OLDS’ SEED GRAINS 
OLDS’ PEDIGREED OATS 
(Sow 64 to 96 pounds to the acre.) 
REGrISTERED 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. Germination 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 mi.xtiire of other varieties and not more than 9 per pound other kinds of grain, 
otherwise the same requirements as for Registered Seed. 
STANDARD SEED. Our Standard Seed shows high purity and is nearly equal to the Certified Seed. 
CHOICE SEED 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 
delivered at our warehouse, where we thoroughly clean and grade the grain with our up-to-date 
cleaning machinery. 
WIS(30NSIN PEDIGREE VARIETIES ONLY. Wisconsin stands at the head of all the states in 
developing valiiable 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. 
OFFICIAL TAGS. We use official certification tags authorized by the Wisconsin Experiment 
Association. 
STATE’S PRIDE 
(Wisconsin Pedisrce 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 yel¬ 
low 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 
all varieties, some 25 or 30, grown at the 
Wisconsin Station. This enables it to es¬ 
cape rust. 
It has a short stiff straw and has stood 
up the best of all oats at the Wisconsin Sta¬ 
tion 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, Registered Seed: Pk., 35c; bu., 
85c; 10 bus. at 82c; 25 bus. at 80c. 
Prices, Certified Seed, by freight: bu., 80c; 
10 bus. at 77c; 25 bus. or over at 75c. 
Prices, Standard Seed: Bu., 70c; 10 bus. 
at 67c; 25 bus. at 65c. 
SPOONER (Wis. Pedigree No. 405) 
Spooner Oat is a selection made at the Spooner Station of the Wisconsin College of Agriculture 
in 1913. Out of 400 single plant selections and out of some twenty varieties of oats including standards, 
this one variety proved superior to alt others. In 1934 the seed was registered and introduced under 
the name of Spooner. It is a very heavy yielder, outylelding Swedish Select for a period from 1917 
to 1929 by five bushels per acre. It is a very good straw producer which is of considerable value 
for 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, Certified Seed: Pk., 35c; bu., 85c; 10 bus. at 82c; 25 bus. at 80c. 
A Field of Spooner Oats. 
Sheaf of First Prize White Cross. 
Please Note:—Land withdrawn from 
cultivation under the soil conservation 
program, can be used for garden crops. 
Plant some of your wheat, corn and 
tobacco acreage to garden crops. 
WHITE CROSS (Wis. Pedisree No. 19) 
FINEST APPEARING EARLY OAT. 
White Cross is a Pedigree 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 Experi¬ 
ment Farm and some years outyielding that variety. 
Fourth, it grows a taller straw than State’s Pride and can always be easily har¬ 
vested by the binder even on thin poor land. 
Fifth, it is the best early oat for light soils, outyielding all other earlies. 
Prices, Standard Seed: Pk., 26c; bu., 70c; 10 bus. at 67c; 25 bus. at §5c. 
SWEDISH SELECT (Ped. No. 5) 
riNEST 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 kernels 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 standing 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, Standard Seed: Pk., 25c; bu., 70c; 10 bus. at 67c; 25 bus. at 65c. 
—62— 
