TESTIMONIALS. 



Pour Hundred Bushels on Four Acres of Land. From E A. Dodson, Genesee County. 

 N. Y— This IS to certify, that from the tea bushels of Russian White Oats. 1 got three hundred and 

 fifty six {.'3S6; bushels of clean oats by measure— wei;;hing -iC pounds to the measured bushel— 

 •which makes 400 >^ bushels of i2 Jbs, raised on four acres of land in an apple orchard, one acre of 

 which was old trees, the balance of the trees ten years old. The ground being in good condition, 

 I used no manure or phosphate I connder them the best oats I ever saw. I also think they are 

 rustproof, as they did not rust and stood up well, while my other oats rusted. 



Hardy, Prolific and Rust-proof. J Nielson, of Ozaukee Co.. Wisconsin, writes— The one 

 ounce of Rus.sian V.'liite Oats you seat me last spring was scvn April 26th in drills about 22 x 5 

 Inches apart, on land that had a slight dressing of barnyard manure the year before, and was then 

 planted with com. No fertilizer of any kind used this year. The soil was a sandy loam. The oats 

 v.'ere harvested August 12th, this year, and after being threshed and cleaned, weighed fortj' eight 

 pounds (7&S ounces), all of which was yielded from the one ounce you sent me. The oats ire very 

 hardy, prolific and rust-proof; in short, all you claim for them is.true. 



One Hundred and Five Bushels for Two. From J R. McMaha>'. Winona Co.. Minn.— 

 Would say in regard to the two (2) bushels of Russian White Oats you shipped Mr. Palmer and me: 

 We t^o^'ed, reaped and tnreshed the crop together, and obtained one hundred and five (105) bushels 

 of beautiful oats. We are perfectly satisfied with them. 



Twice as Prolific as ordinary Oats, on poorer g-round. From Myron Tcrrell, Milwau- 

 kee, Wis —The bushel of Russian White Oats you shipped me yielded 50 bushels, thresher s meas- 

 ure, v.hile three bushels of my common oats yielded but 75 bushels on just as good grovmd, if not 

 a little better. 



Plump and Heavy- Forty Pounds per Bushel. From E. C Merick, Kennebec Co.. 

 Maine —The trial bushel of Russian^White Oats was a success, though it was very dry at the time 

 of heading and filling. T.v.e oats were plump and well meated. and a measured bushel weighed 40 

 pounds. I believe they are superior to any variety I have ever sown. 



Entirely Free from Rust. From C C Olds, Norfolk Co . Ont, :— You will please find 

 enclosed the sum of eight dollars, which makes up the balance due for the two bushels of Russian 

 Wliite Oats you sent me 'ast spring. My neighbor and I are both well pleased with the oats, and 

 intend <io^*ing them alto^etner next spring My own bushel brought me 37, and my neighbor's 47. 

 We find them free from rust, as you said. The heads are verj- fine, and straw sufficiently stout to 

 hold them up. 



Mr. Olds subsequently wrote- • * ♦ In telling you the Russian White Oats would not rust, 

 I might nave said that thev were sowed alongside of the Norway Oats at the same time and the 

 latter were quire rusted and ught, while in the former no rust could be seen. Our spring gram did 

 not come up evenly last season, especially oats, spots of which did not commence growing till 

 along n June This ^'.-as owing to a drought after seeding time. We had as a consequence an 

 excellent opportunity lor testing your new oats on this point. 



Perfectly Satisfied, and will recommend them to all. From Jno. F Hillikes. Chem- 

 imgCo.N Y —The Russian White Oats you sent me last spring have proved perfectly satisfac- 

 forj: and all you recommended tnem to be They are hardy, very heavy berry, unusually produc- 

 '. ive, a.nd rust-proof . 1 shall sow all I have next -pring 1 sowed them on 90 rods of land (>i an 

 acre and 10 rod: ) and received 56 bushels— thresher s measure— 70 bushels by weight. 1 shall rec- 

 ommend them to all. 



Best Oats he ever had on his place— 1680 Ounces from One. Mr Augustus Mouquin, 

 Jo Daviess Co ills w;io raised J6S0 Ouu.es dean Oais from a single Ounce- of Sted. wntes: 

 October ':.i 1*570— The Russian Oats stood j feet high and some of the heads contained 200 kernels, 

 and from 1.5 lo 25 neads from each kernel planted They are the best oats I ever had on the farm. 



Don't know how long and large the Heads ought to be to be extra, but his 

 assorted Heads ran front nineteen to twenty-two inches m length. Mr. Au-red Rose, 

 Yates Co . N Y., who raised in 1879 from a sm-le ounce of Russian White Oats, one hundred and 

 fifty seven pounds (2.512 ounces ) under date of September 29. \Crites I will now send you my report 

 upon the Russian Oats you sent me, and I am sorry that I did not send you the 20 heads. 3Iy 

 reason for not doine so is this: at the time I cut the oats J selected 40 heads and secured them, as 

 I supposed and when I got ready to send them to you. 1 found them nearly destroyed by mice. 

 (At this time the balance ©f the oats were threshed.) Now I don't know how long and large the 

 hoads our-'it to be to be extra, but my assorted neads ran from 13 to 22 inches long and the whole 

 f 7 P •. wulj avcr:ige 16 inches long, with from 25 to 45 heads from each keru«l planted. 



