D. M. FERRY & CO'S DESCRIPTIVE CATALOGUE 



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 a 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 prepaid. 



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 



Frequently 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 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. 



t3P° Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by freight or express to such great dis- 

 tances 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 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 convenience 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 lots of Beans, Corn, Peas, Grass, Clover, 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 the pound prices which are quoted postpaid. 



Seeds by Weight 



We supply half pound and over at pound rates ; 1 ess 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, of a single item to the amount of 100 pounds, 50 cents 

 must be added for a bag in which to ship. These bags are not returnable for credit. 



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. 

 Sometimes 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 any- 

 where or at any time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; therefore, we give no warranty, 

 express or implied, as to description, 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. 



We are not bound for any definite time or quantity by the prices quoted in this catalogue, and they 

 are subject to change without notice. We recommend that you order as early as possible. 



Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1930 



D. M. Ferry & Co. 



