The Fremont weekly journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County, Ohio) 1867-1877, 1871-02-03
THE JOURNAL.


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RA1LsDEL NORWAY OATS.
MR. EDIroR:-Permit me, through
the Journal to say to the Farmers
Of Sandusky County, what l know
ex2erimentally, of the Ramsdel Nor
Ay Oats.
In the spriag ofIses 1 sent$4, to
Jones & Clark, City Of New York,
r ous osck Of oats. The same to
be expressed. Shortly after sending,
Icalled upon the Express Agent, at
Fremont and found a small sack
fcon' lining oats, Addressed to me. I
paie the charge thereon, which was
one collar, making five dollars my
peck Of oats had cost me.
4he sack Of oats weighed 7 lbs,
ana about 8 ounces. I found the
oats, in appearance, to be equal to
all that had been said ofthem. Col
81 gray. large, plump and heavy. I
sVwed them on small patch Of
ground, had plowed up in a clo-
yer field. After the oats had come
up, I found I had made a mistake in
sowing them on clover sod, as the
worms we're cutting them off under
ground, and many of the stocks were
looking yellow, but By and by they
got the better of the worms then
they were a beautiful sight to see.
TheiE color a dark green, and leaves
s4Fom to Il inches broad, heads
from 8 to Is inches in length, with
$50 TO 200 grains to the head.
The Norway Oats grow to a great
eT Aeight than the common oats.
take deeper root, have a larger stock
and are largest at the root, tapering
up similar to 8 young pine tree.
hence the stocks are more able to
stand up under their load of grain,
and to endure the wind and dashing
rains, than the common oats.
Now as to my first crop, I would
say, notwithstanding the deprsda-
tions of worms, grasshoppers and
birds and chickens. (for they all got
their share, we harvested and
afssbsd 1S bushels by measure, and
When run through the tanning mill
once, they weighed 9s lbs to the
busbel I could have disposed of all
the Norway oats I raised in1S69,
for a good price, as 1 was offered,
s7.5oper bnshel, but did not sell
any, as wished to sow all the seed
I had on hand, another year.
In the spring of 1870, I prepared
q field for my second crop, drilled
them in the ground with common
grain drill, but got them too thin
on part of the field. The conse-
quence was, that weeds sprung up
to a greater height than the oats,
while the oats stood about feet
high. Right here 1 would recon-
Smend Il to 1a bushels to the acre,
as it is better to raise grain than
weeds. If the land is rich and not
foul with weeds seed, say good corn
lands, II bushel wiz do the acre.
Now let US see what the second crop !
that of 1870, amounted to, in bush
els. The cutting was done with a
machine, bound up as fast as cut,
shocked up as other grain, stood in !
the field two or three weeks, then
hauled into the barn, and when we
were done hauling, we cleaned up
what had shelled out and fallen up
on the barn floor, and by measure
ment. found that we had AZ bushels, |
threshed the balance, and found we
had 40S bushels, in all, 4138 by
measure. Since threshing, I find
that after running a part of my last
crop through the tanning mill, they
weigh including stack 4O3 lbst to the
bushel, which swells my second crop
TO 500 bushels in weight, or $1,000
lbs, from lbs, the second year af-
ter, Now, gentlemen farmers, can
you beat this with the common oats.
Ifyou do, please let us know through
the Journal In conclusion, I would
say that 1 have genuine Norway
Oats for sale. 1 shall put the price
down so that farmers may be induc-
ed to buy of me seed oats, this sea-
son.
For my prices I refer you to my
advertisement in this paper.
WILLIAM RIDEoUT.
Ballville, Jan. 1871. 4
Mr.. Rideout's advertisement I