BUCKBEE'S MAGNIFICENT NEW 0AT==ILLIN01S. 



The, Astonishing Agricultural Wonder of the Age. 



OPENS A NEW ERA OF PROFITABLE OAT QROWINQ 

 THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE COUNTRY. 



A NOVELTY THAT STANDS INTRODUCTION ON ITS MERITS. 



BUCK 



ILLINOIS. 



This new Oat is the result of "Several Successive Seasons Successful Selection " and 

 Hybridization. Havinsr particularly noticed by careful experiment that many of the 

 well knoTOfa 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 seetned to possess the requisite virtues, and the oat I now OiTer is the result of this selection ; by careful hybridization. 



/| Type is Well Fixed. Grain Lat"ge and Weighty. Straw Very Heavy 



i2 And of Good Length. Extremely Early. Panicles Large and Open. 



My friend, Mr. J. H. Beagley of Champaign Co., Ill, (no doubt the best known authority 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 possible, I am 

 able to add Mr. Beagley's views: "YOUR NEW OAT— ILLINOIS— YIELDED MORE THE PAST SEASON THAN THE 'LIN- 

 COLN.^ It has outyielded all well known varieties for several seasons, is an ideal sortfor 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 ^ \>'*s:5^?^'^.<« ,//,//, 

 which they were grown for trial, our stock is of excellent color and weight, weighing over 40 lbs. per struck 

 bu. They easily yielded over 100 bu. per acre, and this on ground which was in no way prepared to pro- 

 duce a mammoth yield (such as we hear of in cash prize offers and contests.) 



Remember I Control the Entire Stock of this New Oat Novelty. 



EAVE YOU DECIDED TO CHANGE that old worn out stock which you have been plan.ting for years' 

 AND SOW THE BEST VARIETY IN EXISTENCE, "BUCKBEE'S ILLINOIS" THIS YEAR? 



D^;crDB iVOir and turn the old farm into a Gold Mine, by planting the grandest of all' Oats— Buckbee's ' 

 lUmois— ^otwithstandmg the scarcity of seed I have decided to place th.\s Most Astonishing of all Novel- 

 ties on the Market at the followirm 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, qt. 50c. By express or freight at buyer's expense, V bu. 50c. 

 U bu. 90c, }4 bu. $1.50, 1 bu. 2..50, 5 bu. or more $2.00 per bu. 45 



