To Our Customers 
I'he purpose of this book is to give information. We have departed from the usual type of Seed 
Catalog in that we have endeavored to give other information than the mere growing of vegetables 
and field seeds. 
On pages 3 to 8 you will find recipes for cooking green vegetables, and pages 58 and 59 contain 
directions for drying and canning fruit and vegetables. Page 63 contains a list of the various publi- 
cations issued by the Department of Agriculture which will interest you. The publications are free 
and may be had by writing the Department of Agriculture at Washington. Pages 32 and 33 are given 
to the work being done by the Agricultural College of the University of Kentucky. 
On account of the war and in order that you may help our Government and our Allies, we have 
devoted several pages to the use of Corn Meal and other substitutes for Wheat Flour. Corn Meal 
we can use in this country, our Allies cannot use it. The recipes on page 60 for the use of Corn 
and Corn Meal will assist you to help our country. Pages 61 and 62 are given to the use of Cow 
Peas as a meat substitute. By devoting as large a space as possible this year to a garden ai d to 
other food crops, you will not only help yourself, but will also help the poor in this and other coun- 
tries. Prices will continue high. Even a little garden will help. 
How to Order and 
Remit 
Read Carefully 
Use the order sheet enclosed in catalog if possible. Write your name, postoffice, shipping point or nearest 
express office, your county and State. 
PRICES. We prepay postage on all vegetable seeds, for packets, ounces, and quarter pounds at the prices 
quoted. For Beans, Peas and Corn when ordered to be sent by mail, add 6 cents per pound; 8 cents per two 
pounds; for postage in first and second zones. For third zone add 8 cents per pound and 10 cents for two pounds. 
Other zones add extra postage in proportion. See postal rates below. 
All prices are net and while we do not think there will be any great change, are made subject to market 
change and prior sale. 
Parcel Post Rate 
WEIGHT LIMIT. The weight limit within the first and second zones is now 50 lbs., and within all other 
zones 20 lbs. 
DOMESTIC PARCEL POST RATES WITHIN U. S. AND POSSESSIONS 
RATES FROM LEXINGTON, KY. 
First 
Pound or Fraction 
Each Additional 
Pound or Fraction 
First Zone, within 50 miles 
Second Zone, within 50-150 miles 
Third Zone, within 150-300 miles 
Fourth Zone, within 300-600 miles 
Fifth Zone, within 600-1,000 miles 
Sixth Zone, within 1,000-1,400 miles 
Seventh Zone, within 1,400-1,800 miles 
Eighth Zone, all over 1,800 miles 
5c 
lc 
5c 
lc 
6c 
2c 
7c 
4c 
8c 
6c 
9c 
8c 
11c 
10c 
12c 
12c 
Express and freight rates are cheaper in larger quantities. We make no charge for delivery to depot or 
express office. 
WAR TAX. Where parcel post charges amount to 25c or more, a war tax of one cent is assessed for each 
25c or fraction thereof. As a special Internal Revenue stamp must be used for this purpose, for our customers’ 
convenience we will pay this special war tax, so in remitting for postage continue to figure as you have done 
heretofore. 
REMITTANCES can be made by any of the following methods: Post Office Money Order, Express Co. Money- 
Order, Registered Letter, New York or Chicago Exchange or for small amounts, postage stamps. Personal 
Checks on local banks cost us extra for collection but will be accepted if the customer desires. 
Orders from customers who are unknown to us and without remittances should be accompanied by city ref- 
erence. It will save delay in shipping if you refer to a Lexington merchant. We ship no goods C. O. D. 
WARRANTIES 
Wc take every possible precaution that suggests itself to us, to insure all our stocks being of good germinating 
power, and of strong vitality, full and thorough tests being made of each pnd every variety which we offer for 
sale, and any stocks which do not prove entirely satisfactory in these tests are thrown out; yet, when so many 
conditions, both of weather and manner of planting, over none of which we have any control, enter into consid- 
eration, it is manifestly impossible for us to guarantee a satisfactory germination under any and all conditions. 
Consequently — 
THE C. S. BRENT SEED CO. give no warranty, express or implied, as to the description, quality, produc- 
tiveness, or any other matter, of any seeds, bulbs, or plants they send out, and will not be in any way respon- 
sible for the crop. If the goods are not accepted on these terms and conditions, they may be returned, and any 
money which has been paid for same will be refunded. 
