The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1868-11-06
QUE DAT -CRoP-I NEW VARIETY.

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We clip the following IN regard ID
our oat CROP and new variety called
the Norway oat, from the Lawrence
Journal. zWe-have heretofore seen no.
tees of the immense prodpctiveness Of
the Norway: .l xcfi1~
ghe oat is sone OF the smallest grains..
OF the feld, but its, value is Immense
In making up the grand aggregate of
the wealth of this country. Our oat
crop IN the northern States alone In
1854, amounted in value to SI3e. 3Sl ,247.-
It is the fourth crop in value in the
United States, corn standing first, hay
second, wheat third and oats fourth. In
the western States IN 1854 Nye grew the
enormous amount of 6,461, $50 acres OF
oats. With these few statistics show
ing the amount aud value of this crop,
farmers can easily see the necessity of
sowing the best and most largely re-
munerative seed. There is Just as
much difference in the several varieties
of oats as there is in men, horses, or
cattle. Good culture it is true, is tine
prime necessity in the; growing OF
crops; but good raspberries cannot be
grown on thorn bushes. Nature Will
exercise her superiority iust as brains
control society. Educated mind il
power and will always maintain its as.
tendency. 1t is SO in the growing OF
field products, the best is the oheapest
seed for the farmer to plant or sow. So =
A new candidate in the oat Kingdom
is what IS known as the Norway oats.g
This grain has a rather romantic histo-.
~ Il. 1864 AFR Fess=r1 a1eA, of Vernon
one of the oldest farmers in That Sta4s7
had given TO him by tho Commissioner
of Agriculture at Washington, q single
oat, which had been imported from
Norway in q package of peas. Mr.. r.
was struck with the handsome appear-
ance of this grain of oats, and he plaUtai
ed it i'll his garden as an experiment.
1t more than realized his anticipations.
From single grain of oats he gathered
the enormous amount of 27S5 grains.
nearly six times more than is harvested
from the varieties heretofore sowu in
this country. The next season Mr.. r.
sowed 2,O4O grains, and, harvested
therefrom the Incredible yield of Tires
bushels and one quart. In 1867 he sowS
ed fourteen acres with the Same graft.
flying results. From this yield farmers
in most OF the eastern as well as many
of the western States, have been able
to make thorough trial of these oats.
and the uniform testimony seems to be
that no variety ever grown in this
country holds any comparison to the
Norway. The best testimony Of relia.
able farmers from all parts of the coun+
try seems to be that the Norway Weld
from 100 to $50 bushels to the acre. of
grain weighing from 40 to As pounds
TO the bushel. The strength of the
stalk preventing lodging, and the large.
ly increased weight and enormous
yield give them qualities most desira-
BILE and all united in the Norway, make
1t one Of the most valuble seed oats
that the farmer can obtain. d
Our mention of this celebrated varfe-
ty would perhaps be incomplete did we
not state that our townsman A. L.
Pease is prepared to supply the farm
| ers of Kansas and the west to limited
extent with this variety Of oats for seed
at the following rates:
One quart, prepaid by post, Si.9S
Two quarts, g % 200
One peck, per express, freight payable on
delivery, 4nO
One half bushel. f" GOO
One bu>hel, 1000
Two and one-half bushel bags, assoc