A. H. HofiFman, Inc., Seedsmen, Landisville, Lancaster Co., Pa. 7 
We wish it were possible for readers of this page to hear personally the good words 
spoken by many of our trade regarding their Climax seed. Results obtained by East- 
ern farmers sowing this variety in past seasons have almost without exception been 
very much more satisfactory than they have gotten with any other kind of seed oats 
they have sowed. 
Planted here in the East side by side with other favorably known standard vari- 
eties, " Shadeland Climax " invariably came out first in yield and led the others in points 
of excellence 
" Shadeland Climax " is a " sprangle " or " Tree " type of Oats. Large in the 
berry, often showing three grains to a spikelet. The hull is thin, and the hulled oat 
berry is one of the largest and 
finest you ever saw. Weighs 40 
to 42 lbs. per measured bushel. 
No oats is absolutely rust- 
proof, but " Shadeland Climax " 
has real rust-resistant qualities 
that make it safe from ordinary 
attacks when other varieties 
_\ ield to rust's ravages. 
" Shadeland Climax " is early 
— ripening ahead of other large- 
berry sorts. "Shadeland Climax" 
has unusually stiff straw. Has 
been standing up very well under 
its burden of grain under the 
most trying circumstances. 
Lastly and most important, 
" Shadeland Climax " is one of the 
heaviest yielding tree oats. On 
tracts of hundreds of acres, it has 
given yields of 93 bushels per 
acre. On smaller tracts more 
than 100 bushels per acre have 
been harvested. In the best tests 
possible — alongside of other vari- 
eties — it has come out first — first 
in yield — first in rust-resistant 
qualities — first in ability to stand 
up against storm — first in weight 
of grain, thinness of hull, and the 
most beautiful white oats that 
can be seen. 
Customers who grow Oats — 
and who want to grow a variety 
that will be a pleasure to look at 
and a surprise to their friends — 
and, lastly, want to grow them for " Shad.Iand CUmax •■ Seed Produc. Good ResuHs 
the profit they get from the crop — should sow " Shadeland Climax " seed from this far 
Northwestern section. Price is higher than our standard varieties, but not a bit higher 
than the real worth of such seed. See Price List. Order only in multiples of Yz bushel 
— such as 6, 6j^, 7, 7j4 bushels, etc. 
RATE OF OATS SEEDING, ETC. 
Given a good seed bed and a productive soil, Ih^ to 3 bushels of Oats by weight are suffi- 
cient to seed an acre of any ordinary variety if drilled. On thin land slightly heavier seeding is 
advisable. Small kernel varieties need not be sown so heavily. 
Hand seeding is wasteful. Drill seeding is uniform as to depth. Sow one-half to one inch 
deep, in moist soils — deeper in dry soils. 
Sow early, very early, just as early as the ground can be prepared. Nothing gained sowing 
early on ground not properly prepared. 
