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INTRODUCTIONS 
The Finest Seed Oats 
RECOMMENDED 
FOR YOUR LOCfiLITY 
The Best Early Oat Varieties for the Northwest 
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 une(iualled 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. 
lOGOLD OATS 
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 
grow about three inches taller than Iowa No. 
105 and ripen about the same time. 
For Prices: 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. 
NEW lOWR SELECT NO. 52 
This new variety of oats was developed from 
a plant selection of Iowa 105, at the Iowa Ex¬ 
periment Station. It has the outstanding char¬ 
acteristics of a fine quality oat—namely, lodging 
resistance through stiffness of straw, rust re¬ 
sistance, early maturity and high yields. An 
open-panicled oat with excellent quality yellow 
grain, fairly thin hull, and especially fine for 
feeding young pigs. It is recommended for sec¬ 
tions in southern Minnesota and Iowa where an 
early maturing variety is desired. See Blue 
Figure List. 
Treat Seed Oats 
with Improved Ceresan 
Controls smut, improves your stand—pro¬ 
ducing bigger, cleaner yields. Highly recom¬ 
mended. Easy to apply—also used for wheat 
and barlev. One pound treats 32 bushels. 
Price: 4 oz. 30c; 1 lb. 80c, prepaid. See page 
65. 
NEW NRKOTfi HULLESS OfiTS 
Minnesota Accessory No. 741 
Nakota Hulless Oats was developed by the 
South Dakota Experiment Station from a double 
cross (Markton x Richland) x (.Swedish Select 
x Kilby). It is early maturing, and just a day or 
two later than Gopher, and very resistant to 
stem rust, also Immune to smut. The yield com¬ 
pares favorably with the standard hulled varie¬ 
ties when allowance of 30% is made for weight 
of hulls. After thorough testing it was placed on 
the recommended list of the Minnesota Experi¬ 
ment Station. 
Hulless Oats are very popular for feeding 
young pigs and poultry. 
In many seasons, due to adverse weather con¬ 
ditions, crops of oats have been very light in 
weight. Light oats have a high percentage of 
hulls and therefore lots of fibre which has little 
value for feeding pigs. Hulled oats make an 
excellent feed for little pigs and about 165 lbs. 
of fairly heavy whole oats will make 100 lbs. 
of Imlled oats. 
The recommended rate of seeding is about 50 
lbs. per acre, as this variety stools very heavily. 
Seed supply very limited. Order early. For 
Prices See Blue Figure List. 
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. 
NEW RUSOTfl OfiTS 
Minnesota ficcessory No. 708 
This outstanding rust resistant variety of oats 
was developed by the North Dakota Experiment 
Station as a plant selection from Green Russian. 
It was thoroughly tested and is on the recom¬ 
mended list of the Minnesota Experiment Sta¬ 
tion. Rusota has outyielded all other varieties in 
trials at the Northwest Station at Crookston, 
Minnesota. 
Rusota Oats is a midseason variety maturing 
about the same time as Anthony, is open pan- 
ieled, and produces w-hite kerneled grain, medium 
large in size. This variety compares favorably 
in plant height with Anthony Oats. 
We especially recommend this high yielding, 
stiff strawed, rust resistant variety for those 
sections where a medium maturing variety is 
desired and where the early varieties do not 
seem to give the best results. Supply limited. 
See Blue Figure Price List. 
ANTHONY OATS 
Registered 
Anthony Rust 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. 
logold—Early, Rust Resistant, High Yielding. 
Wheat and Oats 
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 combina¬ 
tion crop returns more iJi'ofit per 
acre than either wheat or oats sep¬ 
arately. Use 114 bu. of oats 
and % bu. of wheat per acre. 
Thatcher grown with ifinrus or 
Anthony Oats gives the best results 
as they ripen about the same time. 
Other good combination crops are 
barley with early oats, wheat with 
flax. 
Up-to-Date Helps for the Modem Farmer—See Page 74. 
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