Three Generations of Seed Growers 
Father, Sons and Grandson 
HOW OUR SEED BUSINESS BEGAN 
NOTICE 
It again for tbelr benSlt. We beUere our old onBtomere wlU enjoy reading It again also. 
Ist Generation 
BirnnsrsTTKm m thB bsm of tbe Old Cradle and Rake when everything on the farm was done by hand and back work, Dad started farmtag with 
Sr?^S2JiS a iioDMi^t^CT of Old SlableSco^ parents. In those days land of course was cheap, but money was scarcer than hen stMth and 
J?^;i^l???^^^or on SJoSTol inferiorseed aSd ack of proper cultivation, so you may know It was mighty hard sledding lor a Bood mfny ye»ra: 
2nd Generation 
Tt nnu rtnriM those early days that John and Leonard were bora and as we grew up nnder Dad's earefnl tastruotlona we mteraUy foUowed Mb 
^«„rt „f fho^t thlaneot 13 we bMh started working out on a small truck farm at tte^normous wage of 400 a day. WeU do I remember my 
?S*^2l.''TSfh;>S^BM,SS^ohn Dlcl^ DBM Md 1 weeding asparagus and honestly the rows.ffioked a mile long. We stuck to It though even If It was 
SiSii^^^V^nrt rifne^S^rget^T UTO to b¥a hVdred how prSud we were when we took our first pay home to mother. She too, was proud of us, for 
i^eTe WOTked h^d Li w "e Vty. ?he iSfew It WM honest work and Dad needed the money and we were glad to help even though It was only a Uttla. 
"AS YOU SOW SO SHALL YOU REAP" 
Wi.n fhlo went on for a few years. Mother Insisting we go to school winters and garden In the summer. As «™e passed w^rea^^ more^^ 
the neceJ?;?'ofTSS| }^4^J^PI?.i-->J?:^.i''>.'l?, '»L,"f J^' ^Ll^^J^ZZT^.^.^^.^^f:! Sfe«ua7v"oK '^SJ^orr^fllsW 
Sd^dS wtSwyo^ nee-^fiselds and linderstaiid your wants, your trials and yourtroubles, so plea.se do" 'hSitaM W Inquire to 
tormltfonTM 'given In thta book. It s yours for the asking and It s tree whether you buy our seed or not, although wo think you wlU buy our seeds now 
Satyou Imow how carefuUy they are grown, for there's none better at any price and few as good. 
THE TRIAL GROUNDS TELL THE TRUTH 
Ti. irnliu! thrmiEh onr list you may not nnd as many new names as you and In some catalogues, tor we don't beUove In so mmy now tWngB 
tlvely superior. »» 1 ^ • 
3rd Generation 
thank h.'Sl«s«e^?»e'j??rr^d^?5e°^si^it 
h^fuse or tbey may be. you wUl get Quick service, honeet aeedfl ana a big lot of eitraa free for trial purpoeeo. 
Be rrieocUy — write occaslonaUy. 
(Tell your neighbor about ua.) 
