D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
SEED ANNUAL 
=— 1911 == 
is 
THE HIGH COST OF LIVING 
O F the many factors which have been thought to cause high prices for the necessities of life two 
stand out above all others, the fact that fewer acres than formerly are in cultivation in propor¬ 
tion to the total population and that the average yield per acre is less than when the soil was 
new. Fifty years ago there were more people in the country than in cities and when fields wore out 
-others were cleared or broken. Now more people live in cities than in the country and new fields are 
scarce. One way to help solve the problem is to use to the best advantage all soil that is available. The 
greatest yield possible from a given piece of land is from vegetables. To get this yield you require 
knowledge. Knowledge comes from experience, either your own or someone’s else. Our experience 
is at your service and is summarized in the following pages. A fundamental truth of all gardening 
experience is that the best results come from thoroughbred seeds. Our seeds are not only thorough¬ 
breds, but the best thoroughbreds obtainable. Why not reduce your cost of living and increase your 
joy in living by planting a large garden of both vegetables and flowers? 
OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE 
ORDER. We do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collect¬ 
ing return charges is quite an unnecessary item of ex¬ 
pense 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. Deduct the cost of the order from 
amount sent. Express Money Orders can be obtained at all 
offices of the principal Express Companies. They are cheap 
and ABSOLUTELY SAFE. 
When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters contain¬ 
ing money should always be registered. Money in ordinary 
letters is unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges 
should be prepaid, and if local checks are used they must be 
certified. 
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 10 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue 
on all seeds quoted by the pound or less. 
PINTS AND QUARTS. Pints, Quarts and Four Quarts, 
ordered at list piices, fifteen cents per quart, ten cents 
per pint, must be added for postage or express charges 
and they will then be sent free. 
ONE-FOURTH BUSHEL, BUSHEL AND HUNDRED 
POUND LOTS. Where One-Fourth Bushel. Bushel or 
Hundred Pound lots are ordered, we deliver free at depot or 
express office in Detroit. IM,ich.. the freight or express 
charges to be paid by the party ordering. 
Z J £ r ’ Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be 
sent by freight or express to such great distances that the 
cost or transportation will nearly or quite equal the value of 
the goods, we must decline to snip unless purchasers remit 
us, in addition to the price of goods, sufficient funds to pre¬ 
pay transportation charges. When this requirement is not 
complied with, we reserve the right of declining the order 
and returning money to the person ordering. 
SEEDS BY MEASURE. One-fourth bushel and over 
sold at bushel rates; four quarts and over up to one- 
quarter bushel sold at four-quart rates; less than four 
quarts sold at quart or pint rates. 
SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over 
at. pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at 
ounce, two-ounce or quarter-pound rates; 25 lbs. and 
over at 100 lb. rates when quoted. 
BAGS. To every order for one-quarter bushel and up¬ 
wards, to the amount of two bushels, 25 cents must be added 
for a new bag in which to ship. 
SEEDS IN PACKETS. We offer the following induce¬ 
ments to those wishing to purchase seeds in packets: Select 
packets to the value of Si.15 and send us $1.00; for *2.85 send 
£>2.00: for *3.60 send §3.00; for §4.85 send §4.00; for §0.15 send 
$5.00; for §12.50 send $10.00; for §20.00 send §20.00. The seeds 
will be sent by mail, postpaid, but these low rates apply to 
seeds in packets only and at catalogue prices ana not 
to seeds by weight or measure. 
NAME AND ADDRESS SHOULD ALWAYS BE GIVEN. 
We frequently receive letters containing money and orders, 
which we cannot fill because the sender has failed to sign 
his name or the P. O. address is omitted and the post mark 
being blurred, we are unable to fill the order, no matter how 
much we desire to do so. Use our Order Sheet and Envelope 
whenever you can. filling out the blank and signing your 
name and you will have no cause to censure us. 
GUARANTEE. Complaints made that seeds are not good, 
should quite as often be attributed to other causes as to the 
quality of the seeds. There are hundreds of contingencies 
continually arising to prevent the best seeds always giving 
satisfaction, such as sowing too deep, too shallow, in too wet 
or too dry soil; insects of all descriptions destroying the 
plants as soon as or before they appear: wet weather, cold 
weather, frosts, chemical changes in the seeds induced by 
temperature, etc. For the above reasons it is impracticable 
to guarantee seeds under all circumstances. 
We give no warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
purity, productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 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. 
D. M. Ferry & Co. 
Detroit, Mich., January 1, 1911. 
