OATS ★ 
Below: Well pleased with his 
Hoffman "Victory” Oats—was 
M. S. Kistler, of Lehigh County. 
Pa. 
RATE OF OATS SEEDING 
Given a good seed bed and a productive soil, 2% 
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. 
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^‘SHADELAND CLIMAX” (Certified) 
This great oats has made a lot of friends among 
Hoffman patrons. Sown by them for past 21 
years. Some customer reports read: 
"Your 'Shadeland Climax’ Oats were the 
best oats grown in this section and recognized 
as such by everyone.” " 'Climax’ Oats are cer¬ 
tainly a good kind of oats.” "I raised my best- 
ever crop of oats from 'Shadeland Climax.’ ” 
That’s why year after year orders for "Shade- 
land Climax” are repeated. It is one of the 
heaviest yielding tree oats. Even on big acreages 
it has shown yields of 93 bushels per acre and 
on smaller acreages it has yielded more than 
100 bushels per acre. Year by year it makes new 
friends. "Shadeland Climax” is a sprangle or 
tree oats, large in the berry, often showing three 
grains to a spikelet. The hull is thin and the 
hulled berry is one of the largest and finest you 
ever saw. Ripens early—very early—ahead of 
the other oats produced where it is grown. Has 
a stiff straw that does stand up very well. 
Order early! 
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“Last year I bought your Shadeland Climax Oats. 
I want to tell you I raised the best Oats I ever 
raised in all my life .”—Matthew Graham, Basin, 
W. Va, 
“A record yield with your Shadeland Oats—87 
bushels per acre.”—M. K. Ward, Jarrettsville, Md. 
