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1865 United States Food Administration 1921
License No. G 30069

[image] rock with ESTABLISHED 1865

Fiftysix Years Successful Business!

DesMoines, Iowa, January, 1921

Greetings to Our Customers

We want to express our sincere thanks to our customers for the business given us last year. Our sales continue to increase in volume. In a few instances items which we formerly offered are not available. The best part of our line however, is not disturbed and prices for the current season remain about the same as a year ago except in case of farm seeds which are generally cheaper. Compared with other lines of merchandise, seeds are low in price and cost to the consumer. Generally speaking you can afford to use all the seeds that you can plant in advantage. The crops this season are good and the seeds we offfer are of the very highest quality and we feel more certain than ever that we will give satisfaction to our friends. Our continued growth and the increasing confidence of patrons lead us to believe that we are fully entitled in our position as

"SEEDSMAN TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE"

OUR GUARANTEE

TO OUR NEW FRIENDS

In t r ading by man YOu haver to buy seedll withOut eeclng
them. We prot .. ct you In this. how(lv(lr, becauee If any eeede
Irom ue liTe not satlsraetory upon arrIval and InapeeUon
return them to UI'I Ilnd we will rerund th .. money YOU paId
tor them. 'Wlth this agreement you can purchale your seeds
Gt us In every confidence and Just ail well aa thoUgh l'OU
tradeu over Our countera. You aTe sole judge; all we require
III that they shall he ~ent back to UI! withIn nHeen day.s
b'om ullte o[ receipt by you. This appliee to garden. tarm
and flower !leetls. VI'e cannot guarJl,ntee a crop, but we
can IIn(l do guarnntell to take seedn back that ynu yourself
Ilre not pleased WIth. The tlttecn days will give you ample
time to teet them In any way you want. It will give yO\l
limo to Hend samples tor Inapeetlon, analysis or tll~t to the
Slah. Seed Inepector or to the AgTicultural I'.lxperlment
Station. Our stocka will eland tbe cloeest scru t iny and we
are reatly to be judged acco r dingly. You will readily see
that we could not make thlll orrer unlesl! our stocks were
fint olnu and would give aa.Uata.ction to tho purehaeer.

Each year t his cata-Iope goell to pro}j!peQtlve buyer! who
have never traded wltl, UI and are not &CQulllnted with
our IItocks or metbods. To lIuch j Ullt a r llw w orda ot
1I0llcitation. Thle hook I. complied with great cue that
It may b(l a help to you In your gardenin g and farm ing
operatlonll. Both text and Illuetratlons alII truthful In
dllta.U. :LDd It wlU be ronna a real guide tn beUer ra r ma
and hetter gardenll. Rnad It carefully, " lI llrh ..11 t he
Slatements and eend DII a trial order. We "'Ill gl a d.l y
Ie.a.ve In YOur bande the (luelltion ot future. and continu ed
patronage. Each year our [rlendll Increalll!. In number,
and thlu 18 because those who give ue trial orderl b ecnme
firm frlenda and COntln\IOUII patroas. We soli t he hest " o~ ·
sible 6tocks at the IQwellt prices oonal6tant with pro ntAble
merebandlMng. Price, however, muat be eecond to QuaH!:)"
YOu do not w ant poor seedl at any price. We a tr lrm without qualIfication tbat ou r prleee are lUI low al Qu a lity
lIuDpllell will juetlty. Ws want your trade and will give
value received In Quality lIeedll to r money llent UI.

Iowa Seed Company, 209-211 Walnut
Des .Moines, Iowa
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SUGGESTIONS TO CUSTOMERS

Ol,l r oo n.tant aim I, to m.k, t h. h l,hut ql,lsllt1 th.flratconsld"r.lIon, snit nellt to
Order Early ' Tbe belli ""'II to order III jnll\ lLlI lIOon 1Io1ll'01l rooelve
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IrQ .t "_Ial rate. by UpresR.
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required ou <I"lltll1tJ~e OVP. 1 lIOund. MIlICl!llatleotle "'cr-eh .."dlaema;y
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lIreJlllJ' Ihll f""lrl>\. ""pI'llBS ehar~OII or 1IO&t:t¥a;
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uo ...enl.ll. In Hucb easea w .. muBI req"ett them 1080nil aumelentmonc.1"
to PMilay trel.-M eliar¥el on hea,vy IIhlPDIetll.ll: al80 In OIlllCI wb ..... per-Illbahl" or othel' rOQcla aN ortlered tnbeAetllhfi'rd.c'blO"",",PT'ellll tooeueh
I1'<"lI c!IBtaUe-eB ,bate~t ot lra.uBparlation wi Oe.lriY orQu lle.eqnal the
Ulna of thel'O(llla.

Discounts:

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