QUANTITY PRODUCTION 



ON SEEDLINGS AND THEIR CARE 



r 1 1HE word "evolution" chances to have nine 



letters. Suppose that these letters were 



penciled on nine blocks of wood that are 



otherwise identical, and these little blocks were 



put in a bag and mixed together. Suppose then 



that you were asked to put your hand in the bag 



and bring forth one block after another, placing 



them in sequence as you brought them from the 



bag. 



What probability is there, do you think, that 

 your blindfold selection of the blocks would 

 result in bringing them out in such sequence as to 

 spell the word "evolution"? 



A mathematician could doubtless figure out 

 the exact probabilities, but you need not be a 

 mathematician to realize that the chances are 

 almost infinitely against you. 



Now, am I not right in saying that the plant 

 developer who expects to find a considerable 

 number let us say nine of particular qualities 



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