Our Superior 
Varieties Pay 
Rust and 
drought have 
cut the produc¬ 
tion and quality 
of Hard Red 
spring and 
Durum Wheats. 
The milling industry de¬ 
mands the production of 
more and better wheat. 
Enough wheat may be pro¬ 
duced on fewer acres if rust 
and drought resistant varie¬ 
ties are grown. Acres plant¬ 
ed to inferior varieties in the 
past, can be taken out of 
production and planted to a 
hay or soil building crop, 
thereby obtaining cash bene¬ 
fits from the Soil Conserva¬ 
tion program. 
Quality Seed Grain 
NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN GRAIN BREEDING 
Grow Only the 
Best for Profit 
Thatcher, 
Hope and Min- 
dum Durum 
Wheats yield 
well and are 
profitable even 
under most ad¬ 
verse conditions. 
Our seed grains have been 
specially bred and selected 
to meet adverse conditions 
as well as to take advantage 
of good growing conditions. 
A down payment will hold 
your order until the seed is 
wanted, the balance can be 
sent when shipping instruc¬ 
tions are given. 
Rust resistance, high yielding ability, good milling qualities make 
Thatcher Wheat outstanding. 
THATCHER WHEAT 
Rust Resistant, Registered. A Triumph of the 
Minnesota Experiment Station. 
The newest wheat variety, Thatcher, is very 
rust resistant. It is beardless, very similar 
to Marquis, early maturing, very stiff strawed, 
standing up well on rich soil. Under normal 
conditions it yields 4 to 5 bushels more per 
acre than other spring wheat varieties and 
under conditions of rust and drought, it has 
yielded as high as 20 to 25 bushels more per 
acre. 
Tests made by the Minnesota Experiment 
Station and by millers show that Thatcher is 
equal to Marquis in milling and baking qual¬ 
ities. 
Thatcher proved its superiority over rust 
susceptible varieties during 1935 when the 
most severe epidemic of black stem rust de- 
sti’oyed wheat fields or left only shriveled 
grain. Thatcher being resistant produced a 
crop of good wheat having a greater value per 
acre than a normal crop under normal prices. 
Few growers thought of rust before 1935, for 
no severe epidemic had broken out for years. 
No one can tell when another will occur, so 
why take a chance and grow wheat that may 
be destroyed by rust at any time. 
Since the bad rust epidemic of 1935 and 
the rust and drought damage in 1936, farmers 
evei-ywhere turned to Thatcher Wheat. There 
was not enough to supply the demand in 1937, 
but those growers who had this wheat pro¬ 
duced a profitable crop. 
The demand will be heavier in 1938. We 
have a fine supply of registered seed approved 
by the Minnesota Crop Improvement Associa¬ 
tion and the price is much lower this year. 
Now is the time to get started. Take no 
chances of losing your entire crop again 
through rust or drought, plant Thatcher Wheat 
instead. 
In 1937 Thatcher Wheat yields were re¬ 
ported as high as 45 bushels per acre, while 
many rust and di’ought susceptible varieties 
were unfit to cut or at best yielded only a few 
bushels of very shriveled grain. 
For prices: See Blue Figure List. 
HOPE WHEAT 
Rust and Smut Resistant. 
Since its introduction, Hope Wheat has 
spread rapidly throughout the spring wheat 
section. It is the one variety that combines 
the highest resistance to black stem rust Avith 
resistance to smut, root rot, scab and other 
diseases. What the farmer wants is a Avheat 
that Avill give good returns every year, and 
Hope comes nearest being that variety. 
Hope Wheat is the result of a cross between 
Emmer (Speltz) and Marquis. It is bearded 
and has the desirable qualities of the Emmer 
parent, namely flexible straw, resistance to 
drought, heat, black stem rust and smut. It 
resists shattering by wind and hail and is well 
adapted for combine harvesting. From Marquis 
it gets its high milling quality as well as many 
of its plant characteristics. 
Hoi)e proved its worth in 1935, during the 
great rust epidemic and again in 1936 during 
the drought. Because it is bearded, it appears 
to have the ability to withstand drought better 
than other kinds. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
Sept. 15, 1937 
F. 5. & N. Co. 
We bought 4 bu. of Thatcher Wheat 
(1936). IVe sowed 2 acres and got 51 bu. 
This year zve sowed 5 acres and got 110 bu. 
even with only a half stand due to a wet 
spring and there was no rust in it. A man 
near Aurora sowed 36 bu. on higU ground 
and got 720 bu. from 15 acres, weighing 
59‘/i lbs. to the bu. It’s the most wonderful 
wheat zve ez'er saw. All the other spring 
zvheat around here zvent 8 bu. to the acre — 
not fit for milling, only chicken feed. 
Pahnke Bros., 
West Chicago, III. 
R. 2, Bo.v 132 
MINTURKI WINTER WHEAT 
Minturki is the outstanding hardy winter 
wheat. It is a high yielding bearded hard red 
winter variety of high milling and baking 
quality and good protein content. It is stiff 
StraAved and stands up Avell on rich land. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
MINDUM DURUM WHEAT 
Mindum is a bearded Amber Durum variety 
developed by the Minnesota Experiment Station. 
It is the most widely grown Amber Durum 
Wheat and it yields more than other varieties, 
is someAV'hat resistant to rust and is stiff straw¬ 
ed. Yields of Durum ranging from 30 to 45 
bushels per acre are not uncommon. This vari¬ 
ety always brings a good price on the market. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
SPRING RYE—Resistered 
Spring Rye should be sown more extensively. 
It is a great land cleaner, and for summer 
pasture, is much superior to winter rye. It 
can be grown on light and sandy soil, on land 
too poor for wheat, and does equally well on 
acid and non-acid soils. 
For Prices; See Blue Figure Price List. 
ROSEN WINTER RYE 
Rosen is the leading Avinter variety and was 
developed at the Michigan Experiment Station 
by selection from a sample of rye obtained 
from Russia. It became popular because of 
its excellent yielding ability and milling quali¬ 
ties Avhich are the finest. It produces large 
Avell-filled heads and large dark green kernels. 
Rosen Rye is more hardy than the hardiest 
Winter Wheat. The straAV is mediuin tall and 
stiff, Avhich keeps the grain from being easily 
lodged. The variety has produced as much as 
40 to 50 bushels per acre. Winter Rye may be 
seeded in the spring if temporary pasture is 
needed. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
Treat Seed Grains to Prevent Smut 
All seed grains including wheat, barley, 
oats, rye and sorghum are susceptible to 
smuts of various kinds which reduce the 
yields from 10% to 50% in many instances. 
Some varieties are attacked more vigorously 
than others, but no matter how susceptible 
the variety may be to smut, it can be con¬ 
trolled almost entirely by simple methods. 
Formaldehyde and Copper-carbonate have 
been used extensively in the past for treat¬ 
ing smut in grains, with only fair to good results. 
The Best Treatment To Use Is New Improved Ceresan 
New improved Ceresan is a dust treatment—no wet, swol¬ 
len grain to handle. It may be applied with a regular seed 
Price of Ceresau: 1-lb. tiu 80c postpaid; not prepaid, 5-lb. 
treating machine or with a scoop shovel. A measuring 
spoon will be found in each can. 
The grain produced has a higher market value because 
it is free from smut. Only one-half ounce of New Improved 
Ceresan is needed per bu. of seed. It is quickly and easily 
applied as a dust by use of a rotary seed treating machine 
or by the shovel method. After treating, the seed should 
be stored in a pile or in sacks for 2 4 hours before planting. 
New Improved Ceresan controls stinking smut of wheat, 
loose and covered smut of oats, black loose smut and stripe 
in barley. Ceresan is inexpensive, costing only about 2c 
per bu. of seed. This is the lowest cost of any seed treat¬ 
ment on the market. By using New Improved Ceresan you 
may increase the yield of grain by 10% to 20% or more, 
tin $3.00. Ask for circular giving- full details about Ceresan. 
Good Seed Grains, When Treated with Ceresan, Produce Larsfer Yields 
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