
and  a late,  and  plant  them  all  May  1st.  In  three 
weeks  make  another  planting,  using  the  inter- 
mediate and  the  late  varieties.  Then,  in  two 
weeks  make  another  planting  of  these  two.  One 
more  planting  can  be  made  of  the  late  one,  say 
in  two  weeks.  Then  you  will  have  to  drop  it 
for  it  would  not  have  time  to  mature.  You  can 
plant  a medium  early  as  late  as  July  1st  and 
White  Mexican  with  reasonable  safety  as  late 
as  July  10th  or  15th, 

Sweet  com  is  not  good  after  it  begins  to 
harden.  By  planting  something  after  the  plan 
suggested  above  you  can  have  good  corn  every 
day  and  the  last  mess  will  taste  like  the  first 
one  did.  From  now  on  for  the  balance  of  this 
season  better  plant  early  and  intermediate  sorts. 

Lettuce  can  be  planted  as  late  as  August 
1st,  especially  if  you  have  good  soil  and  can 
crowd  it  along.  Plantings  of  lettuce  should  be 
made  every  three  or  four  weeks.  Just  now  you 
should  plant  such  varieties  as  Hanson  and  Ice- 
berg, as  they  stand  the  hot,  dry  weather. 

Peas  can  safely  be  planted  as  late  as  July 
1st,  but  owing  to  the  hot,  dry  weather  it  is  pretty 
hard  to  get  as  good  a yield  or  as  fine  a quality 
s you  can  from  early  plantings.  If  you  want  to 
plant  now,  select  such  varieties  as  Dwarf  Cham- 
pion, Premium  Gem  and  Nott’s  Excelsior.  They 
are  more  likely  to  be  able  to  pull  through  the 
hot,  dry  weather. 


FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


13 


Radishes  should  be  planted  oftener  than 
any  other  vegetable  I know  of,  if  you  want  good 
ones.  Plant  as  often  as  once  a week  or  ten  days 
and  not  longer  apart  than  two  weeks.  The  time 
between  the  planting  depends  on  the  weather 
and  the  varieties  you  are  planting. 

About  July  1st  or  any  time  in  July  or  August 
sow  the  winter  radishes,  Chinese  Rose  Winter, 
Chinese  White  Winter  and  such  varieties.  Put 
them  away  in  the  cave  in  the  fall  just  like  you 
do  your  beets  and  turnips.  Walt  Pitzer. 

Sudan  Grass  for  Milk  Cows 

“Small  acreage  devoted  to  grazing  last  year 
gave  most  promising  results.  Yields  of  forage 
high  in  protein  resulted  and  no  cases  of  bloat 
such  as  happens  from  alfalfa;  or  poisoning, 
such  as  comes  with  cane  and  kaffir,  have  been 
reported.  As  it  belongs  to  the  cane  family,  it 
may  be  that  under  exceptional  conditions,  such 
as  the  dry  weather  of  1913,  it  may  prove  imsafe, 
but  reports  from  the  Dodge  City  Experiment 
Station,  where  it  was  under  observation  and  use 
during  1913,  do  not  mention  any  trouble  in  graz- 
ing Sudan  grass  the  past  three  years. 

“Supt.  W.  M,  Kirkpatrick,  says  concerning 
this  new  forage;  ‘As  shown  by  experiments  here, 
it  is  perfectly  safe  to  pasture  Sudan  grass.  The 
experiments  conducted  by  Mr.  Turner  the  last 
three  years  have  not  shown  any  harm  to  stock 
. turned  on  it  at  different  times  of  the  year.’ 

“The  value  of  the  grass  for  pasture  is  shown 
by  the  fact  that  six  milk  cows  turned  on  the 
. grass  September  14th  and  taken  off  September 
22nd,  made  an  average  gain  of  48  pounds  of 
milk  per  head  during  the  eight  days,” — W,  E, 
Blackburn,  in  Farmer  8c  Stockman, 

Promptness  in  Filling  Orders 

Gentlemen:  The  seeds  I ordered  came  O.  K.  J 

und  you  are  more  prompt  than  any  seed  company  I 
• have  ever  ordered  from,  sometimes  / wait  a month  be- 
fore 1 get  my  order  filled.  I will  report  results  of 
seeds  this  fall.  Yours  truly,” 

— Mrs.  M.  C.  Bratton,  Brownwood,  Mo. 

Sudan  Grass  Cut  Four  Times 

*‘My  Sudan  grass  was  more  than  you  claimed  for 
it  last  year.  I cut  it  four  times  and  then  pastured  it. 
Am  well  pleased  and  recommend  it.  Respectfully,” 

H.  S.  Griffis,  Glenwood,  Iowa. 


^‘Gentlemen:  Referring  to  your  letter  of  April  22, 

will  say  that  we  have  used  Sudan  grass  since  its  in- 
troduction here  in  this  state  for  pasture  for  cattle, 
horses  and  hogs  and  have’  not  recorded  a case  of 
prussic  acid  poisoning;  however,  since  Sudan  grass  is 
a member  of  the  sorghum  family,  we  have  no  reason 
to  beileve  that  it  will  not  occur  in  rare  cases,  as  is 
the  case  with  sorghum,  but  the  chance  of  damage 
from  pasturing  Sudan  grass  is  very  remote,  and  if 
any  degree  of  precaution  is  used  by  the  party  utiliz- 
ing the  crop,  he  will  assume  very  little  risk. 

We  have  found  Sudan  grass  in  this  state  one  of  our 
most  valuable  pasture  crops  and  we  are  using  it  ex- 
tensively. It  is  a common  practice  to  begin  pasturing 
the  crop  when  the  plants  are  eight  or  ten  inches  high 
and  continue  to  pasture  throughout  the  season.  When 
pastured  in  this  manner  the  Sudan  grass  will  put  out 
new  plants  at  a great  rate  and  afford  an  unusual 
amount  of  grazing. 

It  is  pretty  generally  thought  that  sorghum  only 
produces  prussic  acid  poisoning  under  extremely 
irouthy  conditions  and  even  then  only  in  isolated 
plants.  We  have  just  passed  through  two  exceeding- 
ly severe  drouthy  years  here  in  Texas,  and  we  have 
ased  Sudan  grass  for  pasture  all  this  time,  without 
any  ill  effects  reported,  so  that  I believe  that  any 
undue  fear  of  this  crop  is  without  foundation. 

Very  truly  yours,” 

T Stmtion,  Texas. 


Everbearing  Strawberries  Do  Fine 


“/  have  been  wanting  to  write  you  about  the 
Everbearing  strawberry  plants  I got  of  you  a year  age, 
I set  out  29  plants  in  three  rows  and  almost  all  lived 
and  made  fine  plants  and  multiplied  wonderfully.  I 
got  a few  berries  off  from  them  most  all  summer,  net 
all  nice  berries  and  not  many,  but  in  the  fall  they 
bloomed  and  bore  abundantly.  In  October  and  Nov- 
ember I picked  1 1 pints  off  them,  several  times  1 ^ pt, 
at  a time  and  the  berries  were  fine.  There  was  bloom 
and  green  berries  on  the  vines  when  they  froze.  We 
had  a mild  winter  and  the  patch  was  a mass  of  fins 
plants  this  spring.  I prepared  more  ground  and  set 
out  over  80  more  plants  and  gave  away  25  plants. 
The  plants  are  strong  and  vigorous,  a large  7 rove 
bed  growing  and  budding  and  I have  seen  some  bloom, 
sure  think  they  are  great.” 

— Mrs.  Hattie  Merritt,  Mason  City,  III. 

Sudan  Grass  Saved  His  Stock 


am  going  to  put  in  10  acres  of  Sudan  this 
year.  It  is  great  stuff  and  the  48  pounds  I got  from 
you  last  year  saved  my  stock  last  winter,  as  I could 
buy  no  hay  here.  Yours  Respectfully,” 

—Chas.  Lete,  Ansley,  Nebr. 

Prize  Corn  From  Field 


“Dear  Friend:  I am  sending  you  an  order,  which 

I would  like  to  go  as  soon  as  possible,  for  I want  ths 
corn  to  plant  for  show  corn.  I planted  your  corn  and 
took  it  to  the  fair  for  two  years  and  got  first  pro-: 
mium  each  time. 

^ A good  many  people  whom  I was  talking  to  said, 
*It  is  a nice  display  of  corn  and  where  did  you  get  tho 
seed?*  Then  I told  them,  ‘From  Mr.  Henry  Field,* 
Yours  Respectfully,” 

— Simon  Cerny,  Sr.,  Anna,  IlL 

7 Gal.  Molasses  From  20c  Seed 


“I  bought  IS  or  20c  worth  of  Wisconsin  Amber 
cane  seed  from  you  and  planted  four  rows  across  tho 
back  end  of  the  lot  and  hope  you  will  believe  me  when 
tell  you  that  we  had  7 gallons  of  the  very  finest  sor- 
ghum made  from  those  four  rows,  besides  one-half 
bushel  of  seed.  The  Redhead  tomatoes  were  great 
and  canned  and  canned  and  ate  them  every  way  all 
from  one  packet  of  seed  and  beans  etc.  were  all  A, 
o.  1.  With  best  wishes  for  a good  season.” 

— Mrs.  A.  C.  Holscher,  Granger,  Minn,. 

Seed  Came  Up  Thick 


“Dear  Sir:  I received  my  Tobacco  seed  I sent 

to  you  for  and  I believe  I never  saw  seed  come  up 
thicker  than  it  did.  I an  sending  you  my  order  for 
seed  tho  it  is  rather  small.  Yours  truly,” 

— Dora  Brandt,  Grand  Island,  Nebr, 

3 Oz.  Onion  Seed  Made  $42.00 


“I  saw  by  your  Fields  Seed  Sense  that  a party 
had  raised  10  bushels  of  onions  from  ^ pound  m 
seed,  and  I was  telling  several  around  here  of  it  and 
they  all  wanted  me  to  write  and  tell  you  what  I did 
last  year. 

If  you  keep  a record  of  your  old  orders  you  will 
find  in  our  order  to  you  for  1918  was  one  ounce  ef 
Prizetaker  onions  and  1 ounce  of  Red  Globe  and 
one  ounce  of  Red  Wetherfield,  making  3 ounces  in 
all.  I raised  21  bushels  by  weight  and  sold  them  in 
he  fall  for  $2.00  per  bushel.  I had  onions  4^  inches 
in  diameter.  I have  planted  three  ounces  this  year 
and  am  going  to  try  to  get  25  bushels  from  them. 

Yours  truly,” — Jos.  Negley,  Stronghurst,  IlL 

Cabbage,  Popcorn  and  Gladiolas 


“Dear  Sir:  Last  season  I ordered  a few  seeds 

from  you  and  was  much  pleased  with  them.  At  ths 
Hamburg  fair  last  fall  I received  first  premium  m 
‘Red  Rock*  cabbage  and  second  premium  on  ‘Golden 
Queen*  popcorn  grown  from  your  seed.  I got  the  9& 
collection  of  Gladiolas  and  they  were  certainly  fine. 
This  season  I am  sending  an  order  for  seeds. 

Yours  truly,** 

— Mrs.  Will  Crabtree,  Hamburg,  Iowa, 


14 


FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


Show  Your  Colors 

Prepare  for  Those  Homecoming  Events 


With  the  coming  of  spring  everything  is 
fresh  and  bright.  How’s  your  flag?  You  certain- 
ly don’t  want  an  old  faded,  tattered  flag  floating 
when  those  boys  come  home  from  “over  there.’’ 


U.  S.  Flags 

Cotton  Bunting 

Cotton  material,  fast  colors,  sewed  stripes 
and  printed  stars,  well-made  in  every  respect, 
with  eyelets  in  corners  for  attaching  ropes.  Not 
mounted  on  ropes  or  poles. 

Size  3x5  ft.  as  described  above  $1.50  Postpaid 

»»  4x6  ” ” ” ” 2.25 

” 5x8  ” ” ” ” 3.00  ” 

Sampson  Bunting 

Fast  colors,  sewed  stars  and  sewed  stripes, 
wm  outwear  wool  and  will  not  be  bothered  by 
moths.  Heavily  headed  with  canvas  and  has 
brass  grommets  in  corners  for  attaching  to  a 
rope  or  pole. 

Size  3x5  ft.  as  described  above  $3.00  Postpaid 


4x6 

99  99 

99 

” 4.00 

99 

4x7 

99  99 

” 4.20 

99 

»» 

5x8 

99  99 

99 

5.50 

99 

vr 

6x9 

99  99 

^9 

6.25 

99 

99 

6x10 

99  99 

99 

” 6.80 

99 

(Larger  sizes  quoted  on  request) 


Standard  Wool  Bunting 

Double  warp.  Stars  sewed  on  with  durable 
zig  zag  stitch.  Sewed  stripes.  Fast  colors. 
Very  best  wool  flags  on  the  market. 

Size  3x5  ft.  as  described  above  $5.50  Postpaid 

5,  g^g  M » » M 10  00 

4x6  ” ” ” ’’  7.00 

6x10  ” ” ” 14.00 

(Larger  sizes  quoted  on  request) 

Foreign  Flags 

Cotton  Bunting 

Fast  colors,  not  mounted  on  staffs  but  made 
with  heavy  canvas  headings  and  brass  grom- 
mets so  they  can  be  attached  conveniently  to 


rope  or  staff. 

3x5  ft.  American $1.50  each 

3x5  Italian 3.00  ” 

3x5  French 2.70 

3x5  ” English 4.00  ” 

3x5  ” Belgium 2.70  ” 

4x6  American 2.25  ” 

4x6  **  Italian 3.25  ” 

4x6  ” French 2.90  ” 

4x6  ” English 5.00  ” 

4x6  ” Belgium 2.90 


Now’s  the  time  to  buy  and  you  should  see  that 
every  home,  school  and  business  house  has  a flag 
floating. 


Sampson  Bunting 

Better  than  wool  but  cheaper  in  price.  Wear* 
longer  and  is  not  affected  by  moths.  Colors  are 
guaranteed  fast.  These  flags  are  sewed  through- 
out, not  mounted  on  staffs  but  made  with  heavy 
headings  of  canvas  and  brass  grommets.  Tex- 
ture of  material  about  the  same  as  wool.  Beauti- 


ful colors. 

3x5  ft.  U.  S.  Flag $2.50  each 

3x5  ” French  Flag  — 2.90  ” 

3x5  Belgium  Flag 2.90 

3x5  ” English  Flag 6.50 

3x5  ” Italian  Flag 5.00  ** 


Mixed  Silk  and  Cotton  Allied  Flags 

Mounted  on  staffs  with  spear  head  tops. 
Material  is  of  part  cotton  and  part  silk,  fine  for 
small  decorative  purposes.  Size  12x18  inches 
only.  French,  British  and  U,  S.  flags  only. 
Either  nation,  35c  each.  Set  of  three  $1.00 

Allied  Flag  Sets 

Silk  material,  mounted  on  staffs  with  spear 
head  tops.  Size  of  flags  5x7  inches.  Set  con- 
sists of  France,  U.  S.,  British,  Italian  and  Belgium 
Flags.  Can  supply  sets  with  plain  edges  or  with 
gold  fringed  edges.  Fine  for  decorative  pur- 
poses or  for  use  on  automobiles — each  set  is  com- 
plete with  a holder  for  attaching  to  radiator  caps. 

Set  of  five  5x7  inch  plain  edge  allied  flags 
with  holder $1.50  postpaid 

Set  of  five  5x7  inch  fringed  edge  allied  flags 
with  holder $2.00  postpaid 

Set  of  three  (U.  S.,  British  and  France)  plain 
flags  with  holder $1.00  postpaid 

Single  5x7  inch  flags  of  any  allied  nation  in- 
cluding Japan  and  Canada  (plain  edge) 
each 25c 

Liberty  Flag  Outfit 

Show  your  colors  on  your  car  by  attaching 
one  of  these  outfits  to  your  radiator  cap.  The 
outfit  consists  of  a U.  S.,  French,  British,  Belgium 
and  Italian  Flag,  each  one  4x6  inches  in  size, 
made  of  special  quality  silk  material,  mounted 
on  a steel  staff.  Each  outfit  complete  with  a 
heavy  nickel  finished  holder  already  for  use. 
Any  automobile  owner  would  be  proud  of  such 
an  outfit.  Price  complete  and  postpaid  $1.50. 


ORDER  SHEET  

To  HENRY  FIELD  SEED  CO.,  Shenandoah,  Iowa 


Name 

PostofiBce  State. 


County Rt.  No Box Street  and  No 

R,  R.  Station County State. 

(Naune  of  town  if  different  from  postoffice.) 


What  Railroad? What  Express  Co? 

(Into  Your  Town?)  (Into  Your  Town?) 

Mark  in  Square  Which  Way  You  Want  Order  Sent 


Mail  orl 1 I 1 PH  Whatever,  I 

Parcel  Post! 1 Express!  I Freight! I Way  Best! I 

In  case  Price  is  Wrong  or  Price  Has  Changed:— 

Shall  we  fill  exact  amount  ordered  and  adjust  price  later? Or  shall  we 

fill  exactly  the  amount  of  money  sent? If  out  of  variety  ordered  do  we  have 

your  permission  to  substitute  equal  -or  better  in  the  nearest  we  ceui  supply  ? 

Please  Answer  Above  Information  Each  Time  You  Write 


$ cts. 


Total  Am't  of 
Order  Paid  in 
P.  O.  Money 
Order 

Express  Money 
Order 


Check 

We  like  checks 
Draft  


Currency  

Silver  

Paid  in  Stamps 
Total  Am’t  Paid 


Please  Don’t  Write  in  This 
Space 


Your  Money’s  Worth  of  Your  Money  Racfe— It  is  mutually  agreed  and  understood 
that  any  seeds  or  other  goods  ordered  of  us  may  be  rturned  at  any  time  within 
ten  days  after  receipt,  if  not  satisfactory,  and  money  paid  for  them  will  be  re- 
funded, but  we  do  not  and  can  not  in  any  way  warrant  the  stand  or  the  crop  as 
they  depend  on  so  many  conditions  beyond  our  control.  Henry  Field  Seed  Co. 


Amount 

Articles  Wanted 

$ Cts. 

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FIELD’S  SEED  SENSE  FOR  JUNE 


15^ 


And  Still  They  Come 


I am  certamly  surprised  at  the  letters  and 
orders  we  have  been  getting  and  are  still  getting 
from  customers  all  over  the  country  who  want  to 
buy  phonographs  and  records  from  us.  I guess 
they  know  that  when  Uncle  Henry  offers  any- 
thing it  is  good  and  they  can  depend  upon  it. 

The  more  I compare  the  SHENANDOAH 
Phonograph  (that’s  the  name  of  our  instruments), 
with  other  machines  the  more  I feel  that  we  have 
an  instrument  to  be  proud  of.  The  music  that 
instrument  of  ours  can  turn  out  is  simply  great. 
The  all  wood  sound  chamber  and  throat  (violin 
construction)  does  away  with  the  metallic  soimd 
altogether.  The  tone  arm  being  of  Universal 
type  permits  the  playing  of  any  kind  of  disc  rec- 
ords and  instantly  converts  the  instrument  from 
a Victor  or  Columbia  type  to  a Pathe  or  Edison 
type.  The  sound  box  and  diaphram  we  use  is  of  ^ 
the  very  finest  and  so  sensative  that  it  brings  out  i 
the  faintest  shades  of  the  violin  as  well  as  the  I 
full  tones  of  an  orchestra  or  bard.  Yes,  and  the 
motor  is  the  best  make  money  can  buy,  fully  j 
guaranteed  and  absolutely  noiseless.  The  cab-  j 


inet  construction  is  such  that  you  simply  must 
see  the  actual  article  to  appreciate  the  beauty. 
We  furnish  any  model  in  either  mahogany,  fmn- 
ed  oak  or  golden  oak. 


I have  shown  above  three  of  the  six  models 
we  have  to  offer.  That’s  just  a teaser,  let  me 
send  you  our  phonograph  catalog  which  shows 
them  all  and  tells  you  all  about  them.  We  sell 
them  for  cash  or  we  sell  them  on  payments  so 
easy  that  you  will  never  miss  the  money  and  we 
give  you  six  double  disc  records  (your  choice) 
with  every  instrument  regardless  of  whether  you 
pay  cash  or  not.  You  can  Lave  any  model  on  10 
days  trial  without  obligation  to  you,  for  we  want 
you  to  see  exactly  the  quality  and  tone. 


We  have  records  also,  a tremendous  stock  of 
Columbia  records  and  every  one  knows  what  the 
famous  Columbia  records  are  like  so  it  is  need- 
less to  describe  them.  They  can  be  played  on 
any  machine  that  uses  disc  records.  Let  us  send 
you  our  list  so  you  can  take  advantage  of  cur  big 
line  of  selections. 


Choice  Record  Selections 


Here’s  a few  of  our  choice  record  selections.  You  should  have  all  of  them  in  your  cabinet.  All  are 
double  disc  records  and  are  sent  by  parcel  post  postpaid.  Send  for  complete  Columbia  Record  list. 

A2701  I I’m  Forever  Blowing  Bubbles.  Tenor  duet.  Campbell  and  Burr. 

10  inch  85c  | Beautiful  Ohio.  Tenor  solo  by  Henry  Burr. 

A2695  1 Royal  Flying  Corps.  (March).  Accordion  solo,  Gudio  Derio. 

10  inch  85c  | Marines  March.  Accordion  solo,  Gudio  Derio. 


'I*' 

'■-ir. 


A6097  I Finlandia  Overture.  Columbia  Symphony  Orchestra. 

10  inch  85c  1 En  Bateau,  from  “Petite  Suite.”  Columbia  Symphony  Orchestra. 

A2699  I Salvation  Lassie  of  Mine.  Tenor  solo,  Charles  Harrison. 

10  inch  85c  | When  You  Look  in  the  Heart  of  a Rose.  Tenor  solo. 


A2707 
1 0 inch  85c 


I Ja  Da ! Jazz  fox-trot.  Sweatman’s  Jazz  Band. 

I Rainy  Day  Blues.  Fox-trot.  Sweatman’s  Jazz  Band. 


A6035  I Medley  of  Old  Waltz  Songs.  Part  1.  Prince’s  Band. 

12  in.  $1.25  I Medley  of  Old  Waltz  Songs.  Part  2.  Prince’s  Band. 


U.  S.  Food  Administration  License  No.  G42222 

Wholesale  Net  Prices  June  1,  1919 

Good  to  June  30,  1919  (Subject  to  stock  being  unsold) 

On  Clover,  Alfalfa  and  Other  Grass  and  Field  Seeds  Which  Fluctuate  in  Price 

Address  all  orders  to  HENRY  FIELD  SEED  CO.,  Shenandoah,  Iowa 
We  Want  Early  Orders — So  we  have  made  these  prices  very  low  consider- 
ing  present  conditions  and  market.  We  have  based  them  on  what  the  stuff  cost 
Promf  what  it  would  cost  us  to  replace  it.  We  have  got  the  seed  in  the 

house,  bought  right,  and  up  to  June  30,  if  it  lasts  that  long,  we  will  sell  at 
these  prices.  When  it  is  gone  and  we  have  to  buy  more  at  higher  prices,  you  will  have  to  pay 
more,  providing  you  can  get  the  seed  at  all.  Better  buy  now  while  the  buying  is  good. 

Write  for  special  quotations  after  June  30,  or  send  your  order  and  I will  fill  at  lowest  possible  price. 


Time  Limit,  Note  that  these  prices  are  good  only 
till  June  30,  1919,  and  if  you  do  not  buy  in  that 
time  you  should  write  for  our  new  prices.  We  re- 
serve the  right  to  cancel  these  prices  when  stock  on 
hand  is  sold. 

These  prices  are  /.  o.  b.  Shenandoah,  customer  to 
pay  the  freight.  If  you  want  delivered  prices  we  will 
make  a special  estimate  for  you  on  request. 

No  extra  charge  for  sacks,  except  for  wheat  and 
rye.  All  other  seeds  are  sold  “sacks  weighed  in.” 
Remember  this  when  comparing  prices. 

Prices  are  strictly  net,  spot  cash,  and  no  discount. 

Safe  arrival  guaranteed.  We  guarantee  that  all 
seeds  will  reach  you  in  good  order. 

Sold  on  Approval.  These  seeds  are  priced  and 
sold  with  the  understemding  that  if  not  found  perfectly 


satisfactory  they  may  be  returned  at  our  expense 
and  your  money  will  be  refunded.  You  can  be  the 
judge  of  quality. 

Reference.  First  National  Bank  of  Shenandoah,  lau 
Free  Samples.  We  will  gladly  send  free  samples 
of  any  kind  of  seed  quoted  here. 

Subject  to  Sale.  All  prices  are  subject  to  stock 
being  unsold  on  receipt  of  order. 

YOUR  MONEY'S  WORTH  OR  YOUR  MONEY  BACK 
It  is  mutually  agreed  and  understood  that  any 
seeds  or  other  goods  ordered  of  us  may  be  returned 
at  any  time  within  ten  days  after  receipt  if  not  satis- 
factory and  money  paid  for  them  will  be  refunded, 
but  we  do  not  and  cannot,  in  any  way,  warrant  the 
crop,  as  it  is  dependent  on  so  many  conditions  be- 
yond our  control.  HENRY  FIELD  SEED  CO. 


(Every  item  is  extra  fancy  grade  unless  specified  otherwise) 

Per  Equals 

Clover  Seed  (60  lbs.  per  hu.)  100  lbs  perbu. 

Alsike Ask  for  prices 

Medium  or  Common  Red ” ” ” 

Mammoth  Red  ” ” ” 

White  or  Dutch 60.00  36.00 

Sweet  Clover  (all  hulled  and  scarified) 

White  Biennial  30.00  18.00 

Yellow  Biennial  28.00  16.80 

Ask  for  prices  on  unhulled,  unscarified  and  annual. 

Alfalfa  (all  dry  land  northern  grown,  hardy) 

Kansas-Nebraska,  poor  but  honest 10.00 

Kansas-Nebraska,  first  grade 16.00 

Dakota  Grown 16.80 

Montana  Grown  16.80 

Mixed  Hardy  (second  grade) 12.00 

Grimm Ask  for  prices 

Timothy  and  Timothy  Mixtures  (45  lbs.  per  bu.) 


Timothy,  best  home  grown 13.00  5.8S 

Timothy- Alsike  mixture  15.00  6.75 

Timothy-Red  Clover  mixture 17.00  7.65 

Blue  Grass  (all  14  lbs.  per  bu.) 

Kentucky  Blue  Grass 30.00 

Canadian  Blue  Grass 20.00 

English  Blue  Grass 28.00 

Other  Grasses 

Red  Top,  fancy  solid  seed 18.00 

” ” unhulled  or  rough  seed 

Orcheu-d  Grass out 

Bermuda  Grass 

Lawn  Grass  Mixture 

Permanent  Pasture  Mixture 15.00 

Permanent  Meadow  Mixture 15.00 

Lowland  Pasture  Mixture 15.00 

Woodland  Pasture  Mixture 15.00 

Cane  or  Sorghum  ( all  SO  lbs.  per  bu.) 

Syrup  Came,  Orange  (Short  Orange)  15.00 

” ” Wisconsin  Amber 

” ” Early  Rose 15.00 

Fodder  came,  Amber  type 4.50 

” ” Orange  type 6.00 

” Mixed 4.50 

Grain  Sorghums  (all  S6  lbs.  per  hu.) 

Kaffir  com,  white,  black  hull 6.00 

Milo  Maize  6.00 

Feterita 7.00 

Broom  com.  Evergreen 10.00 

” ” Oklahoma  Dwau-f 10.00 

Millet  ( SO  lbs.  per  hu.) 

Golden  7.00 

Common  or  fodder 6.00 

Siberiam  6.00 

HOG  PASTURE  MIXTURE 7.00 

Field  Corn 

See  special  price  list  or  ask  for  special  quotations. 


30.00 

4.20 

20.00 

2.80 

28.00 

18.00 

2.52 

10.00 

1.40 

. out 

50.00 

30.00 

15.00 

15.00 

15.00 

15.00 

hu.) 

15.00 

7.50 

15.00 

7.50 

15.00 

7.50 

4.50 

2.25 

6.00 

3.00 

4.50 

2.25 

6.00 

3.36 

6.00 

3.36 

7.00 

3.92 

10.00 

10.00 

7.00 

3.50 

6.00 

3.00 

6.00 

3.00 

7.00 

3.50 

SUDAN  GRASS 30.00 

DWARF  ESSEX  RAPE 15.00 

Vetch  (60  lbs.  per  hu.) 

Sand  or  winter 22.00 

Spring  12.00 

Field  Peas  (60  lbs.  per  bu.) 

Whipporwill  Cow  Peas out 

New  Era  Cow  Peas out 

Mixed  Cow  Peas out 

Cauiadian  or  Northern 7.50 

Soy  Beans  ( 60  lbs.  per  bu.) 

Medium  Yellow 9.00 

Extra  Early  Black out 

Shingto out 

Med.  Early  Brown out 

Morse out 

Small  Grain  (bags  extra  at  cost  on  wheat) 

Winter  Rye  

Spring  Wheat,  Marquis 

Spring  Speltz  or  Emmer 

Barley  

Oats,  Iowa  103 

Buckwheat  

Field  Beans  (prices  for  large  lots) 

White  Navy  

Great  Northern  (large  white  field) 


Per 

100  lbs. 

30.00 

15.00 

Equals 
per  bu 

22.00 

12.00 

13.20 

7.20 

. out 
. out 
. out 
7.50 

4.50 

9.00 
. out 
. out 
. out 
. out 

5.40 

Sweet  Corn  (SO  lbs.  per  bu.) 

Stov/ ell’s  Evergreen  


Broadcast  Seeders 


2.25 

out 

1.50 

1.75 

1.00 

3.00 

1 

15.00 

9.00 

15.00 

9.00 

12.00 

7.20 

12.00 

7.20 

15.00 

9.00 

20.00 

10.00 

10.00 

5.00 

. $1.75 

- 1.25 

We  Sell  Inoculating  Bacteria 

We  can  furnish  inoculating  bacteria  for  any  of 
the  legumes,  and  carry  it  always  on  hand  here  in  two 
leading  brands,  the  Standard  and  the  Nitragin.  It  is 
specially  made  up  for  each  of  the  leading  crops,  such 
as  Alfalfa,  Sweet  Clover,  Alsike,  Red  Clover,  Soy 
Beans,  Garden  and  Navy  Beans,  Cow  Peas,  Garden 
Peas,  etc.  Specify  what  seed  you  want  it  for. 

Full  directions  with  each  package 
Standard  Bacteria  (bottles)  Nitragin  (in  cems) 

Garden  size .45  Garden  size .30 

1 acre  size .75  Vz  acre  size .50 

P acre  size 1.40  1 acre  size 1.00 

4 acre  size 2.25  2 acre  size 1.80 

6 acre  size 3.00  5 acre  size 4.00 

’ ■ 10  acre  size 7.50 

(Add  5c  per  bottle  or  can  for  postage) 


These  are  wholesale  prices,  good  for  amounts  of  10  pounds  of  a kind,  or  over.  Add  2c  per  pound  for 
amounts  of  5 to  10  pounds.  Add  5c  per  pound  for  amounts  below  5 pounds.