The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1870-04-16
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American Cluster Oats.


EDITORS FREE TRADER: In answer to call,
'What do Dat Dealers Meanf" can only say.
a. Paul on Mars Hill, speaking for myself: I
mean to do somebody some good. Knowing that
the people are getting every day more and more
awake to the Importance Of getting and eultivs-
ting better seed oats, and having of late con-
versed with many farmers and business men,
and all admit the necessity of changing seed
from soil to coil, and from one locality to anoth-
er, even if a better seed is not obtained. Many
say my oats do not yield as formerly, but fall
back on the plea of times are too hsEd, never
making successful jump to get out OF the old
rat into better results and better times, forget.
ting that to the victors belong the spoils, and
that good wives, good daughters, good sons, good
homes, good education, good papers, and in fact
good everything, are never obtained without eff.
fort mean to fill want now needed in the
history of oats. Advertising, through leading
agricultural and other influential journals of our
country, at as reasonable rate as can be afford
ed and pay expenses, cereal known as the
American Cluster Oats. These oats are i'll every
way exactly suited to the climate, and do not
need naturalization papers, but are American all
over, from base to apex. ! mean to say that if
every man who has read what has been said in
favor of these oats would carry out his honest
convictions and purchase only enough to seed
one acre this spring, the controversy on oats
would be decided. future specuations would be
at an end, the Cluster Oats will have been found
to I'LL the bill and the question of best oats would
be anchored. l. it TACT that America-hrst in
war, first IN peace, and first in rything truly
great-rnu,t hang her head when Norway. either
native or imported, is named I say empha,i-
cally No And when the record of this season
is known American Cluster Oats will have lost
OF her old friends, and hosts of new ones
will bless the day that they obtained few
bushels Of these tried and true oats. | mean
that every horse in the land will be proud of an
owner who grows the best oats and gets them.
mean that every COW that gets mess of scald-
ed oats will fiji your pail with the purest OF
milk, which the neat and skilled housemaid can
convert into the choicest butter. l mean that
every sheep that gets handful of good oats
each day will give you nice fleece Of wool to
:
falling friend. | mean that every hen that gets
all the good OATS lime, gravel. scraps OF meat,
warm shelter, SC. she needs, will fill your basket
with an unfailing supply OF the incest eggs. l
mean 10 present fairly aud squarely few facts
for the careful consideration of every candid
thinking man, be he artisan or farmer. One
hundred acres sown with Cluster Oats. three
bushels per acre, at $50 per bushel, is $50;
probable yield OF same, 50 bushels per acre, is
5000 bushels, at 30 cents per bushel, is $1,000,
less $40, cost OF seed, is $500. One hundred
acres sown with common oats, three bushels per
acre, at 50 cents per bushe, is $50; probable
yield of same, ~ bushels per acre. is eco bush.
els, st 30 cents per bu-he is 81 ,2OO,-les $50,
is $1,000 Interest OF value OF land. cost of
preparing ground, board of hands and teams,
sowing, narrowing, harvesting and probably
thrashing, being the same in either case, leaves
handsome balance in favor OF good seed OF
$500 on 100 acres, or S2j per acre. Let those
who can afford the luxury be penny-wise in the
matter of growing second-class oats and other
important productions. 70 benefit those who
may yet contemplate sowing these justly celebra.
ted oats, Will state that they were sown as late
as May lst last year, and the yield and quality
was better than earlier sown. Two hundred
and fifty kernels have been counted on q single
head of these oats. Having furnished all desir.
ing opportunity to supply themselves with the
best oats propose to furnish the world and the
dwellers therein with the best fence, cheap when
quality is considered, neat, simple, uniform, and
when built lasts a life time. Truly, we live in
an age of improvement. NATHAN WooLsEY
Ottawa, April 9Th, 1870,