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Title: American farmers' manual
Identifier: americanfarmersm19pete_1 (find matches)
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Peter Henderson & Co; Henry G. Gilbert Nursery and Seed Trade Catalog Collection
Subjects: Vegetables Seeds Catalogs; Farms Catalogs; Grasses Seeds Catalogs
Publisher: New York : Peter Henderson & Co.
Contributing Library: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library
Digitizing Sponsor: U.S. Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Library

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PROM THB AMERICAN AQKICULTURIST FEBRUARY 14th, 1903. =PROMISING NEW OATS.= I ONQ'5 WHITE '^ TARTAR OATS. The IDEAL OAT for the AMERICAN FARMER. VERY EARL,Y. VIGOROUS COIiSTITUTION. IMMBNSB YIBLDBR, ^^■rHIS grand oat has fully borne out all we said regard- /■; ing it last year; altho the past season was a most ^^^ unfavorable one for all grain crops, it has main- tained its reputation as the earliest, heaviest and most prolific oat in cultivation. It is suitable for all soils, of robust and vigorous constitution, is remarkably early and an immense cropper ; the straw is long and stout, and, as a consequence, stands up well and does not readily lodge or twist. The heads are very long, measuring from 8 to 10^ inches, and the kernels are of immense size, thick, plump and heavy. It has already proven its superiority, and is undoubtedly the heaviest cropping domestic white oat ever offered. Planted alongside some of the older va- rieties in a field of 40 acres, it yielded more than double the number of bushels per acre of any of the other sorts. Its extreme earliness, great length and strength of straw, thick, plump grains and the heavy yields it is capable of producing gives Long's White Tartar all the necessary qualifications which go to make an ideal oat. Price, 60C. peck, $1.75 bu. (32 lbs.); 10-bu. lots, $1.65 bu.; 50-bu. lots,$1.60 bu.; 100-bu. lots, $1.55 bu. We shall be pleased to make Special Prices jp^^^Jfef to buyers of large quantities of Grain or Grass Seed.)*^** Recently while on the farm of I. S. Long in Lebanon County, Pa., the editor saw one of the largest and most promising varieties of oats that has been introduced into this country. It was imported in 1901 for Mr. Long and he grew about 40 acres the past season. When growing, it attracted a great deal of attention in his neighborhood, and farmers from all over the community came to see the field. It not only has long, strong and vigorous straw, but stands erect and lodged less this season than any other variety in the neighborhood. The yield was quite uniform and ran about 125 bushels per acre in the best portions of the field. The kernels are long, thick and perfect. Several heads picked without special selection from a bunch brought to the office of Amer- ican Agriculturist measured 8>^ to 10>^ inches long. When threshed, it came out of the spout at the rate of two bags per minute, or an equivalent of nearly five bushels, at the ordinary run of the thresher. This new variety planted in the same field with some of the older kinds, not only retained its weight, but produced more than double in quantity of any others. He seeded about three bushels per acre. It was sown broadcast, but he is not an advocate of sowing oats broad- cast and thinks he would have had better success if he had drilled them. The illustration reproduced herewith shows an average bunch of these oats, which gives a fairly good idea not only of the size of the straw, but of the immense heads. Two of the straws in our office were 4 feet long, and some of those in the sheaf standing beside Mr. Long exceeded this length.

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