SEED OATS 
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"SHADELAND MARKTON" (Continued) 
"Shadeland Markton” is a heavy yielder. One 10-year 
average it stood 11 per cent higher in yield than Swedish 
Oats growing right alongside. James P. Reardon, Winchester, 
Va., reports of one 10-acre planting, "635 bushels of as fine 
oats as I ever saw ... in spite of the fact that this com¬ 
munity suffered with a rather severe drought." 
Grains are long. Kernels are yellowish-white, with thin 
hulls. It is a mid-season ripener. Erect stalks, medium height. 
Here is an oats that has come through fine when other oats 
was badly smut-damaged. 
“SHADELAND ECLIPSE” (Certified) 
"Side” or "Horse Mane" Type 
If you like "side-type” oats, this is exactly what you want. For 
25 years it has been yielding big crops—often over 90 bushels 
per acre. Grows vigorously, matures early. Heads grow large 
and fill uniformly. Straw is stiff, stands up well and grows to 
good length. Our seed is heavy, white, plump, thin hulled, 
clean of weeds, free from great admixture of other varieties. 
“PATTERSON” OATS 
We first offered this variety, developed at Penn State, in 1937, 
and since then it has been tried successfully throughout the 
state. Many farmers today won’t grow any other kind. Many 
experimental plantings show it a yield leader. One 14-year 
test placed it first with an average of 63.9 bushels per acre. 
Straw is tall, stiff. Grain is light yellow, and though not extra 
heavy is almost all inside kernel. Ripens in mid-season. Pick 
it for reliable oats and depend on us for exceptionally fine seed. 
SILVER MINE TYPE OATS 
An old standby. Fine with Canada Peas for early green feed. 
Well liked for feeding in the sheaf. Makes large grains, soft 
hull, clean straw. Tree-type heads, grow long, yield well. 
“I bought Shadeland Victory 
oats from you and was well 
pleased with it. Planted 10 
acres and cut around the field 
6 times with the mower, leav¬ 
ing about 8 acres. This I cut 
with the binder, and you know 
the weather we had last sum¬ 
mer; rain, wind, and more 
rain and wind. I lost a lot of 
it in cutting and still paid the 
thrasher for 427 bushels of 
35 lbs. oats straight from the 
thrasher. Thank you for your 
fine seed oats.”— W. W. 
Johnston, Box K, Warwick, 
n. y. 
“The Shadeland Victory oats 
that I purchased from you 
certainly did fine. . . . Straw 
stood up well and produced 
a marvelous crop.”—S. /. 
Mullendore, Rohrersville,Md. 
Below is a picture showing 
how the Hoffman Shadeland 
strains of Seed Oats are kept 
up to their high-quality stand¬ 
ard. . . . Stock seed is planted 
in rows — with spaces be¬ 
tween. So the grower can go 
through each row, picking out 
any impurities or undesirable 
heads that may occur there. 
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