SUGGESTIONS TO BUYERS 



HOW TO OBDER. — Always use order sheet and printed envelope sent with each Catalogfue. 



Write plainly; keep a copy of your order. Do not order C. O. D. as it is an unnecessary 

 expense to customers, as cost of collecting is added to all bills. 



REMITTING MONEY. — Cash should always accompany the order. Remittances may be made 

 at our risk by either of the following methods: (1) Postoffice Money Orders; (2) Express 

 Companies' Money Orders; (3) Draft on New York or Chicago; (4) Registered Letters. 



Money sent by either method is absolutely safe, and will cost from three to fifteen cents. * 

 When not convenient to make remittances by the above methods, by farmers living on 

 Rural Routes, local checks will be accepted in payment. 



STAMPS received same as cash for small orders, or when notes are not obtainable, and they 

 must be clean and in gfood condition, but will not be responsible for sums of One Dollar 



or over sent in this manner. Send onlj^ the 2c, 5c, and 10c stamps. 



FARCEIi POST. — Under the Parcel Post rates, to avoid confusion and misunderstanding 

 with our customers, we send seeds in packets, ounces, quarter pounds, pounds and half 

 pints, by mail prepaid to any part of the United States and Canada. 



For the nearby points in the 2nd and 3rd zones, on heavy packages, in 5 and 10 lb. lots, 

 or for Vz pk. or peck of Beans, Corn and Peas, we can send these prepaid by mail at a 

 saving over express rates if preferred. 



For the 2nd zone it will cost from 10 to 20 cts., for the 3rd zone from 15 to 85 cts., ac- 

 cording to weight. 



If customers will remit this additional sum above the amount of the order we can send 

 the seeds by mail prepaid, otherwise we have to send by express at their expense. 

 For the farther zones it will come cheaper to have them sent by express. 

 Your postmaster can inform you in what zone you are located from Pella. 



SHAPING INSTRUCTIONS. — When goods are to be shipped by Freight or Express give plain 

 shipping directions; otherwise we use our best judgment in regard to the matter. 



PREPAID RAIIiROAD STATIONS. — Customers who live at such poin^ where there is no 

 agent should send enough money to prepay freight charges, when too much is sent will 

 return balance. Else will have to send to nearest station where there is an agent. 



NAME AND ADDRESS. — In sending an order please be particular in giving Name, Postoffice, 

 County and State, in full, distinctly written. We are often in receipt of orders from cus- 

 tomers who not only forget to sign their names, but also their place of residence, thus 

 causing a delay of weeks in the execution of their orders. Write your orders plainly, 

 separate from the body of the letter. 



SAFE ARRIVAIi OF PACKAGES. — We guarantee the safe arrival of packages of seeds and 

 bulbs, in good condition in every case. If the package is injured or lost we will replace it 

 as soon as informed of the fact. Sometimes it happens that orders never reach us. When 

 customers fail to receive their seeds or bulbs in a reasonable time, they should inform us, 

 and at the same time send a duplicate copy of their order, which can be filled at once, 

 and save much delay. 



MISTAKES. — We take utmost care in filling orders, still errors will happen in spite of all 

 care. Write us at once with a copy of the original order if possible, and mistakes will 

 be promptly' rectified. Please do not return goods until you hear from us. 



CHANGE OF ADDRESS. — If you have changed, or intend to change your address, please let 

 us know, so that we may change it on our books. 



ORDER EARIiY. — It would greatly facilitate shipment if our customers would send in as 

 many orders as possible during the month of February, because our stock is then complete 

 and ready for mailing, and you will be sure to get what you send for; and what is more 

 important to you, the seeds will be at hand for planting just when you want them. 



DISCOUNTS. — At the low price Garden and Flower Seeds are sold at we have to omit, the 

 usual discount we have allowed on seeds in packets. Seeds are still sold at practically 

 pre-war prices and no profiteering has been done, as in most other lines of products. 



With the high price of labor and materials, it costs more to produce seed at the present 

 time and if there is no change for the better soon, growers will have to receive higher 

 prices in the future, or go out of business. 



As we have done in former years, will continue to put up thousands of packets of 

 seeds, of which we have a small surplus, for free distribution to our customers who 

 order seeds from us. 



ADDRESS all correspondence, and make all P. O. and Express Money Orders payable to 



COLE'S SEED STORE 



PELLA, IOWA 



