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D. M. FERRY & CO’S 
SEED ANNUAL 
1919 
Special Training 
Y OUR pioneer ancestor was a jack of all trades. He could do, after a fashion, almost 
every task that came to him. He had to or starve. Self reliance bred in him something 
like contempt for specialization. American contempt for specialization has been rudely 
shocked in the past four years. We have seen a relatively small band of men specially trained 
in the arts of war nearly conquer a world of men devoted to the arts of peace. And when 
“Mr. Toad of Potsdam” was finally disarmed it was only after the Allies had received sufficient 
training to beat the Hun at his own game. America has had a great and terrible illustration 
of the old truth that knowledge is power. 
Knowledge and special training are necessary in the arts of peace. Knowledge and 
special training a-e necessary even to produce the best garden seeds. We are the largest 
and best equipped seed-producing organization in the world. Our success through the past 
sixty-three years is due to our ability to produce and distribute good seeds. Our services are 
at your disposal. We are specialists in vegetable and flower seeds. Try them. 
We are not bound for any definite time or quantity by these 
prices and they are subject to change without notice. We recom¬ 
mend that you order ns early as possible. 
OUR TERMS ARE STRICTLY CASH WITH THE ORDER. 
We do no» send C. O. D., as the cost of collecting return charges is 
quite an unnecessary item of expense 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 rater 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, 
or of the cost of a New York or Chicago Draft if no more expensive 
than a Postal Money Order. Deduct the cost of the order from 
amount sent. 
When Money Orders cannot be obtained, letters containing 
money should always be registered. Money in ordinary letters is 
unsafe. If currency is sent by express, the charges should be pre¬ 
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. letter^ 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 ot the 
buyer. The easiest way for you is to use our order sheet hlling in 
the blanks. 
r^^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 auite equal the value of the goods, we must de¬ 
cline to shin unless purchasers remit us. in addition to the nnce or 
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. 
In common with some other seedsmen we have, for the con¬ 
venience of our customers as well as ourselves, discontinued the 
use of the terms bushel, peck, quart and pint and now quote all 
seed listed in our catalogue by weight. 
Ten pounds of Beans, Corn or Peas are now supplied at the ICO 
pound rate. On Grass, Clover, Miscellaneous Farm Seed and 
other seeds where 100 pound prices are quoted we supply 25 
pounds at 100 pound rate. 
HUNDRED POUND LOTS. When ordered at the 100 pound 
rate we deliver free at depot or express office in Detroit. Mich . 
the freight 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 
8 cents per pound from prices of this catalogue on all seeds quoted 
by the pound or less. 
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. We do not, however, put up 
half pounds of beans, corn or peas. 
BAGS. To every order for 10 pounds and upwards, to the 
amount of 100 pounds, 75 cents must be added for a new bag in 
which to ship. 
NON-WARR ANTY. 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 
enough, too much or too little water, too cold weather or a baking sun 
which forms a crust too hard for the tender shoots to penetrate. Some¬ 
times insects destroy plants at the surface before they ate seen by 
the gardener. We cannot personally direct the use of our goods 
after they leave our hands: neither can we fully control anywhere 
or at any time the oneration of natural law as it affects seeds; 
therefore, we give no warranty, express or implied, as to de¬ 
scription. purity productiveness or any other matter of any seeds 
or bulbs we send out. and we w»ll not be in anv way responsible 
for the crop. If the purchaser does not accept the goods on these 
terms they are at once to be returned. 
Detroit, Mich., January I, 1919. 
UNITED STATES 
FOOD ADMINISTRATION LICENSE 
No. *G - 2 3 1 4 2 
D, M. Ferry & Co. 
JOHN COBNHAN d SOU PRINTERS AND BINDERS, DCtSOIT 
