SEED OATS and RYE 
OUR STRAINS OF SEED OATS AND RYE COME FROM HIGH YIELDING SELECTIONS 
WHICH ARE INCREASED, TESTED AND PROVEN FOR FOUR YEARS 
“HUMCO” FULGHUM—106-4 
A NEW STRAIN—HIGHLY COLD RESISTANT 
ITS CHARACTERS: 
1. Production —A Heavy Yielder (77^4 bu. per acre, 
1932 test plot). 
2. Earliness —Three days later than regular Fulghum. 
3. Straw —Large, Stiff—Does not lodge easily. 
4. Heads —Large, Long, Heavy. 
5. Grains —Large, Yellow—Mostly Single (47% grain 
to straw). 
6. Cold Resistance —Strong, 30% more resistant than 
regular Fulghum. 
7. Disease Resistance— Has shown decided resistance 
to smut, though not smut proof. In our test work, 
seed of this strain, though heavily inoculated with 
smut spores before planted, developed only 1.85% 
smut against 21-4% for regular Fulghum oats. 
8. Habit of Growth —Grows larger than regular Ful- 
ghums. Has larger straw, which is very desirable 
where intended for use as forage or for grazing. 
NOTE: We consider this a very superior and valuable oat. We ad¬ 
vise sowing at least enough of this strain to get in seed for next 
year’s crop. Those who want this strain should place their order at 
once. 
“HUMCO” APPLER—294 
A NEW STRAIN OF APPLER OATS 
This strain of oats just five years from its parent 
plant and a very high yielder. 
ITS CHARACTERS: 
1. Very uniform. 
2. Heavy production (10.3 bus. per acre more than best 
Fulghum, 1932). 
3. Eight days later than regular Fulghum. 
4. High per cent grain to straw (45-50%). 
5. Smut resistant. 
This oat in test with other smut resistant varieties, 
though heavily inoculated with smut spores, developed 
no smut at all. Appier oats have always been highly re¬ 
sistant to oat smut. 
We believe this to be the finest strain of Pedigreed 
Appier Oats being offered. It is very much superior to 
any strain we have offered in the past- 
If Appier Oats are planted early they will stand cold 
weather all right and five out of six years will out- 
yield any Fulghum Oats we have ever tested. 
★“HUMCO” ABRUZZI—226-80 
This is our LATEST STRAIN representing the very 
best in HIGH YIELD OF SEED and FORAGE. 
ITS CHARACTERS: 
1. Production— Heavy (34.3 Bus. per acre, 1932 test 
plots). 
2. Grains —Large. 
3. Per Cent Grain— High (35 to 42%). 
4. Heads— Drooping, Heavy, Long. 
5. Straw— Large, Stiff. 
6. Bearding— Regular. 
7. Growth— Just Right (5 feet). 
As a Winter Cover Crop for the Coastal Plain sec¬ 
tion of the South, this rye has no superior. It makes a 
heavy growth of vegetable matter in Fall and early 
Winter. Careful tests show four tons per acre from 
October 15th to February 11th. 
As a Winter Grazing Crop, the best we know of. It 
grows upright. It is easy to graze. 
As a Seed Producer it has no superior in the South. 
On good land you can depend on 18 to 28 bushels per 
acre, against 8 to 10 bushels for ordinary rye. 
OAT SMUT 
TREAT SEED OATS BEFORE PLANTING 
Our seed crops showed no smut, but we do not guar¬ 
antee them to be Smut Free. Smut spores often get on 
the seed at threshing time and it is always best to treat 
your Seed Oats before they are planted to have them 
absolutely free from smut. 
HOW TO TREAT OATS TO PREVENT SMUT 
(Two Methods) 
1. Latest Method—Treat with Ceresan Dust (3 ozs. per 
bushel). 
2. Formaldehyde Method— 
(1) Mix one pint of formaldehyde (40%) with 40 
gallons water. 
(2) Shovel oats to be treated over on tight floor and 
sprinkle lightly, with the above solution, as each 
shovel full is moved. Sprinkle just enough to 
dampen the oats a little- Shape treated oats in 
nice pile and cover with sacks or canvas and leave 
for about six hours, after which they must be 
spread out to dry. Sprinkle the sacks seed are to 
be sacked in to kill any smut spores on them. 
(3) When dry, oats are ready to be planted. Don’t 
leave treated seed sacked up too long; they are 
apt to damage. 
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