ITHACAN OATS 
In answer to what oats shall a man buy for seed we can do no better than quote from Dr. 
Bussell of the New York State College of Agriculture, who says, “If I were to sow oats upon soils 
of average or medium fertility I would use the ITHACAN.” 
This variety was developed by the Department of Plant Breeding, New York State College 
of Agriculture, Ithaca, N. Y., after many years of painstaking work. 
Year after year it is a very consistent yielder. This does not hold true with most strains, 
as they soon fall off in yield and weight. 
DESCRIPTION OF THE ITHACAN OATS 
This is a very heavy yielding, thin-shucked variety with plump white kernels. The plant 
stools freely; maturing in mid-season. It is a tree or branching oat with good stiff straw of me¬ 
dium height, standing up well. Year after year the average weight is 40 lbs. or better per meas¬ 
ured bushel. 
When shucked 100 lbs. will give about 70 lbs. of clear meats. The average strains run from 
60 to 65 lbs. 
We are using the original strain furnished by our State College. It took a premium at the 
State Fair last fall. 
PRICE 
Recleaned seed (no mustard on our farm) 1 to 5 bu., $1.00 per bu.; over 5 bu., 96c per bu. of 
32 lbs., F. O. B. Cortland, N. Y. Jute bags free. Double sacking, 5c per bushel extra. These 
are very fine oats. 1934 State germination test 98%. Sample free. 
Ithacan Oats and Alpha Barley, Mixed 
Where oats and barley are sown as a mixed grain we believe that Alpha barley and Ithacan 
oats make an ideal mixture as they ripen nearly together. 
Our mixture consists of about 2-3 oats and 1-3 barley. The barley used was certified seed. 
Of all the barleys this strain is recommended highest by our State College. 
PRICE 
100-lb. bags (about 2 1-3 bu. by measure), $3.00 F. O. B. Cortland, N. Y. Jute bags free. 
Double sacked, 10c extra. Our supply is quite limited. Recleaned seed (no mustard on our 
farm.) Extra nice this year. State germination test 1934, Oats 96%. Barley 88%. Sample free. 
ALPHA BARLEY 
About 80% of all barley used in New York State is the two rowed Alpha. 
It is one of the very best grains to use as a nurse crop for either clover or alfalfa as it does not 
require so much moisture for heavy straw development. It has a good stiff straw and will not 
smother out young seeding like oats. A better catch of seeding usually results on land cropped 
heavily as is the case with cabbage ground, if barley is used as a nurse crop. 
YIELD RECORDS 
Alpha Barley averaged 42.9 bushels per acre for the last seven years prior to 1931 grown 
in several different New York counties. It outyielded all the other improved strains. Beardless 
and barbless varieties did not yield within 3 to 11 bushels as much. 
In New Jersey tests at New Brunswick, Alpha averaged 45 bushels per acre, outyielding all 
others. We had a 9 acre field which threshed 45 per acre last fall. Our barley took premium 
at the State Fair. 
PRICE 
$1.44 per bu. of 48 lbs., F. O. B. Cortland, N. Y. Jute bags free. Double sacking 5c per 
bu. extra. Our seed was grown from certified stock and is unusually nice. (No mustard on our 
Farm.) 1934 State germination test 91%. Sample free. 
10 ACRE FIELD ITHACAN OATS REED BROS FARM 1933. 
We sowed 1H bu. per Acre. Threshed 60. 
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