
You Can Have Success Without Soil 
Housewives, carpenters, retired businessmen, farmers, mail order specialists 
. .. people of all occupations are enjoying success with Hydroponics. Some 
raise plants indoors for beauty. Some harvest vegetables from their back 
porch. Others are banking good profits from part time work and full scale 
businesses. These people prove you too can have SUCCESS WITHOUT SOIL. 
DISABLED George Nellis of Colorado 
wrote that he was recovering from heart 
trouble and as soon as he is able he will take 
up Hydroponics because he wants to be out- 
doors and doing light work. 
HOUSEWIFE Brighter, more vigorous 
house plants with Hydroponics gives Mrs. 
Eva A. Lewis of Oregon new light and hope. 
RETIRED CARPENTER R. D. Shir- 
ley of California is a retired carpenter and 
rancher. His Hydroponic garden is in troughs 
nine inches deep. 
OLDSTERS Mrs. Madge Day of Florida 
who is 73 and E. J. Fillingham of Ohio, 74, 
both enjoy Hydroponics because it enables 
them to be productive without it tireing 
them. 
TEACHER while he is growing gerani- 
ums and tomatoes with Hydroponics, Her- 
bert O. McCuen of Texas is primarily inter- 
ested in Hydroponics from the viewpoint of 
teaching it. 
NORTHERN CALIFORNIA From 
concrete troughs nine inches deep, R. D. 
Shirley is harvesting radishes, potatoes, yams 
and carrots. 
OKLAHOMA while Arthur H. Renner 
is growing flowers outside all winter, his 
wife waters her house plants with nutrient 
solution with dandy results. 
PENNSYLVANIA w. M. Houghton 
followed the book, has installed a 3’x2’ win- 
dow garden and is using 12 large flower pots. 
He uses lake sand for aggregate. 
