154 POPLAR ERRORS. 



grain is it more important to have good seed than 

 with the oat. In a large portion of the United 

 States the best varieties of oats rapidly degenerate. 

 Frequent introduction of good varieties from local- 

 ities better adapted to this grain are therefore 

 desirable, but care should be exercised to obtain 

 them of reliable dealers. 



It is well to add that notes given to the agents of 

 the Bohemian Oat Company and similar fraudulent 

 concerns have been declared void by the supreme 

 courts of Michigan and one or two other States. 



