OLDS’ SEED GRAINS 
A Field of Spooner Oats. 
OATS are a specialty with us. Our oats are grown on contract by careful farmers. 
We furnish the stock seed, watching and inspecting the crops as they grow. The crops are finally 
c elivered at our warehouse, where we thoroughly clean and grade the grain with our up-to-date 
cleaning machinery. ° r 
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. 
SPOONER (Wis. Pedigree No. 405) 
• if ? 1 9 e ^ e , c ^ on mac *e at the Spooner Station of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture 
lJlo. Out of 400 single plant selections and out of some twenty varieties of oats including standards, 
this one variety proved superior to all others. In 1934 the seed was registered and introduced under 
e 1 „o^ e u 0f ®P° 0 “ er - It 1S a very heavy yielder, outyielding Swedish Select for a period from 1917 
to 192J by five bushels per acre. It is a very good straw producer which is of considerable value 
tor Northwestern farmers. Oats are midseason, white and medium in length and thickness. Reports 
we received state that in the sandy counties of the state, this variety is doing exceedingly well and 
we recommend it for light soil conditions. Our planting stock was obtained from the Spooner Experi¬ 
ment Station. Prices: Pk., 30c; bu., 85c; 10 bus. at 82c; 25 bus. at 80c 
WHITE CROSS (Wis. Pedigree No. 19) 
FINEST APPEARING EARLY OAT. 
White Cross is a Pedigiee variety developed at the Wisconsin Experiment 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: Pk., 25c; bu., 70c; 10 bus. at 67c; 25 bus. at 65c. 
STRTE'S PRIDE (Wisconsin Pedi gree No. 7) 
Most Popular Early Oat and Best Yielder of All Oats at Wisconsin Experiment Station Farm. 
It has proven to be the best grain for a nurse crop and because of its high yielding qualities and 
earliness it has become the most popular oat in Wisconsin. 
Description. State’s Pride is a small yellow oat, bright and shiny, with a very thin hull. In fact 
it is about all meat, very heavy and a great oat for feeding. The oats are small in size but how they 
do pour out of the spout at threshing time. State’s Pride is very early. Indeed the earliest of ail 
varieties, some 25 or 30, grown at the Wisconsin Station. This enables it to escape rust. 
It has a short stiff straw and has stood up the best of all oats at the Wisconsin Station Farm. 
It has been grown for over 20 years at the Experiment Station and has given an average yield 
of 68.5 bushels per acre, a record which no other oat has equalled. 
Prices, Certified Seed, by freight: Pk., 25c; bu., 75c; 10 bus. at 72c; 25 bus. or over at 70c. 
Prices, Standard Seed: Bu., 70c; 10 bus. at 67c; 25 bus. at* 65c. 
SWEDISH SELECT (Ped. No. 5) 
FINEST IN APPEARANCE OF ALL 
OUR VARIETIES. 
Of all the splendid Wisconsin varieties 
of oats, Wisconsin Pedigree No. 5 is the 
plumpest and finest appearing. The ker¬ 
nels are large, thick, pure white and most 
attractive. 
Description. Wisconsin Pedigree No. 5 
grows medium to tall in height with 
large, thick, spreading heads. Heavy in 
weight, and a great yielder, always stand¬ 
ing well up toward the top in yields per 
acre. 
Perhaps the only fault this variety has 
is a tendency to lodge on rich soils. It 
is all right for clay soils and ordinary 
light soils but we do not recommend it 
for rich, black soils. In season about 
medium. 
Prices: Pk., 25c; bu., 70c; 10 bus. at 
67c; 25 bus. at 65c. 
OLDS' SEED OATS 
(Sow 64 to 96 pounds to the acre.) 
REGISTERED SEED 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 % per cent of smut. Ger¬ 
mination must be at least 90 per cent, weight not less than 
30 pounds. By foundation seed is meant seed that was grown 
on the Station 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, other¬ 
wise the same requirements as for Registered Seed. 
O F F I C IAL 
TAGS. We use 
official certifica¬ 
tion tags author¬ 
ized by the Wis¬ 
consin Experi¬ 
ment Association. 
STAN DARD 
SEED. Our Stand¬ 
ard Seed shows 
high purity and 
is nearly equal to 
the Certified Seed. 
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Sheaf of First Prize White Cross. 
