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with alfalfa is an alkaline soil, well filled with humus, and it 

 won't do to guess at the "sweetness" of the soil. It must 

 be tried out with litmus paper. With these conditions, it is 

 only necessary to get a good seed, and we have found the best 

 seed is grown in our western states and can be secured from 

 many of the big western seedsmen. European seed is not 

 well suited to United States conditions and too frequently is 

 loaded with extremely dangerous weeds. No big planting 

 should be made of alfalfa without having the seed passed on 

 by New York Experiment Station at Geneva. 



We have conclusively demonstrated by the pictures shown 

 upon the screen, that it is perfectly possible to conduct farm- 

 ing along the lines proven to be the most successful in other 

 professions and mercantile pursuits. Well pleased customers 

 have shown us that the little known vegetables called to your 

 attention are all worth while additions to America's extremely 

 limited list, and we know for sure, because we ship direct 

 from our market garden to the city consumer, in a package 

 we originated in 1906, called the ''Long Island Home Hamper," 

 with a motto of "From Farm to Family Fresh." Trusting 

 that we have been able to present something worth while to 

 the New York State Vegetable Growers' Association and 

 other agricultural friends and that we have satisfactorily 

 answered the various questions asked during the evening, it 

 is with best wishes for the coming year I close my oifhand 

 picture talk. 



