D. M, Ferry 



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SMALL PAPER BAG MANUFACTURING ROOM. 



But having secured a crop of pure and well grown seeds, the work is but half done; for they 

 must now be distributed in small quantities to those who may want them. No orte can appreci- 

 ate without experience, the difficulty of so distributing the hundreds of varieties the trade now 

 demands, without mistakes of labeling or mixing of samples, and it certainly cannot be done 

 without the best facilities for the work. In this respect we think we have the advantage of any 

 seedsmen in America in our 



Central Seed ®t«>re asid ^WarelHOllSe, represented on page 5. It occupies 

 one-half of the block bounded by Randolph, Croghan, Brush and Lafayette streets, extending 

 300 feet on Brush and 120 feet on Croghan and Lafayette streets. It has a handsome exterior of 

 stone and brick, is four stories high, with a well lighted and ventilated basement under the whole. 

 The aggregate area of the several floors is between four and five acres, and all is used in the 

 handling rather than the storing of our seeds. Our large store house at the farm and arrange- 

 ments with our growers enabling us to store our seeds so that they need be in the central build- 

 ing but a short time. The interior arrangements are very complete and convenient as may be 

 judged by the illustration of several of the rooms, and which we think are sufficiently compre- 

 hensive to render any further explanation unnecessary. Directly opposite our central store is 



Our Box Factory. It is a three story building, in the same architectural style 

 as the warehouse, and especially adapted to the manufacture and repair of our boxes of which 

 we have in use over 250,000. Here, in the busy season, 100 men are at work with various ma- 

 chines designed especially for us, and capable of doing everything from the sawing of the lumber 

 to the sand-papering of the finished boxes. We annually manufacture over 700,000 feet of lum- 

 ber, much of it black walnut, into about 35.000 boxes. 



Our Canadian Brancll* For the accommodation of our Canadian friends, we 

 have a branch establishment at Windsor, Ontario, opposite Detroit. Although connected by 

 telephone, and but a few minutes ride from our central store, this is an entirely distinct estab- 

 lishment The stocks, which are essentially duplicates of those used in the States, are im- 

 ported directly into Canada. By this arrangement, v/e are enabled to execute promptly all Cana- 

 dian orders in large or small quantities, by express or freight, without the vexatious delays and 

 expensive processes of entering and paying duties on small parcels. 



But all these material aids would be of but little service unless used efficiently. In this 

 respect we have the advantage of a large body of trained assistants, the number employed in the 



