Seed-Swap Trial — Complete Transfer Source Packet — English 6

All documents in this packet are fictional course material about one seed-swap trial. The record is supplied for reading and reasoning; it is not an actual gardening experiment, and it contains no measured germination or harvest result.

Source A — organizer’s proposal: “Twenty-four of thirty garden-club respondents favor a seed-swap afternoon. Members could bring labeled packets, look at what others have brought and choose whether to exchange. I propose another afternoon because a shared event might give people more choices than buying one whole packet. That is a reason to investigate interest, not evidence that every participant will grow more food. We need to decide the time, the arrangement and what to record.”

Source B — caretaker’s conditions: “The entrance must remain clear. Tables and bags cannot narrow the route people use to reach the building. Each packet needs a readable label, and someone must check the layout before opening and after changes. I can help agree a plan, but a volunteer’s offer to carry a box does not automatically provide supervision for the whole session. People who want to meet and talk must also have a workable space.”

Source C — first trial record: “During one stated ninety-minute session, twelve visitors were recorded using one check-in card per person. Eight exchanged at least one packet and four looked without exchanging. Three visitors asked whether a different time would be possible; that observation describes visitors, not the unasked nonvisitors. Two packets lacked readable names at arrival and were kept aside until a label was supplied. A bag was moved away from the entrance after a volunteer noticed the route narrowing.”

Source C continued: “The check-in card recorded attendance in that session. It did not record how many seeds each person planted later, whether they germinated, the area planted or the harvest. Nonvisitors were not asked why they stayed away. We cannot decide whether their absence reflected timing, lack of interest, transport, information or another reason from this record alone. We also have no basis for adding a visitor’s multiple packet exchanges as if each exchange were another person.”

Source D — planning note after the trial: “If another session is agreed, keep a record of the offered materials, time and layout as well as attendance. Ask a short voluntary question of people who did not attend, while respecting a choice not to answer. Decide before the session whether the trial is intended mainly to provide an exchange opportunity, a social meeting or a later growing outcome. Those aims need different evidence. A decision can consider more than attendance without pretending every outcome has already been measured.”

Use the same source labels in notes, a report or an argument. A source-based explanation should distinguish preference, attendance, exchanging and later growing outcomes. An argument may recommend continuation, a changed arrangement or a pause, but must address the conditions and preserve the limits. An attractive chart does not turn a proposed benefit into an observed result.