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11. G. llasti ngs Co., Seedsmen, Atlanta, Georgia 
ABRUZZI RYE—We Have Grown it for Six Y^ears and do not Hesitate to Say it is the Best Rye for the South 
Southern Rye and Barley .''.SS” SrEJ™',;! 
ing more and more popular In the South every year as a winter 
and spring crop for grazing and cutting for green forage. They 
are very hardy, and will grow on poorer land than almost any 
other grain crop. They make excellent winter and spring pastur¬ 
age, and if sown very early can be grazed in the late fall. 
Rarlov recent years there has been a great in- 
DOl icy crease in liarley planting, especially by 
poultry raisers, who want it for winter green feed and grazing. 
The seed stock which we have is the “bearded” variety This, we 
believe, is the finest variety for planting in the South. Barley 
prices cliange during the season. Pound, 30c: 4 lbs., $1.00; post¬ 
paid. AVrite for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
Hastings’ Genuine Southern Grown Winter Rye 
All rye which we handle is strictly winter rye and perfectly 
hardy. It is Southern grown and adapted to this entire section, 
either for winter grazing or grain production. With half a chance 
it almost invariably “makes good” wherever planted in the South. 
Rvery bushel of rye that goes out from this house is right stock. 
We know exactly from where it comes. Every bushel of it goes 
through our recleaning machinery, which takes out dust, trash 
and light grains that are left by threshing macliines. It’s exactly 
what you need to make a successful rye crop next winter. 
PRICES—Pound, 30c: 4 lbs. $1.00; postpaid. On account of the 
great uncertainty of seed stocks at the time this catalog goes to 
press we can’t make definite prices on quantity lots of field seeds, 
but when you are ready to bu.v, just write us ami we will give you 
the best i)rices possible. I'se the special .vellow <|notation sheet in 
the back of tliis catalog and send it in as early us ,vou cun afford 
to buy. 
New Abruzzi Rye 
Some sixteen years ago agents of the United States Department of Agriculture found a variety of rye in one of the Italian prov¬ 
inces and sent a quantity of it to Washington. From there it \vu? distributed to various parts of the X'nited States. In this way a 
prominent planter of South Carolina trot hold of it. Its remarkably rapid growth so soon after plantinp: attracted his attention and 
the small patch was carefully watched. 
We have grown it for seven years and do not hesitate to say that it is as far ahead of the Southern rye as the Southern is ahead 
of Northern rye. W^e grew about one hundred acres of Abruzzi Rf e on the Hastings’ Farm this past season and each year we are 
better satisfied with it. 
The Abruzzi Rye stools out quicker and heavier than any rye we have ever seen and quickly covers the entire ground. It can be 
pastured a month to six weeks earlier than other varieties of r>e or oats. 
So far as we can learn it has succet»ded equally well on stiff cla^- lands and the sandy lands of the Tower South. 
For the dairyman this quickness of being ready to pasture will make it invaluable, and for all others it is certainly well worth 
ivhile planting a variety that will make 50 to 100 per cent more pasturage or hay in a season than the older sorts. We believe that 
the Abruzzi Rye will, in time, displace all other varieties of r>'e in the South, and you certainly ought to get a start of it this fall. 
Pound, postpaid. 35 cents; 3 pounds, $1.00. Write for quantity prices when ready to buy. 
