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toward helping growers of bulbs and cuttings find a greatly 
enlarged outlet for their production. This program should 
be helpfully important to those who produce the bulbs and 
plants and those buying for cut and potting purposes. 
The 0. M, Scott & Sons Company traces its origin to a farm 
seed business established in central Ohio in 1870 by the 
late 0, M. Scott. The business incorporated in 1914 is 
devoted chiefly to the processing of quality seed and other 
products for use on lawns. 
Headquarters for the Scott Company are in Marysville, Ohio. 
A branch to serve the East Coast is located near Princeton, 
New Jersey; with other branches at Des Moines, Iowa, Salem, 
Oregon, and Palo Alto, California. In addition the Scott 
Company utilizes the facilities of more than 30 public ware- 
houses in strategic locations of the United States and Canada. 
In 1952 Scott Company embarked upon & program to expand its 
production facilities. A modern seed processing plant was 
built in Marysville together with a large shipping warehouse. 
At the present time the company is well along in the erection 
of a chemical processing plant located near Marysville. The 
various items of lawn food, weed and pest controls, now 
offered by Scotts under its own trade mark will be produced 
in the new plant. The investment in this plant will be in the 
neighborhood of $2-million making total new capital additions 
in the company during the last four years close to $4-million. 
The combined net worth of the two firms will be in excess of 
$3,500,000 with projected 1957 sales better than $20-million. 
Officials of both companies are pleased and optimistic about 
the merger. There was a mutual attraction because of long 
standing policies of quality merchandise and integrity of 
operation. The joining together should prove beneficial to 
all personnel associated with each company, to stockholders, 
sources of supply and, most important, to the customers. 
As a result of this expanded organizational set-up Mr. Miller 
will have more time to visit with his long time friends, 
customers, and resources. 
