Field of Forward Oats. (Courtesy of Prof. E. J. Delwiche.) 
FORWARD (Wis. Pedigree No. 1241) 
SUCCESSOR TO SILVER MINE. 
Forward is a new pedigreed variety of oats specially valuable for 
tbe north. It is a handsome, white, medium early, heavy yielding, 
(plump variety that is giving splendid satisfaction in every way. 
History. Forward is a selection from Silver Mine made in 1911, 
not at the M’adison Station but at the Demonstration Station at 
Superior, being further improved at the Ashland Station. 
Description: It has a white, fairly plump kernel of medium length. 
The variety stands out conspicuously as the best yielding oats for the 
northern, or Lake Superior region. It outyielded its nearest competitor by 
nearly 5 bushels per acre, and Pedigree 5 by 9.6 bushels. Forward is rec¬ 
ommended as the best oat for the northern section of the state. 
We are glad to have this oat to offer our customers as an improved strain 
of Silver Mine, which has long been a popular oat with the farmers of 
the Northwest. Pure white, plump, smooth, heavy, medium early. 
PRICES OF FORWARD OATS: 
Standard Seed Only. Pk., 35c; bu., $1.10; 5 bus. at $1.05; 10 bus. at 
$1.00; 25 bus. at 95c. Bags extra. 
WHITE CROSS (Wis. Pedigree No. 19) 
FINEST APPEARING EARLY OAT. 
White Cross is a Pedigree variety developed at the Wisconsin 
| Experiment Station. 
In this variety the attempt has been made to produce a white 
oat of larger size than State’s Pride but still maintaining the earli¬ 
ness and high yield. The result has been wonderfully satisfactory. 
These are the outstanding features of White Cross: 
First, it is extra early, almost as early as the famous State’s Pride. 
Second, it is white instead of yellow, with a good sized grain. 
Third, it is a heavy yielder, second only to State’s Pride at the Wisconsin 
Experiment Farm and some years outyielding that variety. 
Fourth, it grows a taller straw than State’s Pride and can always be 
easily harvested by the binder even on thin poor land. 
Fifth, it is the best early oat for light soils, outyielding all other earlies. 
PRICES OF WHITE CROSS OATS: 
Certified: V 2 pk., 20c; pk., 35c; bu., $1.15; 5 bus. at $1.10; 10 bus. at 
$1.05; 25 bus, at $1.00. Bags extra at 30c. 
Standard Seed. Bu., $1.10; 5 bus. at $1.05; 10 bus. at $1.00; 25 bus. 
at 95c. 
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IMPROVED CERESAN. 
A NEW LOW COST GRAIN DISINFECTANT. 
Lower Production Cost of Oats 
and Barley by Increasing 
Yields with NEW IM¬ 
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Lower your production cost 
Sheaf of First Prize White Cross. 
per acre—enlarge your 
Ceresan increased this oats yield 19.1 bush¬ 
els per acre and gave perfect smut control. 
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profits—-by increasing yields with New Improved Ceresan, 
tlie ethyl mercury phosphate dust disinfectant. Treat all 
seed oats, barley and wheat with New Improved Ceresan 
control seed-borne smuts and scab seedling blights. It 
is effective and inexpensive. Only y 2 ounce (there is a 
measuring spoon in each can) is required per bushel of 
seed. Costs but 1% to 2%c a bushel of seed. Easily 
and quickly applied by 20 to 25 revolutions of seed treater 
or 3 turnings with a shovel. Seed should be treated 24 
hours before planting. No wetting of the seed nor re¬ 
duced drilling rate. 
Prices: 1-lb. size, 75c; by mail, 85c. 6-lb. size, $3.00; 
by mail, $3.25. 
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