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SEED 
OATS 
Good Seed Oats do pay the man that sows them! No 
doubt about it! No trouble to read their story in the crop 
they make for him! Same as with new purebred blood in 
the herd! There’s something good about it that’s bound 
to tell! 
Roy Kay lor (Elizabethtown, Pa.) proved the value of 
good seed oats. . . . He threshed out 79 bushels per acre 
from his Hoffman "Shadeland Victory” Seed. His other 
field, of his old oats, same year, averaged 59 bushels per 
acre. ... A clear-cut gain of 20 bushels fine oats to the acre! 
H. R. Craig (Greenville, Ohio) wrote these words: "I 
have grown your 'Shadeland Climax’ oats since 1928. They 
sure proved to excel all other varieties in this section by 25 
bushels to the acre.” 
When men take the trouble to write about their crops, 
it must mean that they have been more than pleased. And 
who can blame them? Every one of us wants to grow a 
good crop—whatever we sow, oats or anything else. Here 
are several varieties of oats that have been making good 
crops right along—not just for one year. But all these sorts 
offered you have proved to be heavy yielders over many years. 
THE HOFFMAN “SHADELAND” STRAINS 
Three of these exceptional varieties are listed this year. . . . Quan¬ 
tities are much smaller than normal. Quick orders are urged. 
Qualities are fine. . . . Read following pages for details. 
-RATE OF OATS SEEDING- 
Given a good seed bed and a productive soil, 294 to 
3 bushels of Oats by weight are sufficient 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 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. 
Treat Your Seed Oats with CERESAN . . . Costs 
Very Little (see page 55) . . . Increases the Crop! 
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