THE FINEST IN SEED OATS 
Very promising crops of oats were 
severely damaged by excessively high 
temperatures, rust and other diseases, 
during the seasons of 1935 and 1936. 
Those varieties that have been specially 
bred for resistance to rust survived and 
produced a good crop of heavy oats 
while many other varieties produced 
grain of very poor feeding quality and 
low market value. 
If you have been growing unknown 
varieties of doubtful yielding ability, or 
if your seed stocks have become mixed 
with other varieties of oats or other 
grains, now is the time to get pure stock 
as prices are very reasonable. 
A down payment will hold your order 
until wanted, and the balance may be 
sent when you give us shipping instruc¬ 
tions. 
Early Varieties 
IOWA NO. 105 OATS 
This variety was produced at the Iowa Agri¬ 
cultural College, at Ames, Iowa. It is very 
early, fine to use as a nurse crop, and is a 
heavy yielder. 
The kernels are of medium size, light yellow, 
plump and heavy. The oats grow about 4 inches 
taller than Kherson, with stiff straw that holds 
up its heavy load of plump grain well. It will 
grow without lodging, on heavy bottom land 
where it is impossible to grow many other va¬ 
rieties. 
GOPHER OATS 
Minnesota No. 674—Certified 
Gopher is a white, early maturing variety 
with straw so stiff and strong that it does not 
lodge even on well-manured farm land. It is 
also adapted for growing on peat land. It is 
without any question the best oats for the rich 
dairy farms of southern Minnesota, Iowa and 
Wisconsin and unequalled for sowing with clover 
and alfalfa_ as a nurse crop. 
This variety was developed by the Minnesota 
Experiment Station and has become widespread 
throughout the Northwest. Excellent reports, 
not only from Minnesota but from North and 
South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa, show that 
Gopher is still leading in yield, earliness and 
stiffness of straw. 
The oat crop in many sections was very 
light, having been damaged by adverse weather 
conditions and the demand for seed will be 
quite great. Our stocks of high quality certified 
seed oats are reasonably large, especially the 
Gopher variety but with the strong demand 
may not last long. 
lOGOLD RUST RESISTANT OATS 
Certified 
The necessary requirements for any variety 
of grain are yield, stiffness of straw (resistance 
to lodging), rust resistance and early maturity, 
logold Oats includes all of these which makes 
it such an outstanding variety. We have only 
a fair supply of high quality seed. 
logold Oats produces heads that are spread¬ 
ing, erect, cream colored and very uniform. The 
kernels are golden yellow and larger than Iowa 
No. 105. The straw is coarser than Kherson 
and is stiffer than any other variety produced 
by the Iowa Experiment Station. The plants 
grow about three inches taller than Iowa No. 
105 and ripen about the same time and are a 
few days earlier than lowar. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
EARLY KHERSON OATS 
One of the earliest oats in cultivation. It 
was introduced by the Experiment Station of 
Nebraska, and has proved a success^ in that 
state, being naturally adapted to sections that 
, qre subject to drought. It is a vigorous but 
not rank grower, producing shorter straw 
than other varieties, with branching heads 
and very broad leaves. The kernels are 
light yellow in color, small, but numerous, 
! and have a very thin hull. 
Note the Fine Stand and Stiff Straw in This Minrus Oat Field. 
BABY CHICKS 
Master Quality Chicks will increase 
your income. Due to their breeding they 
will make greater gains than ordinary 
chicks. They are priced very low and 
you need not send one cent. They will 
be sent C. O. D. postage paid. See in¬ 
sert in back of catalog. 
F. S. & N. Co. 
April 30, 1936 
I have seen a lot of catalogs but yours is 
the most up-to-the-minute information hook 
1 have ever had the pleasure to look into 
as it is full of good information necessary 
for the present day methods of farming. 
I am extremely interested in your neiv 
variety seed potatoes—the Chippewa and the 
White Gold—and I desire to place an order 
at once. j p_ Wenner 
2217 W. 2nd St. 
Duluth, Minn. 
Midseason and Late Varieties 
ANTHONY OATS-Certified 
Anthony Rust Resistant Oats (Minnesota No. 
686) is a new variety produced from a cross of 
White Russian (White Tartar) and Victory, it 
is a midseason type maturing about two weeks 
later than Gopher or logold and has a spread¬ 
ing panicle. The straw is about equal in 
length to Victory and is very strong. Anthony 
is well adapted to all types of soils but does 
especially well on those soils that are only 
moderately fertile. 
It is very highly resistant to black stem rust 
and during the season of 1935 our own fields 
produced close to 100 bushels per acre while 
other midseason varieties, not resistant to rust, 
had broken over and had very poor yields. An¬ 
thony excels in weight per bushel and yield. 
Wherever it has been grown it met with in¬ 
stant favor and we especially recommend it for 
those sections where the early varieties do not 
seem to give the very best results. 
logold—^Early, Rust Resistant, High Yielding. 
MINRUS OATS —Certified 
Rust Resistant 
Minrus matures about half way be¬ 
tween Gopher and Anthony; produces 
white glumes and has a spreading 
panicle. It is about equal in height 
and stiffness of straw to Anthony and 
is highly resistant to black stem rust. 
It was produced by the Minnesota Ex¬ 
periment Station from a cross of 
Minota and White Russian. As it is 
so popular, we do not expect our 
stocks of Minrus to last very long 
this season. 
Observations to date indicate that 
Minrus will outyield Gopher Oats on 
any ground except the very richest. 
Gopher Oats should be used on the 
rich soils as it is more able to resist 
lodging under those conditions. Min¬ 
rus should be very popular on lighter 
soils where Gopher Oats does not get 
tall enough to handle well. 
Minrus may be grown with varieties 
of spring wheat as succotash as it is 
a few days later than Gopher. Minrus 
has already met with great favor 
wherever tried. 
SWEDISH SELECT OATS 
Improved Strain Wis. No. 5 
This is a very popular late variety, 
the kernels are large, plump and white 
in color. It is a very excellent 
yielder and is especially well adapted 
to lighter soils. 
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