SEED OATS 
Cleatiy Heavy-Yielding Varieties 
*^offman's 
HIGH YIELDS YEAR AFTER YEAR 
FROM "SHADELAND VICTORY" 
(Certified) OATS 
Let s start right out by saying that this year’s "Shadeland 
Victory” seed is extra fine. 
And if you’ve ever planted this oats or lived anywhere 
near a man who did, you’ll know this is important news. 
Here’s what a few of our customers say about the Shade- 
land Victory Seed they’ve gotten in the past. 
"The yield, and their ability to take a licking under ab¬ 
normal weather conditions, is an outstanding feature,” from 
J. W. Cannon, Milford, Del. "The yield is well above that 
of anything I ever tried before,” from R. S. Koch, Tamaqua, 
Pa. ”From 6 acres I threshed 538 bushels, an average of 
almost 90 bushels per acre,” from J. Pruss, New Paltz, N. Y. 
By the way, that 90 bushels per acre isn’t at all unusual. We 
have plenty of reports of 80 to 90 bushels. Of GAINS of 
20 bushels or more when "Shadeland Victory” was planted. 
It’s a consistently heavy yielder. It stands up fine, stiff long 
straw, heads out well. Kernels are large and heavy, thin¬ 
hulled and of high-feeding value. It’s the oats to depend on 
when the weather is bad, for it seems always to come through. 
There are plenty of reports from customers of big full crops 
when neighbors were hardly getting enough to pay for the 
threshing. The stiff heavy straw keeps down damage from 
wind and rain, and pulls it through. 
Now to describe the seed we have for you this year. It 
comes from Washington and Oregon—the best oats seed 
sown in this country. And of that best, our grower wrote us, 
”90 acres averaged 90 bushels per acre of oats weighing 43 
pounds per bushel.” In 1937, he won highest award on them 
at the Pacific Live Stock Show in competition with the entire 
Northwest and Canada. (See next page) 
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“Your Shadeland Oats did 
best of all oats around us— 
heavy yield, clean and plump 
berries .”—Marvin M. Ux. 
Nen’ London, Ohio. 
“Regarding your Shadeland 
Victory Oats as grown for 
hay—they are much superior 
to seeds purchased locally. 
Thicker, leafier stalks and 
larger heads. And they stood 
up remarkably well during 
the heavy rains of last sum¬ 
mer.”—/. E. Fagan, Marlton . 
N. f. 
“We bought seed oats (Vic¬ 
tory Shadeland) from your 
company. Had a yield of 76 
bushels per acre from 23 A. 
We threshed 1,730 bushels. 
They are fine quality oats, 
clean and free from any foul 
stuff.”— Clarence W. Neff. 
Flint. Mich. 
(At Left)—What a satisfaction 
to get your hands in among a 
fine crop of heavy oats! Here 
is seed that will go a long 
way to help you enjoy such 
an experience this summer! 
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