
Founder 
The main plant, long fa- 
miliar to our customers. It 
includes office, store, clean- 
ing machinery and much 
storage. Recently a large 
loading platform was added 
to the Liberty St. side, pro- 
viding greater trucking 
space. 
HE Wetsel Seed Co. is the outgrowth of experiments 
begun in 1902 by the late D. M. Wetsel, Sr., whose 
portrait is shown at upper left. The story of his early, 
meager beginning and expanding prominence as a breeder ot 
corn and other crops has repeatedly been related here. 
In 1911 a small seed store was opened in Harrisonburg. 
From this small start, the enterprise has become one of the 
leading seed houses of the East. Our steady and substantial 
growth through the years is largely due to the direct benefits 
which customers have received from dealing with us. 
Because of our vast facilities headed by the modern main 
plant shown above and the network of modern highways 
which converge at Harrisonburg, 
we have long since become the 
seed center for a large part of 
Virginia and West Virginia. 
Further expansion of facilities 
is being planned. As rapidly as 
materials and new equipment be- 
come available, at a reasonable 
cost, additional construction will 
be started to provide more modern 
storage space for preserving vari- 
ous kinds of seeds. When more 
space is available, many types of 
mechanical equipment will be in- 
stalled. They will include auto- 
matic scales, conveyers for load- 
ing and unloading cars and 
trucks, additional processing de- 
vices and a modern laboratory for 
testing both the purity and ger- 
mination of all seeds. 
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Former B. & O. Passenger Station 
and Grounds, now owned by us, pro- 
viding additional storage and ample 
parking space for our customers. 
This three-story building, over 200 
feet long, provides increased space for 
storage and car trackage. 
No. 3 building is primarily devoted to the cleaning and storage of lespedeza, barley and timothy. 
A portion of Main Plant and new loading platform can be seen in the rear. 

General Information 
Avoid mistakes and misunderstanding by observing these in- 
structions. 
WE PAY THE POSTAGE on all vegetable and flower seeds, ex- 
cept where otherwise specified. Field seeds and other supplies are 
priced f. o. b. Harrisonburg, Va. If desired by mail, add postage at 
the rate of 11 cents for first pound, 2 cents for second pound, and 1 
cent for each additional pound, up to 150 miles. 
PLEASE WRITE PLAINLY, your name, post office, rural route 
and state on each order. 
NON-WARRANTY: Farmers and gardeners of experience know 
that success with seeds depends primarily on weather conditions 
and proper cultivation, so in accordance with the custom of the trade 
and more specifically the American Seed Trade Association, ‘‘The 
Wetsel Seed Co., Inc., gives no warranty, express or implied, as to the 
productiveness of any seeds or bulbs it sells and will not be in any 
way responsible for the crop. Our liability, in all instances, is limited 
to the purchase price of the seed.” 

Concerning prices in this catalogue: It is a matter of common 
knowledge that prices of field seeds, such as clovers, grasses, grains, 
potatoes, etc., fluctuate from month to month, often from week to 
week. In normal times (if there be such, any more) the price of gar- 
den seeds and to a large degree manufactured goods, remains fairly 
stable) consequently, catalogue prices usually hold good for a season 
_ However, the com‘ng season promises to be unusually ‘‘rough” 
in respect to prices in nearly ali lines. Pages could be written on the 
subject. Suffice it to remind you that we have just passed from a 
wartime economy and controlled prices to at least nominal peace- 
time and decontrolled prices. You can be sure that much time will 
have elapsed before prices become stabilized to a degree that ‘‘rela- 
tive”? values will again predominate. ; 
Accordingly, we must emphasize the fact that all prices in this 
catalogue are subject to change. Price changes, especially advances, 
will be avoided wherever possible and we will lower prices to meet 
changed conditions as readily as we will make necessary advances, or 
more so. 
