6 A. H. Hoffman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 
Prize- Winning Sheaves of " Shadeland Climax " Oats 
«01 11 A "branching" or "tree type." 
onaaelana L^limax Ripens-Eariy. 
=^^^^^^^^^=^^^=^^===== Grain — Large — White — Heavy. 
- ^ (Thin Hull— Plump Berry) 
Seed Oats l^ddrHeTii^''^'^^ 
In a year of such scarcity of good Seed Oats, our trade is surely fortunate in being 
able to purchase this splendid variety. Our stocks of " Shadeland Climax " have been 
gotten with the greatest difficulty — they are coming direct to Landisville from the sec- 
tion they were produced — a distance of over 3,000 miles — the States of Washington, 
Oregon and Montana. The quantity of them at hand is not large. When present stocks 
are sold, we will have to remain Sold Out — no more can be gotten. Hence we state — 
order your " Shadeland Climax " early and in this way be sure to get them. 
THIS " SHADELAND CLIMAX " variety was developed in the famous Shadeland 
Valley, of the State of Oregon, extending for a hundred miles south of Portland. This 
valley is not flat, nor is it irrigated. The land is rolling to hilly. Here it is that Oats 
grow to perfection, and the Shadeland Valley has long had a reputation for producing 
Seed Oats that is always white, heavy, strong in germination and vitality. When taken 
to other localities. Seed Oats from this section carries with it the power to produce 
extra heavy yields. 
The three sheaves shown above attracted more attention than all other oats 
shown at the Panama Exposition in 1915. Besides being a variety of beauty, it is one 
of unusual productiveness — yielding more fine, heavy oats per acre, even on thin soils, 
than any other variety grown on the Pacific Coast. 
This is the fifth year we have been fortunate enough to secure this Oats for our 
trade. The demand for seed of this kind throughout the far Western States is enor- 
mous — and the result is that we Easterners must pay fancy premiums to get even small 
quantities. Freight charges on a car of Oats from this section are terribly high — close 
to a thousand dollars per car — this explains the advance premium we must ask our 
trade for this seed over prices asked for seed produced nearer home. But even at this 
advance the trade demands " Shadeland Climax" seed whenever we can get it for them. 
