The third power: farmers to the front - self published in 1903 and later editions were self published for years.

These illustrations are from the 1907 edition. I was so surprised to see them!! The earlier copies I had viewed were without any illustrations.

I wish I could find more information about the man. I have come across more than an average number of court cases involving him - he is sometimes in the wrong, and sometimes in the right.

One snippet from Floral News, or some industry magazine like that, said he was the first seedsman who was sent to jail to serve a term! Can I find any info about that? No. (At least not at the level of search I am interested in doing :-)

This first illustration is odd. The rest are good, rather folky, propaganda. The sincere message he tries to convey in the series comes through. I wonder what he would have said about the reason for adding them at this late date.