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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
HASTINGS' 100-BUSHEL OATS 
BEST of ALL HEAVY YIELDING RUST-PROOF OATS for the SOUTH 
For paying, worth while oat crops the planter must have a good 
heavy yielding, well adapted “rust-proof” variety, and then strong, 
vital, recleaned and graded seed of that variety. In the past too 
little attention has been paid to the quality of seed planted, espe- 
cially seed grain. 
On our part we knew that we could not furnish the best unless 
we first grew or had grown for us the best quality possible and 
then recleaned it of weed seed and small undeveloped grains. This 
necessitated our spending thousands of dollars for recleaning ma- 
chinery, steady, regular and effective in seed cleaning. 
It is no exaggeration to say that the Hastings’ system of re- 
cleaning and grading increases the stand by at least 15% over seed 
not recleaned. Besides, every plant coming up is capable of mak- 
ing a vigorous plant giving a maximum yield. 
Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oat is a true strain of Scuthern rust-proof 
oats. For an all around general purpose oat you can find nothing 
that will compare with it. Planted in early fall it grows off quick- 
ly and has proven almost as hardy as rye. Stools out strongly and 
makes the best kind of grazing for cattle, hogs, horses and mules 
during the winter and early spring. 
Grains are exceptionally large and heavy, usually weighing 40 
pounds or over to a measured bushel. It’s .really a thoroughbred, 
just the sort of oat you ought to have growing on your farm. No 
matter where you live in the South, if you are in the fall oat plant- 
ing section, this is the one variety above all others for you to plant. 
Oats are easier grown than corn, cost less to make and gre a far 
better feed in summer for work stock, being less heating. They 
furnish a combination of grain and hay feed in case it is inconve- 
nient to thresh them out. 
Besides, on most farms, corn has the very bad habit of giving 
out before new corn comes in, and it’s far better to make oats than 
to be compelled to buy corn or oats at high prices. 
(00-Bushel Oats Special Selected Stock 
As you see by the picture below, taken on the Hastings’ Planta- 
tion, Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oats is the main-crop Oats to plant. 
The stock seed which has been extremely carefully selected, re- 
selected, rogued and saved, grew this beautiful 125 acre field. Seed 
from this field is offered below. However, we have had so many 
calls for our own Special Selected Planting Stock Oats that we 
plant to grow our regular seed supply, that we have grown and es- 
pecially selected some surplus over our own planting needs. The 
extra care and attention given to field rogueing, selecting, etc., costs 
us a good deal more than for the regular seed stock but such is nec- 
essary to keep up the pure strain and heavy bearing qualities of 
100-Bushel Oats. We offer our surplus only as long as it lasts. 
We must keep enough for our own seed planting stock. 
PRICES — Special Selected Stock — Not prepaid; Bushel, $2.50; 
10 Bushels or over, $2.35 per bushel. Note! This Special Se- 
lected Stock this year is being saved from the finest crop of Oats 
the writer has ever seen in the South and at least as good as any 
in the North. As this is written the Oats are in capped shocks in 
the field to be threshed this week. Recent heavy rains may leave 
them slightly dark, though this has nothing to do with the quality 
of the Oats. 
Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oats, Growing on the Hastings’ Plantation. The Best Oats for the South. See Below 
PRICES-Hastings’ lOO-Bushel Oats 
Persons or dealers selling farm run of oats regardless of the quality 
of the crop and not recleaned or graded can undersell us. So can a 
farmer claiming to sell recleaned seed grain when it has only been 
run through an ordinary fanning mill. If you buy from Hastings’ you are sure of two things. One is that the seed is of the very 
best vitality, 95% germination or above, and the second is that the seed oats or other grain are just as clean and free from dirt, 
trash, weed seed, chaff and small or undeveloped grains as the best recleaning machinery we can buy can make them. 
Further, every bushel of seed oats we ship out is sacked in new, sound bags, insuring so far as new bagging can, full, even weights 
and safety. Picture the oats above in your own field. You can afford to pay twice as much for such seed oats. Our prices may 
seem a little high per bushel, but we furnish you more for your money than you get from lower price sources. Write when ready 
to buy for our very best prices on any amount you want ; sample and freight or express rates to your station if you desire. Pound, 
25 cents; 5 pounds, $1.00; postpaid. Not prepaid; Bu., about $1.50; 10 bu. or over, about $1.25 per bu. Write for quantity prices. 
