OLDS' SEEDS 
''Known for Reliability'' 
FOR OVER HALF 
A CENTURY! 
Yes, we’re old-timers, folks . . . 
old-timers in the sense that we’ve 
been your source of dependable 
seeds for the past 52 years. We 
take this occasion to thank our 
many friends for the confidence 
they have placed in our seeds 
. . . a confidence we know was 
well founded as has been shown 
by year after year repeat orders. 
All Olds’ Seeds are of “Known Re¬ 
liability’’ , . . for here in our plant 
we maintain a complete, modern 
laboratory where trained analy- 
sists check every lot of seeds for 
purity and germination. Identi¬ 
fication is stamped on every pack¬ 
age of seeds, and on tags attached 
to field seeds. 
We invite you to study this cata¬ 
log from cover to cover. Make a 
list of your selections with the 
assurance that you may depend 
upon our statements . . . that 
the purity and germination of 
Olds’ Seeds is known for quality 
throughout the country! 
THOMAS S. TOAL 
Secretary 
^5U^\LITy-^7-e guarantee the quality 
of all the items offered in this book to the 
extent that should they not prove as represented 
or you are not entirely satisfied, we will refill the 
order or return the money; but we give no further 
warranty, express or implied, as to description, 
(luality, productiveness or any other matter of any 
seeds, potatoes, bulbs or plants we send out and 
will not be responsible for the crop. 
^ SAFE ARRIVAL 
We guarantee 
P'’ everything to arrive in good order. If 
there is any trouble, however, bags torn or any¬ 
thing else wrong, have this noted on the freight 
expense bill which must be sent us with the bill 
of lading. 
All 
orders and remittances are promptly ac¬ 
knowledged and letters of infiuiry personally and 
courteously answered, as a rule the same day they 
OLDS’ FAMOUS 
TRIPLE GUARANTEE 
HOW TO ORDER OLDS' SEEDS: 
REMITTANCES. We will be responsible for all money 
sent us through the mail if remittance is made by post- 
office money order or express order, draft or registered 
letter. We will accept personal checks at face value. 
Small amounts, less than 50c, may usually be sent safely 
in postage stamps or coin, but be sure you register the 
letter. We prefer five-cent stamps. 
MAKE USE OF THE ORDER SHEET appearing in the 
back of this book. If you have occasion to write us later 
regarding the order be sure to give the post-office address 
under which it was mailed or the number of the order. 
WE ACKNOWLEDGE ORDERS promptly when re¬ 
ceived. If any part of the order is mailed right out, that 
answers as an acknowledgment or if the goods can be 
sent at once by freight or express we ship right out. 
sending acknowledgment and notice of shipment at the 
same time, enclosing bill of lading. 
POSTPAID PRICES. All garden seed prices, except 
the Market Gardeners’ Wholesale Prices are postpaid 
prices and include free transportation. PRICES ON 
FIELD SEEDS, POTATOES AND SIDE LINES DO NOT 
INCLUDE TRANSPORTATION UNLESS QUOTED POST¬ 
PAID. See table of Parcel Post Rates on Order Blank. 
WE SEND LARGE SHIPMENTS BY FREIGHT, unless 
otherwise instructed. We have three railroads here at 
Madison; C. & N. W.. C. M. St. P. & P., and I. C. 
C. O. D. SHIPMENTS. Perishable items, such as plants 
and nursery stock, can not be sent C. O. D. Other things 
will be sent that way if desired, providing one-fourth of 
the amount accompanies the order. 
WAR GARDENS 
NEXT SPRING 
HOME VEOETABLE GAHDEH CUTS LIVIHt COSTS! 
Convinced by experiences of the last war 
that a home vegetable garden offers the 
best defense against the increased cost of 
living, we urge all of our customers to 
plant a vegetable garden this year. While 
there seems no immediate prospect of 
emergency which would make home gar¬ 
den products an essential part of the 
national food supply, undoubtedly in¬ 
creases in the cost of living are sure to 
arise due to war conditions outside of 
our own country. 
Every family which has as much as 200 
square feet of soil at its disposal for a 
vegetable garden can become largely im¬ 
mune from the effects of price advances 
on the food bill by growing its own 
vegetables. 
In the initial stages of a price advance, 
when expenses increase, but wages and 
salaries lag behind, the reduction in the 
household budget possible through a home 
vegetable garden, may be even more im¬ 
portant than later, when incomes are 
likely to rise to balance the price level. 
The home garden can easily grow 2.') per 
cent of the food which a family needs: and 
this will balance the budget. 
We urge you to plant a garden this spring 
not only for the financial gain you will 
experience but also for the healthful 
recreation that is derived from this 
pleasant pastime. 
L.L.OLDS SEED COMPANY, MADISON, WIS. 
