OLDS’ SEED OATS 
(Sow 64 to 96 pounds to the acre.) 
WISCONSIN PEDIGREE VARIETIES ONLY. Wisconsin stands at the 
head of all the states in developing valuable pedigree strains of oats. We 
are in close touch with the work done along this line at the Wisconsin 
Experiment Station here at Madison and offer the varieties produced by 
them, confining ourselves entirely to those varieties. 
REGISTERED SEED. “Registered Seed” as defined by the Wisconsin 
Experiment Association is seed that was grown from either foundation or 
registered seed, that has been both field inspected and sample inspected by 
the Experiment Association and shows a purity test of not less than 99.8 
per cent. There must be not more than one kernel per pound of other 
varieties or kinds of grain, no noxious weed seeds, not more than 9 per 
pound of other weed seeds and not more than 2-10 per cent of inert matter. 
The grain must be grown from seed treated for smut and show not more 
than V 2 per cent of smut. Most of our growers treat with Ceresan. See 
page 79. Germination must be at least 90 per cent, weight not less than 
30 pounds. By foundation seed is meant seed that was grown on the Sta¬ 
tion Farm. 
CERTIFIED SEED. “Certified Seed” calls for the same inspections as 
Registered Seed, with freedom from noxious weeds, the purity test not less 
than 99.5 per cent. There must be not more than 5-10 per cent mixture 
of other varieties and not more than 9 per pound other kinds of grain, 
otherwise the same requirements as for Registered Seed. 
OFFICIAL TAGS. We use official certification tags authorized by the 
Wisconsin Experiment Association. 
STANDARD SEED. Our Standard Seed shows high purity and is nearly 
equal to the Registered and Certified Seed. 
WHITE CROSS (Wis. Pedigree No. 19) 
FINEST APPEARING EARLY OAT. 
White Cross is a Pedigree variety developed at the Wisconsin Experi¬ 
ment 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 earliness 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: x / 2 pk., 15c; pk., 25c; bu., 65c; 10 bus. at 60c; 25 bus. at 55c. 
Standard Seed: Bu., 60c; 10 bus. at 55c; 25 bus. at 50c. 
Field of Forward Oats. (Courtesy of Prof. E. J. Delwiche.) 
FORWARD (Wis. Pedigree No. 1241) 
Sheaf of First Prize White Cross. 
Forward is a new pedigreed variety of oats specially 
valuable for the 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 Madison Station but at the Demonstra¬ 
tion 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, for¬ 
ward is recommended as the best oat for the northern 
section of the state. 
We are glad to have this oat to offei; our customers as 
an improved strain of Silver Mine, which has long men 
a popular oat with the farmers of the Northwest. P re 
white, plump, smooth, heavy, medium early. 
PRICES OF FORWARD OATS: 
Standard Seed Only: Pk., 25c; bu., 60c; 10 bus. at 
55c; 25 bus. at 50c. 
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