THE -LIBERTY-OAT. 
“201^ BUSHELS FROM ONE ACRE.” 
Is the certified statement made by Hoover & Moore of Garfield Co., Col. Their report reads : “We, Hoover & Moore, 
do hereby certify that we have grown and threshed from one acre of Liberty Oats six thousand, four hundred and forty- 
three (6,443) pounds, or 201)4 bushels. 
Mr. P. U. Sinnot, Fayette Co., Ia., among others, writes: "Liberty Oats are the most wonderful oats I have ever 
seen. I purchased last spring 2)4 bushels of Liberty Oats which I sowed on one measured acre and harvested 196 bushels 
and 15 pounds, only lacking 3 bushels and 17 pounds of the coveted 200 bushels 1 am sure I would have got 200 bushels, 
yes, much more, but the season was so dry. People came for miles to see my field of beautiful oats, and all pronounced 
them the finest they ever saw. ” 
A prize of $200 ; n gold was offered for yields of 200 bushels or more per acre, with the result as given above. Ten 
competitors for the prizes averaged 121 bushels per acre, the lowest reported yield being 96)4 bushels per acre. 
Photographed during drought of 1895. Fields of common varieties on neighbors' farms adjoining were cut with mower and raked up 
as the straw was not long enough to bind. 
Of the 1200 Farmers 
Distributed all over the United States, Canada, England, Scotland, Germany and France, to whom % lb. packages were sent on trial, 
nothing but the most glowing, hearty and enthusiastic reports came. Every one reporting has the very best words to say for Lib- 
erty Oats. The oats were sent in packages containing following descriptions : “% lb. sample of Liberty Oats "Here s a brand 
new Oat. ’’ "Please plant it and care for it fondly”; “it will prove a gold mine”; "worth its weight in gold ; "we believe a yield 
of 200 bushels per acre possible with the Liberty Oat”; 1 try it and send a 20-word, or less, report, on a postal card, regarding 
Liberty Oats, by Oct. 1. 1895.” In order to give you an idea, we append herewith a few of the 1200 testimonials received. 
"Liberty Oat proved the most wonderful I ever saw or grew. 
Its yield will surely be 200 bushel per acre. — Albert Sible, Ind. 
“You may well shout 'Eureka !' Liberty is grand. Nothing 
seen like it here. I expect 200 bushels per acre next year " 
Frank Herbs, Wis. 
"I thank you for that sample of Liberty Oats. I believe it 
will be the biggest yielderout. Henry Selmser, 111. 
"It is just as you say. Liberty is certainly all you claimed 
for it. I am satisfied it will reach nearer 200 bushels than any 
other sort. C. E. Bradney, Minn. 
"It does well here. Weather was bad, but Liberty proved 
the better of all oats here. Yields enormously. T. Schmaltze. 111. 
“Blue Grass is fine but this oat beats it. I am sure it will 
yield 200 bushels per acre. J E Estey, Ky. 
"We raise lots of oats here, but never saw anything like the 
Liberty. It will lift many mortgages. Chas. Richter, Ind. 
“Again a new oat. That's what I thought when sample 
came, but now I say Liberty. It's a marvel. H. C. Litecke, O. 
‘‘No use talking, Liberty takes everything. Everybody wants 
it. I 'll sell 200 bushels next spring in bushel lots. What's 
your prices. J. D. Holstead, Mich. 
"Bonanza won the $500 in this state. Your Liberty gets 
’way ahead of it and is a finer oat too. H. H. King, N. Y. 
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