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11. (j. Ilastings Co., Seedsiiipn, Atlanta, Georgia 
HASTINGS’ 100-BUSHEL OATS 
BEST of ALL HEAVY YIELDING RUST-PROOF OATS for the SOUTH 
We want you to take a good look at the picture of a Georgia oat 
held at harvest time in May. l'J18. It was a hard winter, thermom¬ 
eter down almost to zero, and yet Mr. Thomas G. Scott, of Monroe 
County, Georgia, harvested one of the best crops of Hastings’ 100- 
Bushel Oats tliat he has ever grown for ns. 
On every hand were complaints of winter killing of oats, yet Mr. 
Scott’s crop was practically unh.armed. It was a plain case of 
sowing early on well prepared fiehls. These were not even put in 
as deep as the usual "open furrow" system puts oats in. They 
were drilled in with a regulation grain drill. 
Mr. Scott grows for us for seed piirposes from 5000 to 8000 bush 
els of 100-Bushel Oats, and he considers oals one of his liest crops. 
His success coming along so regularly is due first to good farm 
ing and a proper system of crop rotation. Second, he plants the 
liest variety and before he plants it all the seed is sent up here to 
Atlanta for a thorough recleaning and grading in our grain-clean 
ing machinery. 
One result of this system carried out year after year is that Mr. 
Scott's grain fields are practically free from weeds and about all 
our machinery has to do Is to take out the smaller and partly de¬ 
veloped grains. 
Mr. Scott isn’t afraiil of farm machiner.v or time and muscle sav¬ 
ing. Note in the picture the tractor pulling the binder, and iu- 
tached to the liinder disc harrows are cutting the stubble ready 
for a broadcast sowing of cow peas for hay and soil enrichment. 
Harvesting a Crop of Hastings' 100-Busbel Oats in May 1918, on Vann of Thos. G. Scott. Monroe County, Georgia—This Crop Came 
Through Nearly Zero Weather in January With Little Damage 
On the next page yon will see an illustration from a photograph 
of a bunch of Hastings’ 100-Bushel Oats. Note the heavy, well- 
filleil heads and long stiff straw that helps a lot in preventing 
lieatiug down or "lodging” in heavy storms that sometimes occur 
after heading. 
For iiaying, 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. We can furnish 
lioth the right variety and really recleaned and graded seed. 
Hastings’ 100-BusheI Oat is a true strain of Southern rust-proof 
oats. For an all arouml general purpose oat you can find nothing 
:hat will compare with it. Planted in early fall it grows off riuick- 
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 10 
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 are a far 
better feed in summer for work stock, being less heating. Fur¬ 
nishes 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 such high prices. 
