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■ 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 
I our seed with copper 
I carbonate which kills 
I smut and thus pro- 
I duces clean high qual- 
f ity stands. You see we 
take special care to 
see that you get the fin¬ 
est seed that will give 
you the greatest possible 
y i e 1 d s of first quality 
grain. See page 32 for 
prices. 
5 BU .^725 
OWAR 
They Are lowar 
Type Oats 
This oat was originated 
at the Iowa State E.xperi- 
ment Station. Is a won¬ 
derful early w h i t e oat. 
Outyields the old Iowa 103 
and 105. Stands up well 
on rich soil. Good nurse 
crop. 
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 
lowar type are in our opin¬ 
ion 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. 
They Are Columbia Type Oats 
They must be a good oat because so many 
farmers are boosting them. Every farmer 
who wants a good heavy early oat should 
start growing the Columbia type this year. 
Many Illinois farmers living 100 miles south 
of Chicago, have been growing them for five 
or six years. Some of these fellows who have 
been in our office, tell us they like them bet¬ 
ter than any oats they have grown. They are 
a development of the Fulghum, but are ear¬ 
lier. Are as early as lowar and Gopher. Can 
be sown late in spring and still outyield most 
varieties. They are a mighty safe oat to sow. 
It is a pleasure to recommend these oats that 
are giving such universal satisfaction to our 
customers. In the same locality the past two 
years, where common early oats weighed 28 and 
30 pounds, the Columbia type weighed 34 and 35 
pounds. Where other early oats were a poor 
crop, the Columbia type made good yields. 
Characteristics 
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 well often 
exceeding many of the bet¬ 
ter types of hulled oats in 
production. Considering the 
absence of hulls and in¬ 
creased food value the 
actual returns are large 
even though a smaller num¬ 
ber of pounds are produced. 
You will like this remark¬ 
able variety. 
i^vHITEGOPHeS 
These Are Gopher Type Oats 
Extra Heavy Yielders 
On good soil Gopher Oats will outyield most early varieties 
10 to 15 bushels per acre. Gopher Oats were developed by Min¬ 
nesota Experiment Station. Best adapted to southern Minne¬ 
sota. About ten years ago experiments were made at two 
Illinois Experiment Stations and results proved Gopher Oats were 
better for northern half of Illinois, than other varieties of early 
Oats. A four year average at Urbana, it ranked first with an 
average of 70 bushels. One year at DeKalb, 81 bushels. Gopher 
is recommended for heavy soil, where other varieties lodge 
severely. It has a fairly short stiff straw. Usually escapes 
rust on account of its earliness. Chas. Kelly, who has a 
1600 acre stock and grain farm, 85 miles southeast* of 
Chicago, reports they are best grown. 
Have a stiff straw. 
Grow a little taller 
than other early va¬ 
rieties. Heads are 
long- and erect. The 
kernels have light 
stripes on the back 
and usually awn¬ 
less. O u r seed 
stock is well re¬ 
cleaned. 
New Athens, Ill. 
Gentlemen: Was certainly well pleased 
,with the Alfalfa and other seeds purchased 
from you the past years. Used e.vactly as 
you described them in your seed catalogs and 
had splendid results from them. Hoping that 
you will continue to send me good seeds, I am 
Yours respectfully, Chas. R. Hanft. 
