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II. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia. 
NEW FULGHUM EARLY OATS 
This comparatively new early variety lias taken Georgia almost 
by storm for an early oat, that is perfectly hardy and suitable for 
fall sowing in all parts of the South, provided, of course, that they 
are planted by the “Open Furrow Method.” 
We have watched this new oat with great interest. We placed 
seed stock of it in the hands of our most expert seed growers. Based 
on our observation and experience and the experience of our grow¬ 
ers we have not a word to change from what we stated about this 
variety in our fall catalogue for 1914, which we reprint below. 
This new oat will, we believe, fill a distinct place in Southern oat 
growing. We do not expect it to take the place of the regular rust 
proof main crop strains such as “100-Bushel,” Appier and others, 
but it has a distinct place to fill, if it holds up in extra severe win¬ 
ters, a test which it has not been put to as yet. 
Extravagant claims have been made for the Fulghum for extra 
earliness, large yields, etc., which have not been borne out by actual 
test. It is a good early oat with exceedingly heavy straw. A three 
year impartial test by one of the Southern Experiment Stations 
shows that its average date of maturity is eight days earlier than 
Appier, and the yield per acre each year ranged from eight to ten 
bushels less than Appier. Apparently its greatest value is as a va¬ 
riety to plant for part of the crop, for by planting half the acreage 
in Fulghum and half in “100-Bushel” or Appier the length of the 
harvesting season is lengthened and the farmer with limited ma¬ 
chinery equipment can handle successfully a larger acreage. 
It is well to remember in oats as well as other grain crops that 
earliness is always obtained at the expense of less yield per acre. 
The Fulghum is the best early oat we have seen for the South, yet 
it is not going to take the place of the more generally planted and 
heavy yielding varieties for the most profitable variety. We recom¬ 
mend it as an early oat only, and for those willing to sacrifice quan¬ 
tity to earliness. It is a clean, vigorous growing, healthy variety 
for early crops. Recleaned, graded seed. Pound, postpaid, 25 cents; 
3 pounds, 50 cents; peck, not prepaid, 50 cents; bushel (32 pounds), 
$1.50; 5 bushels, $6.75; 10 bushels, $12.50. Freight rates and samples 
sent on request. 
Other Safe Varieties of Southern Oats 
While we positively know by experience covering many years that Hastings’ “100-Bushel” Oat is superior in every 
respect to the other varieties, there is always a greater or less demand for these other varieties, and we carry the follow¬ 
ing in stock as regularly as possible. All the seed we send out of these varieties is recleaned just as carefully as possi¬ 
ble, and is superior seed stock to any that you can obtain elsewhere of these varieties. 
Georgia Grown Appier Oats 
A selection from the Texas Red Rust Proof 
made years ago in Georgia, and was the best 
variety up to the introduction of our " 100 - 
Bushel.” Still largely planted but yield is 
usually 20% to .30% less per acre than the 
“100-Bushel.” It is a genuine “rust proof” 
strain. Price, recleaned and graded seed, 
peck, 40c; bushel (32 pounds), about $1.10. 
Write tor quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Burt or Ninety-Day Oat 
Largely planted as a fall oat in Florida, 
where it does well at that season, but not 
recommended except for spring planting in 
the Central South. The Burt is a quick ma¬ 
turing oat, but is, in our opinion, much in¬ 
ferior. as a yiehler of grain per acre. Re¬ 
cleaned and graded seed. Peck, 40 cents; 
bushel (32 pounds), $1.00. Write for quan¬ 
tity prices when ready to buy. 
Texas Red Rust Proof Oats 
Genuine Texas grown seed. We get this 
variety direct from Texas in solid car lots. 
While we do not recommend it as compared 
with “100-Bushel” and “Appier” we can sup¬ 
ply the very best recleaned seed with the 
weed seed and Johnson Grass, almost inva¬ 
riably found in them, removed. Peek, 35c; 
bushel (32 pounds), about 90 cents. Write 
for prices in quantity when ready to buy. 
Hastings’ Grain Book Free 
Do you know how to prepare your land for 50 to 100 bushels of oats per acre? Can you prepare and get proportion¬ 
ately heavy crops of wheat, rye or barley? Do you know that these grain crops rightly handled will pay you better per 
acre than cotton at 15 cents per pound? These are not fool questions; they are based on fact. Such crops are being 
grown right along in Georgia, Alabama, South Carolina and other Southern States. 
What other men are doing in this line you can do just as well on your farm. 
We print in this booklet (40 pages) the experience and methods of some of these successful Southern grain-growing 
farmers. This booklet tells exactly how they do it and how you can do it. 
This grain booklet is not for sale, but it’s yours if you are interested in this subject, and honestly want to know how 
to make a real success of these fall sown grain crops anywhere in the South. All you have to do is to ask us for it and 
we will gladly send you a copy by return mail. 
This booklet takes up in order Oats, Wheat, Rye and Barley, with a special chapter on Winter Vetch, and tells you 
exactly how to handle these different grain crops successfully from start to finish. 
During the next few months hundreds of millions of cotton dollars will come into the South. Let’s each one of us 
do our share to make them stick here in the South. You will find this grain book a great helper in saving cotton dollars. 
Hastings’ Pasture Book Free 
An interesting and valuable booklet giving the best and most reliable information about preparation and seeding 
down both permanent and temporary pastures and meadows in all of the Southern States. 
Separate planting tables and combinations of grasses, clovers, forage plants and grains for North and South Caro¬ 
lina, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Florida and Arkansas. Also carries tables showing proper quan¬ 
tities of seed to plant per acre of all the grass, clover and forage crops in the South, and on this account alone it should 
be in every farmer’s hands. Absolutely free. All that’s necessary is for you to ask for it. 
