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Finest Seed Oats 
RECOMMENDED 
FOR YOUR LOCALITY 
Early Varieties 
GOPHER OATS 
Minnesota No. 674—Registered 
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. For Prices: See Blue Figure 
Price List. 
IOGOLDOATS 
Rust Resistant—Registered 
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 
gi-ow about three inches taller than Iowa No. 
105 and ripen about the same time. 
For PTices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
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. 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 
are 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. For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
Treat Your Seed Oats 
for Smut Control 
and Bigger Yields 
To control destructive smuts, improve your 
oats stand and produce a bigger, cleaner yield—■ 
invest 5c an acre in New Improved Ceresan seed 
treatment. Besides giving excellent control of 
smut, this easy dust treatment in actual three- 
year tests increased the average oats yield 18%. 
Recommended by many State Colleges. May be 
applied as long as 3 months before sowing. No 
dust in drilling, no drill damage, no change in 
drilling rate. Same treatment may be used on 
wheat and barley. One pound treats 32 bushels. 
Prices: 1 lb. 80c, prepaid. Not prepaid, 5 lbs. 
$3.00. Free pamphlet. May be mailed. See page 
63. 
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Note the Fine Stand and Stiff Straw in this Minrus Oat Field. 
Wheat and Oats 
A Profitable Combination Crop 
A profitable practice is to grow oats 
and wheat in combination. Yields of 
50 to 60 bu. of oats and 20 to 30 bu. 
of wheat per acre have been reported. 
A combination crop returns more 
profit per acre than either wheat or 
oats separately. Use lVz bu. of oats 
and % bu. of wheat per acre. Thatch¬ 
er and Hope grown with Minrus or 
Anthony Oats give the best results as 
they ripen about the same time. Other 
good combination crops are barley 
with early oats, wheat with flax. 
Midseason and Late Varieties 
MINRUS OATS 
Rust Resistant—Registered 
Minrus matures about half way between 
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 Experiment Station 
from a cross of Minota and White Russian. 
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. Minrus 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. For prices, see Blue 
Figure List. 
ANTHONY OATS 
logold—Early, Bust Eesistant, High Yielding. 
Registered 
Anthony Bust Resistant Oats (Min¬ 
nesota No. 686) is a new variety pro¬ 
duced 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 spreading 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 produces large yields 
while other midseason varieties, not 
resistant to rust, break over and yield 
poorly. Anthony excels in weight per 
bushel and yield. 
Wherever it has been grown it met 
with instant favor and we especially 
recommend it for those sections where 
the early varieties do not seem to 
give the very best results. For prices, 
see Blue Figure List. 
December 9 , 1938 . 
F. S. & N. Co. 
My Minhybrid 301 and Minhybrid 
401 Hybrid Corn which I got from 
you last year produced a real crop. 
It was a wonderful stand and a 
pleasure to work with the corn from 
cutting till the last bundle was 
through the shredder. I also husked 
several acres by hand. 
I lose no time in recommending 
this corn to my neighbors. I know 
that when nezv things are found out 
about corn breeding. Farmer Seed 
£r Nursery Co. will be among the 
first to offer them. 
Ervin I. Beseke, Arlington, Minn. 
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