WE FEATURE VARIETIES RECOMMENDED BY THE 
EXPERIMENT STATIONS 
QUALITY SEED GRAIN 
Ceres Made the Greatest Yields and Biggest Profits of Any Variety in Southern Minnesota. 
From year to year we have endeavored to supply you 
with proven varieties of seed grains. We have advised 
you to buy with confidence, feeling sure that you would 
benefit greatly. From the many letters coining to us 
daily, we feel that we have not overrated any variety. 
It is a pleasure to know that our customers, old and 
new, are finding complete satisfaction and we can there¬ 
fore present our offerings this season knowing that they 
will be just as acceptable. 
Master Farmer 
Seeds. 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GRAIN BREEDING 
On the following pages some of the outstanding varie¬ 
ties listed are Hope and Marquillo Wheats; Glabron, 
Velvet and Wisconsin Pedigree No. 38 Barleys; Anthony, 
Minrus, and Iogold Rust Resistant Oats. These varieties 
will be in great demand because they have been espe¬ 
cially bred to meet adverse conditions as well as to 
take advantage of good growing conditions. A down pay¬ 
ment will hold seed until wanted. Balance when ship¬ 
ping instructions are given. 
Master Farmer 
Seeds. 
HOPE WHEAT 
Since its introduction, Hope Wheat has 
spread rapidly throughout the spring wheat 
section. It is the one variety that combines 
the highest resistance to black stem rust with 
resistance to smut, root rot, scab and other 
diseases. What the farmer wants is a wheat 
that will give good returns every year, and 
Hope comes nearest being that variety. Until 
other varieties are proven superior, we recom¬ 
mend growing Hope in the general areas 
affected by rust, smut and drought. 
Hope Wheat is the result of a cross between 
Emmer (Speltz) and Marquis made by Edgar 
S. McFadden, a South Dakota plant breeder. 
It combines the desirable qualities of the 
Emmer parent, namely flexible straw, resist¬ 
ance to drought, heat, black stem rust and 
smut, it resists shattering by wind and hail 
and is well adapted for combine harvesting 
which appears to be the coming method of 
harvesting grain in the Northwest. From the 
Marquis parent it gets its high milling qual¬ 
ity as well as many of its plant character¬ 
istics. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
CERES WHEAT 
Rust Resistant 
Ceres is a hard, red spring wheat developed 
by the North Dakota Experiment Station. It 
is a bearded variety quite resistant to rust 
and an excellent yielder. It has a very good 
milling quality and is especially recommended 
for the whole spring wheat section. Ceres 
Wheat has been grown for a number of seasons 
and has produced yields from 30 to 45 bushels 
or more per acre. The plants grow uniformly, 
and under normal conditions will produce three 
to four plump kernels in each spikelet. Ceres 
was the first rust resistant variety put on the 
market. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
MARQUIS WHEAT 
This has been the standard spring wheat 
variety grown throughout the Northwest for 
over fifteen years. It is an excellent yielder 
in seasons when there is no black stem rust. 
The milling and baking qualities are very fine 
and it ripens along with other early grains. 
MARQUILLO WHEAT 
Marquillo Wheat is the result of a cross 
between Marquis and Iumillo, a rust resistant 
Durum Wheat, and was developed by the Min¬ 
nesota Experiment Station. It is a hard, red 
spring wheat and is beardless and very rust 
resistant. It resembles Marquis in appear¬ 
ance and has a good yielding ability, and is 
especially well adapted to the spring wheat 
sections of the Northwest. Unlike Hope 
Wheat, it is not resistant to smut and there¬ 
fore should be treated before seeding. The 
milling quality is good and the protein con¬ 
tent about the same as Marquis. As it is 
beardless, it- has met with favor in sections 
that have been used to beardless types. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
MINTURKI WINTER WHEAT 
Minturki is the outstanding winter wheat 
variety grown in the states where winter 
hardiness is a major factor. There is no other 
variety grown that is any hardier. Minturki 
is a heavy yielding bearded wheat which orig¬ 
inated from a cross between Odessa, a beard¬ 
less red wheat, and Turkey Red, a bearded 
hard red winter variety. It has proven to be 
of high milling and baking quality with a very 
good protein content. It is stiff strawed and 
stands up well on rich land. The straw is 
white, chaff yellowish-white without hairs and 
the kernels are red and medium long. The seed 
looks quite similar to the Turkey Red parent. 
The yields range from 35 to 55 bushels per 
acre, depending on soil and seasonal conditions. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
MINDUM DURUM WHEAT 
Mindurn is an Amber Durum variety devel¬ 
oped by the Minnesota Experiment Station. It 
is the most widely grown Amber Durum Wheat 
and it yields more than other varieties, is 
somewhat resistant to rust and is stiff straw¬ 
ed. Yields of Durum ranging from 30 to 45 
bushels per acre are not uncommon. This vari¬ 
ety always brings a good price on the market. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
SPRING RYE 
Spring Rye should be sown more extensively. 
It is a great land cleaner, and for summer 
pasture, is much superior to winter rye. It 
can be grown on light and sandy soil, on land 
too poor for wheat, and does equally well on 
acid and non-acid soils. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
ROSEN WINTER RYE 
Rosen Rye was developed by the Michigan 
Agricultural Experiment Station by selection 
from a sample of rye obtained from Russia. 
It is the leading winter variety and is grown 
to a very large extent throughout the central 
and northwestern states. It has become P9P- 
ular chiefly because of its excellent yielding 
ability producing large, well filled heads and 
large dark green kernels. The milling qualities 
are the finest, better perhaps than those of 
other varieties. 
Rosen Rye is more hardy than the hardiest 
winter wheat. The straw is medium tall and 
stiff which keeps the grain from being easily 
lodged. This variety has produced as high as 
50 bushels per acre. Winter Rye is sometimes 
sown in the spring where temporary pasture or 
hay is needed. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
SEED DISINFECTION TO PREVENT SMUT 
All seed grain, wheat, barley and oats are sus¬ 
ceptible to smuts of various kinds, which reduce 
the yields from 10 to 50 per cent, in many in¬ 
stances. Some varieties are attacked more vigor¬ 
ously than others, but no matter how severe the 
attack, smut can be controlled almost entirely, by 
simple methods. 
Grains with hulls, such as oats and barley, may 
be treated for smut with formaldehyde, 1 pint to 
40 gallons of water. The seed is put loosely into 
burlap sacks, and dipped into a barrel containing 
the solution. Any druggist can supply formaldehyde. 
This is the year to start with “Blood 
The covered smuts that affect wheat, hulless barley and rye can be 
controlled by dusting the grain with copper carbonate dust. Only 2 
to 3 ounces per bushel are required. The germination of the seed is 
stimulated and the seed is in no way injured. This is the very best 
kind of crop insurance. This dust may be bought at your drug store. 
THE NEWEST AND BEST TREATMENT IS CERESAN. This is a 
dust and is much more effective and easier to handle than formaldehyde. 
It can be depended upon to control smut in oats without lowering the 
germination. It is very economical to use, 2-3 ounces per bushel being 
sufficient. .. __ _ 
Price of Ceresan: 1-lb. tin 75c, 5-lb. tin $3.00, 25-lb. pail $12.50. Can¬ 
not be mailed. Order with your grain. 
Write for circular giving full details about Ceresan. 
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