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D. M. FERRY & GO'S 



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THOROUGHBRED SEEDS 



THE last half century has been an era of unprecedented development in the breeding of our 

 domestic animals. No one would think of raising horses or stock of any kind without having at 

 least one parent an animal of better than ordinary blood. By this means the quality of "grades" 

 or animals of mixed parentage has been slowly but surely, raised to successively higher levels until the 

 general average is much above that of half a century ago. The achievements with grades, however, are 

 far surpassed by the degree of excellence attained in purebred animals of all kinds. For example, it 

 not infrequently happens that the profit in milk or butter-fat from a purebred cow is four or five times as 

 great as from one of uncertain ancestry. The product from well bred pigs, steers, poultry or what not, 

 is sometimes relatively equally high. It may be that ultimately all stock will be thoroughbred for the 

 reason that no one will be able to afford anything else. 



Now any fundamental natural law that applies to animals applies equally to plants. It takes'many 

 generations to produce purebred flowers and vegetables, many years of painstaking selection of the 

 best, many sacrifices of present gain in discarding for breeding purposes all but the choicest, but it 

 PAYS. Purity of blood is as important in the profitable conduct of a garden as of a stable. 



We sell thoroughbred seeds. There are no better produced anywhere in the world. They cost us 

 much more than ordinary seeds but are cheap at any price. Does it not seem to you good policy to 

 plant only thoroughbred seeds from the most successful and most extensive plant breeders in the world? 



SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over 

 sold at BUSHEL rates; four quarts and over up to one- 

 quarter bushel sold at four-quart rates; less than foue 

 QUARTS sold at quart or pint rates. 



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; 25 lbs. and 

 over at 100 lb. rates when quoted. 



BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and up- 

 wards, to the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added 

 for a new bag in which to ship. 



SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce- 

 ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select 

 packets to the value of $1.15 and send us $1.00; for $2.35 send 

 $2.00; for $3.60 send $3.00; for $4.85 send $4.00; for $6.15 send 

 $5.00; for $12.50, send $10.00; for $26.00 send $20.00. The seeds 

 will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to 

 seeds in packets only and at catalogue prices and not 

 to seeds by zveight or measure. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



We frequently receive letters containing money and orders, 

 which we cannot fill because the sender has failed to sign 

 his name or the p. O. address is omitted and the post mark 

 being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how 

 much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope 

 whenever you can, filling out the blank and signing your 

 name and "you will have no cause to censure us. 



GUARANTEE. Complaints made that seeds are not good, 

 should qiiite as often be attributed to other causes as to the 

 quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies 

 continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving 

 satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet 

 or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the 

 plants as soon as or before they appear; wet weather, cold 

 weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by 

 temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable 

 to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. 



We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 

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



OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE 

 ORDER. We do not send G. O. D , as the cost of collect- 

 ing return charges is quite an unnecessary item of ex- 

 pense 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 

 Bloney 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. Deduct the cost of the order from 

 amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all 

 offices of the principal Express Companies. They are cheap 

 and absolutely safe. 



When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters contain- 

 ing money should always be registered. Money in ordinary 

 letters is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges 

 should be prepaid, and if local checks are used they must be 

 certified. 



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 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue 

 on all seeds quoted by the pound or less. 



PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 

 ordered at list prices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents 

 PER pint, must be added for postage or express charges 

 and they will then be sent free. 



ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 

 POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel, Bushel or 

 Hundred Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or 

 express office in Detroit. Mich., the freight or express 

 charges to be paid by the party ordering. 



2^^ Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be 

 sent by freight or express to such great distances that the 

 cost of transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of 

 the goods, we must decline to ship unless purchasers remit 

 us. in addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to pre- 

 pay transportation charges. When this requirement is not 

 complied with, we reserve the right of declining the order 

 and returning money to the person ordering. 



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Detroit, Mich., January 1, 



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1910. 



Ferry & Co. 



