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A PERSONAL LETTER 
N ISSUING THIS— our Spring Catalog for 1914, 
I want to thank our host of friends for their 
generous patronage and support. I realize that 
the production and sale of new and valuable 
varieties of farm seeds at moderate prices and the sale and 
distribution of standard seed at low prices is a new idea. 
It is not many years ago that promising novelties in the 
seed line could only be purchased from city seedsmen at 
prohibitive prices, and the standard seeds from local dealers 
at a price out of proportion to value. 
Being a practical farmer myself — knowing the farmers 
needs intimately — with a location in the country where the 
best facilities for seed handling were established at a cost 
not above the annual rental of a city establishment of equal 
capacity, I had confidence that the service I could render 
would speak for itself. 
fhis confidence has been more than justified. Many 
have written us in praise of our service. Some have been 
so kind as to recommend us to their friends. 
The large volume of business that is necessary to our 
success has come quickly — therefore, I doubly appreciate it 
and thank you warmly. 
My aim shall be to give the highest possible values. This 
catalog is issued with the firm belief that it offers big values 
to every live farmer. 
Yours truly, 
A. H. HOFFMAN, 
LANDISVILLE, PENNA. 
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