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Finally, there is the United States and Canada which 

 followed and especialh- in recent years made great strides in that 

 direction. 



Up till some 20 or 25 years ago, there were but a few isolated 

 firms there, knowing the Natural Grasses and their use sufficiently 



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well, and importing them regularly every year. But it is from then 

 on, that the number of firms, to whom the knowledge of the Natural 

 Grasses and their use penetrated, gradually and rather progress- 

 i\ely widened, and that the use of them and along therewith, the 

 imports rapidly increased. And it may be truly said now, that 

 amongst the more practical and up-to-date seedsmen of the United 

 States and Canada, there is actually not one sufficienth" important 

 firm left, which is not fully aware of the importance of the Natural 

 Grasses, and of the necessity to have them added to the agricul- 

 tural department of the business with, what is nowadavs where 

 producer and consumer are being closely brought together, a 



