2 H. D. Richardson & Co., Willards, Maryland 


Introduction 
Dear Farmers and Friends: 
I am proud to be in a position to deal with a class of people who have 
such records as farmers do. They have carved this great naticn out of a 
wilderness and always have had the best fed and best clothed nation in the 
world. Still the products from the American farms have found their way 
into every port that the sun ever shone. They have fed every civilized nation 
of the globe regardless of race, color or creed. 
There is no ocean ever sailed that the farmer’s sons haven’t sailed upon 
it. There have been no wars fought that the farmer’s sons haven’t helped 
win. In fact there are no occupations ever held by the human race that 
haven’t been held by the sons of the farmers. 
The farmers are a tribe of business people that have never ciosed tleir 
shops, never had a lay-off or strikes. They have never laid down their arms 
in surrender. They faced floods and droughts, depressions and wars, but 
they fought on until they won. 
Some say this is going to happen—and some say that is going to happen 
—I dcn’t know what is going to happen. But we do have another Calendar 
year of 1948 which is like a new book. Every time the sun rises she unfolds 
another page of time. We are going to the school of experience as the pages 
unfold. But at that we never graduate or get a diploma. It may be that we 
get them at the “Pearly Gates.” 
Now if that sun continues to travel on time as she has been doing for 
quite awhile, I wou'dn’t be surprised if those tree buds didn’t unfold again 
this spring. If they do, you will be wanting to know where your Strawberry 
Plants are coming from and if they will be delivered on time. Now, it is 
true that there are less Strawberry Plants this year than there were a 
year ago and the supply will be exhausted before all the orders are filled. 
Ncw it seems to me the thing to do is ta mail your order in as 300n as you 
possibly can. That way there wi:l be no doubt of getting your plants or 
geiting them cn time. 
H. D. RICHARDSON & CO. 
