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MINE OATS 
The White 
Kherson 
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This variety is extremely 
early. Straw is short ami 
grain heads unusually large 
and heavy. The standing 
crop looks like almost a 
solid mass of grain. Con¬ 
sidering its early maturity 
it is the heaviest producer. 
The grain is of fine quality. 
It is admirably suitable 
for a nurse crop because of 
its shorter straw and early 
maturity. Escapes hot 
weather damage. Does not 
shade clover seedlings too 
heavily. These White 
Kherson Oats are in our 
opinion the most profitable 
of the very early varieties. 
Our heavy producing strain 
of heavily cleaned stock is 
distinctly superior seed, and 
we urge its use, wherever a 
money making early white 
oat is desired. 
These fine Silver Mine Oats are in great 
demand. Their clear white color makes 
them very desirable for manufacturing 
rolled oats. Our seed is northern grown 
The kernels are good sized and have soft 
hulls. A fine oat for horses. They are me- 
dium maturing. Grows a medium length 
straw. Large sprangled well filled heads 
Do not confuse our Silver Mine Oats 
with some run down strain that is sold 
by this name. Believe you will find 
them superior. Have nice stiff straw 
Does not lodge readily. 
These Oats are well recleaned 
which will increase the yield 
and produce a better quality 
Good seed oats will 
prove a wise in¬ 
vestment. 'f 
No Hulls—All 
Meat 
This is radically different 
from ordinary varieties. 
The grain threshes out sim¬ 
ilar to rye only the grain 
is softer. No waste of hulls. 
Feeding value is higher. 
They will yield w’ell often 
exceeding many of the bet¬ 
ter types of hulled oats in 
production. Considering the 
absence of h u 1 1 s and in¬ 
creased food value flie 
actual returns are. 1 a r g e 
even though a smaller num¬ 
ber of pounds are produced. 
You will like this remark¬ 
able variety. 
OATS 
°Xt T i riet,es bein 
Good Seed 
—-Carefully 
Prepared 
WHITE COP ■ 
Extra Heavy Yielder 
On good soil Gopher Oats 1 will outyiekl most early varieties 
10 to 15 bushels per acre. Gopher Oats were developed by Mi i- 
nesota Experiment Station. Best adapted to southern Mu - 
. sota. About ten years ago experiments were made at i 
i Illinois Experiment Stations and results proved Gopher Oats 
i better for northern half of Illinois, than other varieties, ol ‘ . 
5Oats. A four year average at Urbana, it ranked first ' 1 , , 
•average of 70 bushels. One year at DeKalb, 81 busheB. Gopfie | 
is recommended for heavy soil, where other varieties 1 » 
; verely. It lias a fairly short stiff straw. Usually escapts , 
rust on account of its earliness. Chas. Kelly, who •*. 
1000 acre stock and grain farm, 75 miles southeast of uu- 
cago, reports they are best grown. . y . 
They ea^£ ^ b ° ut « 
vLu le Wring anTO late 
a £ ]d oiost varf tif 111 out- 
• The heari • early 
L e r e ot 3 it? !! e Jong 
oat. - faJ1 
and 
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Our seed Itnni Up 
lecleaned arid I s 
° rer thi,ty n(1 t .^hs weii 
See W^es' o Q pZ g po 2 fte. 
We select our seed 
carefully and get the 
best producing strain 
for you. Since the 
grain is soft it is a 
little more easily af¬ 
fected by smut. For 
that reason we treat 
our seed with copper 
carbonate which kills 
s in u t and thus pro¬ 
duces clean high qual¬ 
ity stands. You see we 
take special care to 
see that you get the fin¬ 
est seed that will give 
you the greatest possible 
yields of first quality 
grain. See page 32 for 
prices. 
New Athens, Ill. 
Gentlemen: Was certainly well pleased 
with the Alfalfa and other seeds purchased , 
from you the past years. Used exactly as 
you described them in your seed catalogs and 
had -splendid results from them. Hoping that 
you will continue to send me,good seeds. J am 
.Yours respectfully, Chas. R-. Hanft. 
