THE SEED-GROWER. 



INTRODUCTORY. 



Suggestions to Beginners. The beginner who is 

 without previous experience is advised in growing 

 seed for commercial purposes to proceed slowly and 

 not attempt too much at the outset. It is better to feel 

 your way, with your first year's operations on a limited 

 scale, rather in the nature of an experiment to see what 

 can be done with profit and with success. 



Endeavor to make your first customers in nearby 

 towns and cities; strive, by growing only the highest 

 standard seeds, to create a reputation for the quality of 

 what you grow. This latter, naturally, is a matter that 

 must be left to the results of one or two season's trial 

 of your products by your customers. Once having 

 given satisfaction, the way should be clear thereafter; 

 one satisfied customer is usually the means of securing 

 others. 



Because your acquaintance with seedsmen in the 

 country at large is limited to the few (enterprising 

 though they be) who make a practice of advertising 

 extensively in magazines, do not imagine that these few 

 comprise the seed trade in its full strength and entirety. 

 The fact of the matter is, there are many hundreds 

 of other large firms dealing in seeds exclusively, located 

 in every town and city of importance in the Union, 

 who sell locally, in a quieter sort of way, large quanti- 



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