Hoffman’s 
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SEED OATS 
"SHADELAND MARKTON" OATS 
(Bred to Resist Smut) 
Last year this variety was a new one to 
Hoffman patrons. It came here with a fine 
record. It was not a new variety. In the 
24 years of its existence, there stands one 
10-year average yield of 11 per cent more 
bushels per acre than that of the Swedish 
Oats, growing alongside. 
One feature claimed for "Shadeland 
Markton” was its ability to resist smut. . . . 
From a Butler County, Pa., customer this 
report came recently— ''The oats were abso¬ 
lutely free from smut and the yield was 
good” . . . From the Shenandoah Valley, 
Virginia, came this report— "They were 
entirely free from smut, that being the item 
you recommended most, and they made a 
very fine yield” . . . From Tioga County, 
Pa.— ''No smutty grain, nice in the straw” 
Many reports have come in from users over 
a wide area . . . and except for a very few, 
they are certainly fine. 
“The 25 bushels of 
Shadeland Markton Oats 
planted 10 acres in the 
spring of 1938. The yield 
was 635 bushels of as fine 
oats as I ever saw. This in 
spite of the fact that this 
community suffered with a 
rather severe drought. I can 
strongly recommend your 
Shadeland Markton varie¬ 
ty.” — James P. Reardon, 
Winchester, Va. 
•‘This year I planted the 
Hoffman Funk G Hybrid. 
There was no apparent dam¬ 
age from borer. The stalks 
remained in a more upright 
position than any of our \ 
other corn. We husked this 
com with a corn picker. It 
is very easy-snapping com 
and doesn’t drop ears as 
some other hybrids do. This 
one-acre field yielded 100 
bushels shelled corn. We 
also gave it trial in another 
field along with Jersey Hy¬ 
brid and our own corn, 
where it outyielded both. We 
expect to plant all this kind 
another year .”-—Claude Em¬ 
mons, Mercer County, N, J. 
Shown (left) in his Shadeland 
Victory Oats is Thomas W. Jones, 
Clarion County, Pa., who said: 
"I believe Hoffman's are strictly 
interested in giving good seeds 
to farmers." 
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