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D. M. FERRY & CO'S 



SEED ANNUAL 



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Special Training 



YOUR pioneer ancestor was a jack of all trades. He could do, after a fashion, almost 

 every task that came to him. He had to or starve. Self reliance bred in him something 

 like contempt for specialization. American contempt for specialization has been rudely 

 shocked in the past four years. We have seen a relatively small band of men specially trained 

 in the arts of war nearly conquer a world of men devoted to the arts of peace. And when 

 "Mr. Toad of Potsdam" was finally disarmed it was only after the Allies had received sufficient 

 training to beat the Hun at his own game. America has had a great and terrible illustration 

 of the old truth that knowledge is power. 



Knowledge and special training are necessary in the arts of peace. Knowledge and 

 special training are necessary even to produce the best garden seeds. We are the largest 

 and best equipped seed-producing organization in the world. Our success through the past 

 sixty-three years is due to our ability to produce and distribute good seeds. Our services are 

 at your disposal. We are specialists in vegetable and flower seeds. Try them. 



We are not bound for any definite time or quantity by these 

 prices and they are subject to change without notice. We recom- 

 mend that you order as early as possible. 



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 



We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 

 quite an unnecessary item of expense and the prices being given, 

 we can conceive of no necessity to warrant goods being so sent. 



HOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at our 

 risk by any of the following methods, viz: Postal Money Order, 

 Draft on New York or Chicago, or Express Company's Money 

 Order. 



The rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Express Money 

 Orders are now so low that these are the best ways to remit. We 

 will bear the expense of sending money in either of these ways, 

 or of the cost of a New York or Chicago Draft if no more expensive 

 than a Postal Money Order. Deduct the cost of the order from 

 amount sent. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 

 money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is 

 unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre- 

 paid. 



PERSONAL CHECKS. If personal checks are used they should 

 be certified, otherwise shipment of your order may be delayed 

 pending collection. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



Frequendy we receive unsigned letters. Sometimes they contain 

 money and orders. Sometimes too, letters are received in which 

 the name of the town is left out and the postmark is blurred. We 

 cannot fill order* unless we know the name and address of the 

 buyer. The easiest way for you is to use our order sheet filling in 

 the blanks. 



KP^Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by 

 freight or express to such great distances that the cost of transpor- 

 tation will nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must de- 

 cline to ship unless purchasers remit us, in addition to the price of 

 goods, sufficient funds to prepay transportation charges. When this 

 requirement is not complied with, we reserve the right of declining 

 the order and returning money to the person ordering. 



In common with some other seedsmen we have, for the con- 

 venience of our customers as well as ourselves, discontinued the 

 use of the terms bushel, peck, quart and pint and now quote all 

 seed listed in our catalogue by weight. 



Ten pounds of Beans, Corn or Peas are now supplied at the 1 00 

 pound rate. On Grass, Clover, Miscellaneous Farm Seed and 

 other seeds where 100 pound prices are quoted we supply 25 

 pounds at 1 00 pound rate. 



HUNDRED POUND LOTS. When ordered at the 100 pound 

 rate we deliver free at depot or express office in Detroit, Mich., 

 the freight or express charges to be paid by the party ordering. 



FREE OF POSTAGE OR EXPRESS CHARGES. Packets, 

 Ounces, Two Ounces, Quarter Pounds or Pounds, ordered at 

 list prices, will be sent free by mail or express. 



Customers ordering enough for a freight shipment, 100 pounds 

 or more, or desiring to pay their own express charges, may deduct 

 8 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 

 by the pound or less. 



SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over at 

 pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at ounce, two- 

 ounce or quarter pound rates. We do not, however, put up 

 half pounds of beans, corn or peas. 



BAGS. To every order for 10 pounds and upwards, to the 

 amount of 1 00 pounds, 75 cents must be added for a new bag in 

 which to ship. 



NON- WARRANTY. Sometimes though not often our seeds do 

 not come up after planting. This may be due to one or more of 

 several reasons, such as covering too deeply or not deeply 

 enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 

 which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some- 

 times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen by 

 the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 

 after they leave our hands; neither can we fully control anywhere 

 or at any time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; 

 therefore, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to de- 

 scription, purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 

 or bulbs we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible 

 for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 

 terms they are at once to be returned. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1919. 



UNITED STATES 



FOOD ADMINISTRATION LICENSE 



NO. G-23142 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



