“20th CENTURY” OATS. 
;OR delivery in the spring of 1900, we offer for the first time 
this most valuable addition to oat culture. 
EXTRA LARGE OATS. 
The “2'Ith CENTURY” Oats are unusually plump; thin hull 
and very desirable for making oat meal as well as for feeding. 
One of the largest makers of oat meal says: ‘‘They are worth from 
three to five cents per bushel more than other oats.” 
ORIGIN. 
The " 20th CENTURY” is a hybrid or cross-bred variety, 
originated by one of the most prominent European grain specialists 
and imported from Lincolnshire, England. The first crop of these 
oats was placed on exhibition at several large county fairs and took 
First Prize Wherever Shown. 
It is a settled fact that any seed which will produce profitable 
crops in England, where land is worth many times what it is with 
us, cannot fail to give good satisfaction here, and our own experi- 
ence only emphasises this fact. We had a field of the “20th CEN- 
TURY” Oats growing last season beside a neighbor’s field of 
common white oats; ours yielded eighty bushels per acre and his 
twenty-seven. All conditions appeared to be the same, except the 
seed. The average crop of common oats in our section last season 
was not more than thirty bushels per acre and any variety which 
could, under the unfavorable weather conditions yield eighty 
bushels, deserves the distinction of being selected to carry the 
banner as we march into the new century. We believe it easily 
possible, under favorable conditions of soil, climate and weather, 
for the “20th CENTURY” Oat to produce 
125 BUSHELS PER ACRE. 
It is not unusual for oats to yield 80 to 90 measured bushels or 
more per acre. 
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