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BANK 
REFERENCES 






















Here is a list of the banks 
with whom we do_ business. 
Anyone of these will tell_you 
that we are reliable. Your 
own banker can refer to his 
credit rating books and he 
will tell you the same thing. 
Continental Illinois Bank and 
Trust Company. Chicago, Ill. 
First National Bank, 
* Drovers National Bank, 
Chicago, Ill. 
Bank of Manhattan Trust 
Company, New York, N. Y- 
lowa—Des Moines National 
Bank, Des Moines, la. 
Omaha National Bank, 
Omaha, Neb. 
Citizens State Bank, 
Page County State Bank, 
Clarinda. lowa 

















Seed Headquarters for a Nation 
Picture above gives a view of our 
main office, cleaning plant and storage 
for grass and clover seeds. The pic- 
ture to the left is our corn dryer, and 
grading plant at Clarinda. There are 
several other buildings not shown. 
A new Federal seed law requires that all seed shipments in interstate commerce 
be tagged in accordance with the laws of the state into which it is shipped in respect 
to any noxious weed seeds. In addition the purity and germination tests are to be 
given. Thus shipments of seed ordered by mail are required to give you truthful 
information and. correct tests on all state and interstate shipments. 
Better Service—Clarinda Shipment only—Safe Arrival 
Our buying, cleaning and shipping departments have been reorganized to give 
quicker service: We are making all our prices f.o.b. Clarinda as there is less 
congestion than in Chicago. Our prices here are lower to help equalize freight 
charges to eastern points. During the spring season most of our seed is shipped 
in full carlots to different junction points. These cars move fast and the local freight 
trip is shortened, In this way freight moves fast and you get better service. War 
is over, service is bound to be better. See page 9 on how to order. 
— Service on Seeding Problems 
Perhaps you may be undecided as to what you should sow. You may 
desire further information on some crops. Possibly you have a farming 
problem that is hard to solve. If so, write to us. We may be able to help 
you. Our vice president and secretary, Mr. Joe Faassen, has made quite 
a_study of farm crops. He is always glad to help whenever he can. 
His services are at your disposal. Feel free to write at any time. 
Cleaned Seed 
The seed we sell our trade is not as it comes from the grower. It is cleaned and 
graded either by ourselves or direct through our buying connections. Seed cleaning 
and grading requires experience and equipment. Often it is metessary to run seed 
over different kinds of cleaners to get the desired results. Careful adjustments and 
expert operation are needed to do the best work. This applies also to grading for 
not all grades are of equal quality. The size and weight of berries as well as color 
enter into making grades. Our aim in cleaning or in buying cleaned seed is always 
to give the customer the greatest possible seed value at the price he wants to pay. 


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GUARANTEE 
We guarantee that our prices are lowest, considering quality. If upon re- 
ceipt of your order you are not entireiy satisfied you can return it and your 
money, plus transportation charges, will be promptly refunded. Or you can 
keep it 60 days and have the seed tested in order to satisfy yourself that the 
quality is good and that you have sayed money and secured a big bargain. 
Then if you are not pleased you can return it, and have all money, including 
Sette paid, refunded. You must be satisfied and we guarantee to save you 
We also guarantee to replace, free of charge, any garden or flower seed 
that fails to grow on account of poor germination. Our nursery stock is 
guaranteed to arrive in good live planting condition or it will be replaced 
free of charge. For garden seed guarantee see page 53—nursery stock page 75. 
Our guarantee protects the buyer and is lived up to, so it means just what 
it says. 
BERRY SEED CO., Clarinda, Iowa. 





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Everything you need at money-saving prices. 
TESTED 
QUALITY 
ars 
Jorgenson is 
our analyst 
and has had 
28 years of ex- 
perience. He se- 
D. C. 

The test tags attached to 
shipments of seed show the re- 
sults of the purity and germi- 
nation tests of a composite 
sample of the lot of seed from 
which shipment is made. This 
sample is obtained by taking 
small quantities of seed from 
different portions of the lot. 
These are mixed thoroughly so 
as to make the composite 
sample as representative as 
possible of the entire lot of 
seed. A portion of this sample 
is taken to make the purity 
and germination test. That is 
the general method of testing 
seed and is followed by our- 
selves. In most cases the 
analysis is our own but oc- 
casionally we use the analysis 
furnished by the party selling 
us the seed. It is our aim 
to attach such test tags to all 
Sometimes a- 
tag will be missed or lost from 
the shipment but in such case 
a test tag may be had upon 
request. Individual bags may 
vary from the lot test. 

