JAMES VICK’S SONS, ROCHESTER, N. Y. 
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We have but limited space to speak of the favorable recommendation 
of the growers of this farmers’; very profitable, Oat. 
First Premium. 
Jos. Stevens, of CrossviUo, Tenn., says, “I exhibited the 40-lb. Oat at 
our County Fair and secured first premium. Every ono who saw the 
Oat say it is the heaviest they have ever seen.” 
Ninety-four Pays Growth. 
Gen. Gascoigne, of Kendall, N. Y., writes: ‘‘I sowed the 40-lb. Oat 
April 20, and harvested July 30; yield 8 lbs., which means 07 bushels per 
acre ; quality good, and think the yield would have been increased per 
acre by sowing thicker.” 
The hardiness and vigor of Vick’s 
New 40-lb. Oat is far iii excess of any 
other known sort, while, on account of 
its extreme earliness the tendency to 
rust (as in the of late Oats) is greatly du 
minished. 
The grain and straw are bright in 
color,—the former heavy and plump and i 
the latter strong and stiff, preventing 
lodging or falling down. 
Last season we mailed free to 30,000 or £ 
more of our patrons a two ounce packet 
of the Oats for trial. Since harvesting 
we have received many hundreds of tes-§ 
timonials in their favor. The past year! 
was a bad one for Oats in most sections, | 
but the 40-lb. Oats invariably gave the 
best of satfaction, and we are glad to :j 
offer to the country such an acquisition. 
Price , 1 lb., 25 cts.; S lbs., GO ets.; peck, 75 ' 
els.; bushel, $2.00; 5 bushel , $8.00. 
Earliest by Two Weeks. 
H. It. Sellf.ck, of Elkton, Mioh., says: “The 40-lb. Oat is two weeks 
earlier than the earliest varieties grown in our section. I think their® 
greatest merit consists in their extreme earliness, as they would escape 
rust that often effects our late oats.” 
First-Class. 
Frank It. Grubb, of Coleta, Tils., writes: “The 40-lb. Oat grows well, f 
large, strong straw, and heavy heads well filled. It is the Oat for North¬ 
ern Illinois, and can recommend it as a great yielder, excellent quality,® 
and a first-class Oat in every particular. 
A rapid growing, hardy climber, attaining a height of thirty or more feet, with large leaves 
ten inches across, and curious, pipe-shaped yellowish-brown flowers. At a distance the vine 
might bo mistaken for a Bean vine, but the flowers can be taken for nothing else but a Dutch¬ 
man’s pipe. It is three or four inches long, a yellowish-green brown, and deservedly give the 
name to the vine. But it leaves no odor objectionable to the most delicate nerves; it scatters 
no fire or ashes, and it is a floral curiosity your friends will laugh at, and when they see your 
vine they will procure one for themselves. (Sec colored plate.) 
Strong plants, 1st size, each, 50 cents; 2nd size, each, 25 cents. 
414 Oats on One Stem. 
I drilled in the two oz. package of 40-lb. Oats on 
May 20tli., about two months too late for this ’ 
country, and the season was an extremely dry! 
one, but I have 9 lbs. of clean, choice Oats, andf 
the chickens got some before it was ripe to cutl 
Many single stems produced more than 200 grains| 
each. One stem produced 424 grains . It is the best! 
Oat I ever raised. L. W. S. Post, 
Blachly, Oregon. I 
Cut Two Weeks Ahead. 
We sowed the 40-lb. Oat same day as our neigh-v 
bor sowed his crop, and we cut our* two weeks akeai ll 
of him. They were nice bright heavy Oats, just® 
what wo want in our light soil. 
Mrs. Lizzie A. Bartley, West Sunbury, Pa. 
“40-LB.” 3 FEET VS. OTHERS 1 FT. 
I raised 10 lbs. from my 2 oz. packet of 40-lb. Oat,? 
and I think in any good year it will be far ahead® 
of any Oat I have ever tried. When my main crop® 
stood ono foot high the 50-lb. was three feet. high. I 
Sarah Duman, Seneca, Kansas.! 
Twenty-two Pounds from Two ounces, j 
The 2 oz. of seed of the New 40-lb. Oat produced j 
22 lbs. of clean Oats. It is a great yielder and very! 
early. Jackson Sawyer, Beatrice, California. | 
Canadians Report Success. 
The yield from 2 oz. packet of 40-lb. Oat was 14; 
lbs. I think the Oat will be a success in this part 
of the country; the sample is line. 
Chas. Allen, East Linton, Canada.| 
Thirty-six Bushels to One of Seed. 
I sowed the sample package of 40-lb. Oat and 
find then yield thirty-stc bushels to one of seed.S 
Our native Oats yield from 7 to 10 bushels; 10 bush.I 
was a good average yield this year. So the 40-lb.* 
Oat is the Oat for us. Winslow H. Me Inti re, | 
Plymouth, Maine. 
Texas Reports “40-lb.” the Best. 
I had a splendid yield from the 2 oz. package of 
40-lb. Oat. We did not sow till late, weather very 
dry, no rain for six weeks , still the straw was strongM 
standing 4 feet high , and was very early. Think it s * 
the best kind of Oats for the coast of Texas. 
Peter Rosmussen, Port Lavaca, Texas. 
Two Weeks Earlier in Vermont. 
The 40-lb. Oat, were just two weeks earlier than 
my main crop of Welcome Oats. I like them! 
well. C. M. Densmore, Jamaica. Vermont, j 
Ahead of Any in Fifty Years. 
I have raised Oats more than fifty years, and 
thousands of bushels some years, and some very; 
fine varieties (so considered by good judges), but,, 
the 50-lb. Oat is ahead of any Oat I have ever seen.* 
They are all and more than you claim for them. | 
E. R. Nichols, Rawson, N. Y. 
Free from Smut. 
The 40-lb. Oat is all you claim for it. They arc 
an extra fine quality, were free from "smut,": 
while other Oats near them were badly affected 
by it. Emory Preston, Tipton, Mich. 
