The Birmingham age-herald., 1917-08-02

A chip off the old block. he made good his first year in business.
 He advertised judiciously and wisely and had no chance to lose.
 l refer to George B. Mcvay, Jr. who on February of the present year opened first-class seed store at 2123-25 Second avenue, in this city,
 Later on young George took in George E., Sr, under the firm name of George B. McVay & Son. George figured that everyone in the world knew his father and that the two could work in harness together better than single-handed. And don't you ever think they failed for moment.
 Years ago young George worked for his dad who was then in business further down on Second avenue I bought seed from him when he wore short pants He was always on the job and very obligng. If you asked for information he had it on lis tongues end. And George always put a few seed on your purchase after the scale had gone down. He figured that perhaps some would fail to germnate and he wanted to be fair.
 Another trait about George was that he never advised you to plant stuff too early, even though he lost a sale. What's the use of wasting time plant ing out of seascn?" he once said to me. 1 never forgot that And when one stops to think how unpleasant it is to have crop destroyed by insects and hot, dry weather he can readily appreciate lit tie advice along this line.
 George Jr had further ambitions than clerking in his fathers store. He want ed first-hand experience with the big ones' up north. So about three years ago he packed his trunk and left for the famous Burpee Seed Farm at Phila- delpha. Here he learned the ins and outs of the seed business from the ground floor up. He worked out in the field he worked in the packing and shipping de- partment, later managing the parcel post department. He also noted carefully how the famous Burpee grew rich and built up tremendous business by advertising. A little later I will tell how George made hit by advertising. Leaving Bur pee's institution, George went to the fam ous trial grounds of Dreer's. Henry Michells, Peter Henderson and later carried on experiments at Haddon- field. in New Jersey During these two years George was away from Birming- ham, many inquiries were made concern ing his whereabouts heard his father answer one of these inquiries once. His answer was: ''He wanted to learn more about the seed business than his dad, so he is getting it first-hand among the big fellows up north" And judging from his first years success in the seed busi- ness he has the old man tied at least.
 George has been up north recently at terding the seedsmen's convention and getting advanced ideas from experts from all over the United States. He also pur- chased many new varieties of seeds which he will give away as trial packages the coming spring. If these prove suc- cessful they will be put on the market the following year. George don't want to sell anything that proves not to suit the fields of the south. And to find out what does grow right. he will let the people decide for themselves.
 Being in charge of the Weekly Age Herald, I dropped in about the time he opened for business. "George. do vou want to build up mail order business?' asked him. That's where ! make my biggest killing.' said George Well, sit down and write me out an ad