NORTHERN GROWN SEED OATS 
Wolverine Oats 
A Very Popular Variety in Michigan 
Wolverine Oats are strong, vigorous growers, medium 
early, and heavy yielders. The head is full and loose with 
the seeds evenly distributed around the stem. The straw is 
of medium height and stiff enough so that they seldom 
lodge. The grain is large, white, rather blunt, and very 
plump. It is not unusual for a measured bushel to weigh 
40 pounds and often more. This variety is grown more 
extensively in Michigan than any other variety because it 
has given such uniformly good yields. 
One of our customers from Central Michigan wrote us a 
few years ago as follows: “1 grew 1505 bushels of Wolverine 
Oats on 17 acres from the certified seed I got of you and 
they are of extra fine quality.” This crop averaged almost 
90 bushels per acre. It pays to buy good seed oats. 
SsbelE’s Johnson Oats 
.Johnson Oats originated here in Michigan and we intro¬ 
duced them more than twenty years ago. They have never 
lost their popularity and a multitude of growers still con¬ 
tinue to raise them year after year. There are abundant 
reasons for their favor with the growers. 
Johnson Oats produce large branching heads and the 
straw is always of good length even on sandy soils and in 
dry seasons. It is not a side Oat but has a full spreading 
head. The kernels are long, plump and of exceptional 
whiteness. To sum it up briefly, it is a consistent yielder 
and under good growing conditions will yield as well as any 
other variety. Johnson Oats are absolutely dependable. 
Reliable, Heavy Yielding Sorts 
GIANT PERFECTION— 
The King of Oats 
Isbell’s Giant Perfection is a new and dis¬ 
tinct variety of unusually robust and sturdy 
growth. This new Oat originated in Michi¬ 
gan and it produces the heaviest, thickest 
straw of any variety. The straw is so heavy 
and stiff that these Oats do not lodge even 
on the heaviest and richest soils. The 
grain is borne in dense, compact clusters. 
The kernels are unusually large and plump 
and have thin hulls and extra large meats. 
The grain is exceptionally heavy, a meas¬ 
ured bushel will weigh 40 pounds or over. 
Yields of 80 to 95 bushels per acre have 
been obtained under favorable conditions. 
In season it is medium early and ripens at 
the same time as Wolverine. It is a very 
leafy variety and the straw is well liked 
by all kinds of livestock. Giant Perfection 
is a great stooling variety so that only 114 
to lVz bushels of seed are needed per acre. 
Isbell’s Bumper Crop Oats 
Here is a splendid, reliable sort that we 
have featured for several years and which 
has a host of friends. It is especially valu¬ 
able for planting on heavy clay soils as it 
makes very stiff straw and does not lodge. 
It is a very hardy sort and resistant to 
blight and rust. It does well on any type 
of rich, well-drained land. 
Yields of 100 bushels and over per acre 
have been produced many times in favor¬ 
able years. Grain very heavy and a meas¬ 
ured bushel usually weighs 40 to 45 lbs. 
Kernels large, white, and very plump. 
New Markton Oats 
A Smut-Resisting Sort for Light Soils 
The most remarkable feature of this new variety is its 
immunity to smut, which makes treatment of the seed 
unnecessary. Another valuable characteristic is the way 
it yields on light soils. On the sandy loam soils which 
make up such a large part of Michigan it outyields all 
other sorts. The straw is of good length but is not stiff 
enough for use on extremely rich or heavy clay soils as 
it Avill lodge. It is an early variety, usually ready for cut¬ 
ting nearly a week before Wolverine. The heads are loose 
and spreading, resembling those of Wolverine. 
This oat was developed in Oregon from a pure line 
selection made by the plant breeders of the U. S. Dept, 
of Agriculture. It has been given a thorough trial at the 
Michigan State Experiment Station and in many other 
parts of the state where it has thoroughly demonstrated 
its practical value on the lighter soils where lodging is not 
a problem. Markton Oats supply a real need for a reliable 
yielding variety with straw of good length suitable for 
light land. 
Improved Swedish Select Oats 
This Oat, as the name indicates, is of Swedish origin, a 
country where the production of good Oats is almost a reli¬ 
gion. First offered to American growers in 1908 and still 
very popular. One of the principal advantages of this vari¬ 
ety is the short, very stiff straw which practically never 
lodges. The heads are in close clusters and the kernels are 
short, plump and very heavy. A measured bushel of Swed¬ 
ish Select Oats often weighs 45 lbs. In yielding ability it is 
second to none. 
New Giant Perfection—The King of Oats 
Marquis Spring Wheat 
This variety is grown almost exclusively in the 
Spring Wheat District 
Marquis Wheat was originated by the late Dr. Saunders 
on the Dominion Experiment Farms, Ottawa, Ont. After a 
careful selection for a number of years to fix the type, it 
was sent to the different Canadian Experiment Farms, 
where it quickly made a name for itself on account of its 
earliness and its enormous yields. It is a bald Wheat. Has 
given the very best results in Michigan. 
Spring Stye 
Spring Rye is highly valuable for a catch crop and for 
sowing with Vetches and Oats for a forage crop. For turn¬ 
ing under it is considered a great soil restorer. As a grain 
crop it is profitable, as it yields well. Will make a good 
crop on soils too poor for wheat. We recommend Spring 
Rye as a profitable crop in New York, Pennsylvania, Michi¬ 
gan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Minnesota. 
Speltz 
This grain is of Russian origin and is closely related to 
Spring Wheat. It should be planted very early in the 
spring as it will withstand cold weather, and like Spring 
Wheat, does better when planted early. While in Western 
States it does well on the poorer, stony soils, it is our ex¬ 
perience that it produces much higher yiedls on better soils. 
Speltz is very good feed, either for pasturing or when 
ripe. When threshed, most of the hulls are left on the 
grain, which lightens it and makes it safer to feed it. It is 
a very rich feed, having practically the same feeding value 
as wheat, except that it is lightened by the hulls. It is a 
good grain to grind with any other grain for a ground 
feed. Sow 1 y 2 to 2 bushels per acre. Prepare ground as 
for oats and sow early. _ 
“ROBBED FOR 2 YEARS” 
Mr. Owen Gallagher, St. James, Mich., writes May, 1936. 
“Please send me your price list on seeds. / have been robbed 
for the last two years. Our county agent says that there is no 
better place than Isbell’s to get seeds.” 
For Prices of Oats and Other Field Seeds, See Current Price List. 
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