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H. G. Hastings Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
FULGHUM EARLY OATS 
This comparatively new early variety has taken Georgia almost 
by storm for an early oat, and is very hardy and perfectly suitable 
tor fall sowing in all parts of the South, provided, of course, that 
it is planted by the “Open I'urrow 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 and 
based on our observation and experience and the experience of our 
growers we have not a word to cliange from what we stated about 
this variety in our fall catalogue lor Iblt, 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. 
“Extravagant claims have been made for the Fulghum for extra 
earliness, large .yields, etc., which have not been borne out by actual 
test. However, it is a good early oat with exceedingly heavy straw. 
A three-j ear impartial test by one of the Southern E.xperiment Sta- 
GENUINE APPLER OATS 
tlons shows that its average date of maturity is eight daj’s 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 
variety to plant for part of the crop, for by planting half the acre¬ 
age 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 
recommend it as an early oat only and for those willing to sacrifice 
quantity to earliness. It is a clean, Vigorous growing, healthy va¬ 
riety for early crops and has practically superseded the Burt or 
90-Day Oat in the Cotton Belt. Recleaned, graded seed. Prices, 
freight rates and samples sent on request. Pound, 30 cents) 4 lbs., 
Jil.OO) postpaid. Write lor prices when ready to buy, 
TEXAS RUST PROOF 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. Pound. 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00; postp.aid. Write for 
quantity prices, samples and freight rates when ready to buy. 
Genuine Texas grown seed. We get this variety direct from 
Texas in solid car lots. While we do not recommend it as com¬ 
pared with “100-bushel” and “Appier” we can supply the very best 
recleaned seed with the weed seed and Johnson Grass, almost in¬ 
variably found in them, removed. Pound, 30 cents; 4 lbs., $1.00; 
postpaid. Write for best prices, samples and freight rates. 
DmSaA Notice account of the uncertainty of the seed stock and variations in market price conditions we cannot make definite 
r I IWC I^V AIW; on .most seed grains at the time this catalog goes to press, but we shall be glad to give you special prices on 
request as soon as you are ready to buy. Use Special Quotation Sheet in baek of catalog and we will give you the best of Hastings’ Service. 
GRAIN SMUT AND HOW TO PREVENT IT 
Keep all barberry bushes cut close to the ground. Treat every lot of oats, wheat, rye and barley you plant with “Formalin” or 
“40% Formaldehyde” solution. The day before planting spread grain on floor and sprinkle thoroughly with a solution of one pint 
of formalin to 40 gallons of water, or put solution in barrel and dip sack of grain in it 30 minutes and then spread grain to partly 
dry. Get formalin at drug stores. Pint will treat 40 to 50 bushels of grain. Open grain drill a little more than for dry seed. 
