BIMBEE'S ILLINOIS 



Be jlstonisfiing Agricultural Wonder of M ffge. 



Opens a New Era of Profitable Oat Growing Throughout the 



Entire Countrtj. 

 A Novelty That Stands Introduction on Its Merits. 

 r^tV* 1 / u ew ° a ( \ s the r ?sult 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 

 ♦ stra ^ being so weak, it occurred to me that they might be successfully crossed with kinds that had a more vigorous 



fJ?h P r£,,f/^h.-= oJfJ^ pou u ds wc T e i1 btan ?!j d 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. 



aiitL?!?i« b r.n J^ d u the i V c ew 3 °- mv friend ; ¥t J> BeA ^ e f y \ of Champaign Co.. 111. (no doubt one of the best-known 

 t UinZK" ?L°E£ s ? cu , ltUT i l S £ eds in i he cou . nt , ry) ' who S e ca ^ e l u, T?,^ d Painstakinff work in the perfecting of this "Great Oat- 

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

 out £ lelded a " well-known varieties for several seasons, is an ideal sort for any soil, as it positively will not lodge or rust. 

 „ "T"? s ,(l<? rt of a cyclone will get it down In fact, there is no Oat I can so cheerfully recommend, combining as it does all the 

 f?.?eo-T T- ,es ? f s ^ ve r al °. £ f he most prolific varieties ever introduced, viz.: Clydesdale, Race Horse. Welcome, Bonanza. White 



a uP" u^S 1 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 



RFrVf iViP.FP 1 control the entire stock i 



ntintHIPU l OF THIS NEW OAT NOVELTY * | 



Have you decided to change that old worn-out stock which you have been planting 

 for years and sow the best variety in existence, "Budrbee's Illinois, °- this year? 



thf> erf ^ft?«7o 3 ?i ! ? old i a J m ln ^° a G P ld Mine by P anting the grandest of all Oats-Buckbee's Illinois. Notwithstanding 

 art r^rtf lu, ' a l e r n ed ^S place > thls m P st 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. 



„»^ iC i? K .°o- and i/ a K a ^I? nfl i a i my ,« S,oc J c ^ e . e 2i as ^ 9 J ^!?? lp 5 id '^ lb « l8c -5 ,b 30c. By express or freight at buyer's ex- 

 pease, % bu. 2ac.t ^ bu. 40c.» V 2 bu. 70c; bu. $ 1 .25, 2 bu. $2.40: 5 bu. or more at $ 1 " 



.10 per bu. 



..,i. W ? , h i? V f » ,ln f SUpply i ?? ,he ,0 ! lowin « s,a "Sf r ? v f. rielie l of 0ats *. all Northern Growo, carefully selected and produced from the choicest stock seed. Prices of 

 each of the following varieties, as long as our Choice Stock Seed lasts, at buyer's expense, H on. 40c; y s bu. 65c; bu. $1.00; 2 bu. $1.95; 5 bu. or more at 95c; ttu. 



NOTICE] J f an 7 °? mv customers should be .interested in the following varieties of Oats we shall be very glad OATQ 

 ' to submit samples and quote very low prices if you will send a list of your actual requirements: w 1 



LINCOLN. SILVER MINE, BIG POTJR, BUH0L, WHITE SWEDE, 



W ^ LC °5L E Ji .„ BLACK PROLIFIC, IRISH VICTOR, GREAT NORTHERN, WHITE BO^AFZA 



IMP. WHITE RUSSIAN, WHITE SCHONEH, WHITE BELGIAN, WHITS SUPERIOR C0T0H, BADGER QUEEN. 



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