- Looking forward 
@ eo eo. o in 1946 
While it is always a pleasant ack to use ane 
page for greeting our friends and customers each 
year, we are particularly thankful that the war 
is ended with all of us looking’ forward to a better, 
brighter future. i 
At the Farms here we are nate that trans- 
portation facilities are so improved that delays 
in transit, carless car-packing resulting in plants 
reaching our customers in poor shape thru im- 
proper ventilation may be a thing of the past. 
Indications are that the crops will be uniform- 
ly better quality—though not sufficiently heavy to 
take care of all our requirements. 
Despite higher labor costs, there 1s some indi- 
cations that our prices will be slightly lower than 
last year. | 
) Again, we enjoin you to place your orders as 
\early as possible to avoid disappointment and ease 
somewhat the labor problem which the rush of 
last minute orders entails. 
We like to close with this little Hence to. 
visitors: “The latch string always hangs on the. 
outside at Shivers Farms.” ) 
- Cordially, 
Jay H. Shivers 
