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in purchasing seed oats. The Louisiana 

 Red Rust Proof Oats are heavy bearders, 

 but in thrashing-, especially if dry, most of 

 the beard is taken off so that very little 

 of it shows. The color varies according- to 

 the season. These oats should be planted 

 on thoroughly broken soil. Our strain of 

 oats has been carefully selected from the 

 very best stock obtainable, and from the 

 most vigorous and largest plants. We 

 have been handling this variety for a 

 number of years and it has given satisfac- 

 tion wherever grown. These oats are as 

 true and uniform in color, quality, time 

 of ripening and stooling as any oats that 

 can be had. It is without doubt the best 

 variety for Southern planters. While some 

 of our farmers have repeatedly* yielded up 

 to 100 bushels per acre, it is safe to say 

 that from 50 to 75 bushels would be an 

 average crop. Sown in the Fall, these oats 

 make a splendid Winter pasture, which 

 does not prevent it from making a full 

 crop in the Spring. It nearly always 

 stands our Winters. It is stated that even 

 a half stand of Fall sown oats yields more 

 than a full stand of Spring sown oats. 

 Plant from October first on, at the rate 

 of 2^2 to 3 bu.shels per acre. 



PATTERSON OATS. — This Oats dates 

 back to a period shortly after the war, 

 when a chaplain of the Northern Army, 

 Rev. FL I. Patter;^on. decided to settle on 

 a farm in Louisiana. When he moved 

 down South, he brought some Northern 

 oats for seed, and by continually saving 

 the seed that resisted disease year after 

 year, he perfected a seed that was thor- 

 oughly acclimated and resistant to rust. 

 This oat now seems to be Rust Proof 

 and can be grf)wn successfully in this 

 State. In the preparation of the land, 

 great care should be taken to have a good 

 seed bed, perfectly drained. The Northern 

 style of plowing into lands about 25 or 30 

 feet wide seems to give best results. Oc- 

 tober and November are the best months 

 for planting in order to insure well ma- 

 tured seed the following ZMay. The seed 

 itself is medium, plump, well filled and of 

 a light brown color. It is also a bearded 

 oat, but in the process of threshing, es- 

 pecially if the grain is thoroughly dry, 

 most of the beards are beaten off, so that 

 very little shows. The grain is usually up 

 to the standard weight and frequently runs 

 as high as 38 pounds to the measured 

 bushel. The appearance of the oats when 

 young and growing is very beautiful, the 

 color being a deep green, and remaining so 

 until the grain begins to ripen in May. On 

 ordinary ground, the oats grow to a height 

 of about 3 1/2 to 4 feet, and when ripening 

 presents a highly- golden color. The straw 

 is usually quite erect and stands storms 

 fairly well. In February and March it 

 forms a magnificent merse crop in which 

 to plant Lespedeza, so that after the oats 

 are harvested in ]\Iay or June, the Lespe- 

 deza grows and gives a second crop in the 

 following October. 2% to 3 bushels to the 

 acre. 



EARLY WINTER TURP OATS.— Stool 

 more than any other variety; can be pas- 

 tured the whole Winter, and are as hardy 

 as Whe^t. Claimed to produce more and 

 heavier grain than other varieties. One to 

 one and a half bushels to the acre. 



SEED WHEAT. — Usually ripening in i 



May in the South. It is an early .ripening j 



prolific sort. Principally planted here for ' 



early feed to cut green, also for hay and ' 



grazing. Seed is valuable for poultry and ! 

 fowls. Two bushels will plant an acre. 



Dwarf Essex Rape. 



DWARF ESSEX RAPE. — This Rape may 

 be sown broadcast at the rate of 20 pounds 

 per acre and harrowed in. Under favorable 

 conditions it is ready for pasturing sheep 

 or cattle within six weeks from the time 

 of sowing, and on an average one acre will 

 carry twelve to fifteen sheep six weeks to 

 two months. In the Northern States it 

 should be sown from May to September 

 for Fall pasturing, but as it thrives best 

 in cool weather it should not be sown in 

 the Southern States until September or 

 October for Winter pasture. 



KUDZU.— A leguminous vine somewhat 

 resembling the Velvet Bean in appearance, 

 but it is perennial and comes from the 

 root each Spring and makes as much 

 growth by about the first of May as the 

 Velvet Bean makes in an entire season, 

 and that without fertilizer of any kind, on 

 ordinary soil: and so far as tests have 

 gone in the last five or ten years, the in- 

 dications are that Kud; u does as well on 

 the poorest sandy upland as on the best 

 lands, when once established. It gathers 

 nitrogen from the air and consequently is 

 a soil improver. 



Kudzu may be cut from two to four 

 times during the season, or pastured, when 

 the growth gets high, and yields from one 

 to three tons of dry hay at a cutting. 



The stock of plants is as yet exceed- 

 ingly limited and we ha\e n ade arrange- 

 ments with the introducer to fill our orders 

 at the following prices, which are excee< - 

 ingly low, considering their value and 

 scarcity, while the stock lasts: 



15 strong plants, postpaid $ 1.00 



15 plants, larger size, postpaid 1.50 



100 plants, by express, shipped 



"charges collect" 5.00 



1,000 plants, by express, shipped 



"charges collect" 40.00 



SEED BARLET (Southern arown.)— The 



particular value of Farley for growing in 

 the Soutli is for Fall, Winter and Sprinsr 

 grazing, and to cut. before it lieads out full, 

 to use as a hay crop. Barley stools out 

 more, and makes Fall. Winter and Sprinar 

 grazinsr. Cut for hay. it cures up splendidly 

 and is superior in nutritive and feeding 

 fiualities. It is so easily grown, and suc- 

 ceeds so well tliroughout the South, that it 



Nearly Fifty Years of Reliability in the Seed Business. 



