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D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
SEED ANNUAL 
1921 
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Biftiness as Usual 
E are credibly informed that the sunshine and the rain will descend with their usual 
impartiality on the just and the unjust during the year 1921. However man may 
blunder, whatever may be the consequences of the war, nature’s motto will continue 
Business as usual.” 
Since August 1 st, 1914, industry has fluctuated wildly from one extreme to another. 
Jvluch relief may be attained by a return to sturdy self-reliance, by ceasing to depend so 
£uch upon others. There is no surer practical approach to stability than the home garden. 
J he planter can rely with reasonable security upon sun and rain, ppon good soil and Ferry’s 
pure-bred seeds. There is no magic in any of these to make needless his own toil. There 
js magic in all of them to make his toil marvellously fruitful. 
You need food and you need flowers. This book is designed to aid you in securing 
both. We place at your service our experience of 64 years and Ferry’s pure-bred seeds. 
The best is always the cheapest; poor seeds are dear at any price. 
|We are not bound for any definite time or quantity by these 
Wees and they are subject to change without notice. We recom¬ 
mend that you order as early as possible. 
I OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 
i/c do not send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 
'luitean unnecessary item of expense and the prices being given, 
te can conceive of no necessity to warrant goods being so sent. 
jHOW TO SEND MONEY. Remittances may be made at our 
fek by any of the following methods, viz: Postal Money Order, 
jostal Note, Draft on any city in Canada, or Express Company’s 
loney Order. 
jThe rates charged for Postal Money Orders and Expre ss Money 
jrdera are now so low that these are the best ways to remit. We 
jill bear the expense of sending money in either of these ways, 
jeduct the cost of the order from amount sent. Express Money 
jrders can be obtained at all offices of the principal Express Com- 
»nies. They are cheap and absolutely safe. 
In common with some other seedsmen we have, for the con¬ 
venience of our customers as well as ourselves, discontinued the 
use ot the terms bushel, peck, quart and pint and now quote all 
seed listed in our catalogue by weight. 
Ten pound lots of Beans, Com, Peas. Grass, Clover. Mis¬ 
cellaneous harm Seed and other seeds where 100 pound prices are 
quoted 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 Windsor. Ont., 
the ireight 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 
0 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 
by the pound or less. 
•When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing SEEDS BY WEIGHT. We supply half pound and over at 
Joney should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is pound rates; less than half pound lots are charged at ounce twl 
unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre- -*— » - • * ounce, two- 
paid. 
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. 
|3£'"'Where perishable or other goods are ordered to be sent by 
freight or express to such great distances that the cost of transpor¬ 
tation will nearly or quite equal the value of the goods, we must de¬ 
cline 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. 
ounce or quarter pound rates. We do not, however’ put uj, 
half pqindt of beans, corn or peas. 
BAG* To order fo’’ 10 pounds and upwards, to the 
amount of 100 pounds, 55 cents must be added for a bag 
which to ship. 
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 
enoi«h, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 
whic» forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some¬ 
times insects destroy plants at the surface before they are seen bv 
th e flftr dener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 
aftel^ftey leave our hands; neither can we fully control anywhere 
°r J®ny time the operation of natural law as it affects seeds; 
* -^S re * We - g,ve r ?° Y arra nty. express or implied, as to de- 
8Cr u^S l n ’ punty J Productiveness, or any other matter of any seeds 
or bflBbs we send out, and we will not be in any way responsible 
tor the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms they are at once to be returned. 
Windsor, Ont., January 1, 1921 
D. M. Ferry & Co. 
