THIS SPECIALQUOTATION SHEET 
takes the place in our business of the “Special Price List” or “Truckers’ Price List” which some firms issue. By sending 
us on this sheet a list of the seed that you are going to need, we are able to quote you on just the amount of seed you 
need, and to tell you just what it will cost to lay it down at your Freight or Express Office. 
If you are a trucker or plant farm crops this sheet of our catalog will interest you and save you money. It is for 
your benefit more than ours. This catalog goes to 600,000 Southern farmers and planters, practically all of whom plant 
farm crops, such as corn, cotton, sorghum, peas, millet, grasses and clovers, and the various forage and truck crops. There 
is hardly one of you to whom this catalog goes that does not plant a greater or less number of acres of these crops. 
Most of these millions of farm acres are planted either with home-grown seeds or else the cheap, low-grade stock usually 
bought and sold by grain dealers and general merchants. Some farmers take right care of their seed of the various farm 
crops, but most of them don’t, and this is one of the reasons why the average production per acre is so low. Georgia and 
all the other Southern States plant enough acres of corn to supply every bushel needed if seed and cultivation were right, 
but the low average of less than 16 bushels per acre of corn shows that seed and cultivation are not right. It doesn’t pay 
ordinary day wages to grow 16 bushels of corn or half a bale of cotton per acre, and other things in proportion. We are 
doing our best, through the growing and sale of improved seed, to save the farmers of the South money; supplying them 
seed of cotton, corn, oats, and other farm crops that will make from 50 to 100 per cent more per acre without the expendi¬ 
ture of an extra dollar for labor or fertilizer. That’s the first step toward saving you money, but this sheet in our cata¬ 
log is for a different purpose. You have probably looked through the catalog; have seen a number of things in cotton, 
com, etc., that you want. Now, it is often the case that where you want a considerable quantity of these seeds, we can 
make you lower prices than in the catalog. Write down what you think you want in farm or truck crop seeds on the 
other side of this sheet, naming the variety and quantity, and 
LET US FIGURE ON YOUR WANTS 
In addition to sending you seeds that will increase the profits of your farm, we can often save you money in the cost price. 
This sheet, which is known as our “Special Quotation Sheet,” has a distinct place in our system of business and a 
great many thousands of our customers make use of it every year. This sheet is more largely for your benefit than ours, 
and we want you to use it this spring. It is for the use of truck gardeners buying vegetable seeds in large quantities and 
for the buyer of farm seeds who wants to know exactly what those seeds will cost delivered at his station. 
There are three things you actually want to know in seed buying. First, and most important, is that seed quality is 
right; second, what the cost of the seed is in Atlanta; third, just what the freight or express charges will be to your sta¬ 
tion. If seed comes from Hastings, you know the quality is right. On the other two points it is very easy. All you have 
to do is to write down the name and quantity of the kinds you want on the other side of this sheet, tear it out and mail to 
us. We will quote you the best price we can make you, estimate the weight, figure out the freight or express charges 
and send it back to you promptly. You will then know exactly what the seed will cost you delivered at your station. 
Complete Quotation and Farmers' Information Department 
We know that as long as you secure greatest satisfaction from Hastings’ seeds we will have a satisfied customer 
ordering from us season after season, and it is this kind of business we want. This fact we would like to impress 
upon every planter who receives our catalog; this is the spirit of our service in filling your orders, answering your let¬ 
ters and in all dealings with our customers. First of all we want to make it profitable to you to order seeds from us, 
then easy and perfectly safe for you, and then satisfactory in every way. 
In addition to quoting you market prices on seeds that are subject to fluctuations which makes it impossible to price 
field seeds definitely in our catalog and larger quantities of garden and truck seeds, we want to help every customer 
who wants or needs information about seeds or crops, and to do this we issue many practical bulletins and leaflets that 
we are glad to send free on request, and for help on any special problems you may have in relation to your farm or 
garden we invite you to write us freely at any time. 
We do not claim to know it all, but in our business we have been able to accumulate information that we know will 
help many customers, and we will cheerfully help any customer to the fullest extent of our ability. 
We want to co-operate with you in every way that we can—to furnish you the best seeds grown, the kind best adapted 
to your locality and soil, and to help you make a success with the crops. 
Do Not Use This for Family Garden Lists 
Please notice that this sheet is not to be used for asking special quotations on family garden orders, such as seeds in 
I packets or ounces, pints or quarts, or special collections. Prices on packets and ounces, etc., are distinctly stated (these 
> prices including postage paid by us) in the catalog, together with special premium offers of extra seed, etc. With these 
offers standing open to every seed buyer, we can not and will not make “Special Quotations” on family garden lists, 
ii One last word: Make up your list and send it to us so that we can make you a delivered price. Asking for a quota- 
( tion puts you under no obligation to buy unless you want to. We have just the right seeds and we believe that Hastings’ 
Seeds on your farm will pay both you and us, and this quotation sheet will help us get together. Use it now. 
