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By the Sweat of Your Brow" — and Ours 



IF good gardens came by magic you would have no need for this book. Bat good gardens 

 come only from work — and brains. Brains come first. You need to know what to grow 

 and how to grow it. We have prepared this Seed Annual as an aid to making your 

 garden a permanent success. Study a little so that your later work will bring the highest 

 measure of reward. 



When the time comes to get out of doors put your faith in brains and toil. Combine 

 your brain and hard work with the hard work and brains that have reached their final 

 achievement in Ferry's pure-bred seeds. We can pull together because each will profit by 

 the other's success. Take as your garden partner the largest and best equipped garden-seed 

 producing organization in the world. 



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

 prices and they are subject to chanee 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 b'- 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 ^ost of a New York or Chicago Draft if no more rxnensive 

 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 check-* are used they should 

 be certified, otherwise shipment of your order may be delayed 

 p *nding collection. 



NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 



Frequently v/e 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 orders 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. 



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

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

 tation w^ill 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. 



Where 100 pound prices are quoted, ten pound lofs of Beans, 

 Corn, Peas, Grass, Clover, Miscellaneous Farm Seed and other 

 seeds will be supplied at the 100 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 100 pounds, 50 cents must be added for a 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 reason's, 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 destr-^y plants at the surface before they are seen by 

 the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our go^ds 

 after they leave ruT 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, 1923 



D. M. Ferry & Co, 



