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H. W. BUCKBEE, ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS. 



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BU6KBEE'S ILLINOIS 



Tbe flstonisfiing Bgricoltnral Wonder of tde flge. 



Opens a Mew Era of Profitable Oat Growing Throughout the 



Entire Country. 

 A Novelty That Stands Introduction on its Merits. 

 This new Oat is the result of "Several Successive Seasons Successful Selection" and Hybridization. Having particularly 

 noticed by careful experiment that many of the well-known sorts of Oats were not adapted to the rich soils of the prairies, 

 owing to their straw being so weak, it occurred to me that they might be successfully crossed with kinds that had a more vigorous 

 growth of straw. A few pounds were obtained of varieties that seemed to possess the requisite virtues, and the Oat I now offer 

 is the result of this selection by careful hybridization. 



TYPE IS WELL FIXED. GRAIN LARGE AND WEIGHTY. STRAW VERY HEAVY 

 AND OF GOOD LENGTH. EXTREMELY EARLY. PANICLES LARGE AND OPEN. 



I am able to add the views of my friend, Mr. J. H. Beagley, of Champaign Co., III. (no doubt one of the best-known 

 authorities on Agricultural Seeds in the country), by whose careful and painstaking work in the perfecting of this "Great Oat — 

 Illinois" the introduction has been made pcssible. "Your New Oat— Illinois— yielded more the past season than the 'Lincoln.' 

 It has outyielded all well-known varieties for several seasons, is an ideal sort for any soil, as it positively will not lodge or rust. 

 Nothing short of a cyclone will get it down. In fact, there is no Oat I can so cheerfully recommend, combining as it does all the 

 good qualities of several of the most prolific varieties ever introduced, viz.: Clydesdale, Race Horse, Welcome, Bonanza, White 

 Russian. Lincoln, Centennial, and the leading new standard varieties, as well as some others not generally known. 



Although the past season was disastrous to the Oat crop in this section as well as other sections in which they were grown for 

 trial, our stock is of excellent color and weight, weighing over 40 pounds per struck bushel. They easily yielded over 100 bushels 

 per acre, and this on ground which was in no way prepared to produce a mammoth yield (such as we hear of in cash prize offers 

 and contests). 



I CONTROL THE ENTIRE STOCK II Have you decided to changethat old worn-out stock which you have been planting 

 OFTHIS NEW OAT NOVELTY vfc II for years and sow the best variety in existence, "Buclrbee's Illinois," this year? 

 Decide now and turn the old farm into a Gold Mine by planting the grandest of all Oats — Buckbee's Illinois. Notwithstanding 

 the scarcity of seed, I have decided to place this most astonishing of all novelties on the market at the following low prices, which 

 are certainly within reach of all. Order early and have your friends and neighbors join with you. 



Price to one and all as long as my Stock Seed lasts: Postpaid, ' ... lb. 18c; lb 30c. By express or freight at buyer's ex- 

 pense, 1 „ b u. 25c: !., bu. 40c; % bu. 70c; bu. $ 1 .25, 2 bu. $2.40: 5 bu. or more at $ 1 . 1 O per bu. 



We have a fine supply of other standard varieties of Oats. Shortage of catalogue space compels us to omit detailed descrip" 

 tion this year. 



NOTICE] ^ an 7 °^ my customers should be interested in the following varieties of Oats we shall be very glad OATS 

 ______ to submit samples and quote very low prices if you will send a list of your actual requirements: 



LINCOLN. SILVER MINE. BIG FOUR, 6UN0L, WHITE SWEDE, 



BLACK PROLIFIC, IRISH VICTOR, GREAT NORTHERN. WHITE BONANZA 



WHITE SCHONEN, WHITE BELGIAN, VTHITE SUPERIO ' COTOH, BADGER QUEEN. 



REMEMBER 



WELCOME, 



IMP. WHITE RUSSIAN, 



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