Small Grains 
SEED WHEAT 
MARQUIS WHEAT is the standard, hard, 
red, spring wheat for irrigated sections 
of the West. It is early maturing and 
high yielding. Is beardless, short, stiff- 
strawed. We will be able to supply both 
registered and non-registered seed. 
KOMAR WHEAT is the name given to a 
bearded hard red spring wheat, pro¬ 
duced by crossing Kota and Marquis at 
the North Dakota Experiment Station. 
After experimental trials at the Fort Col¬ 
lins and Fort Lewis stations under irriga¬ 
tion and at the U. S. Dryland Station near 
Akron, this variety has been released as 
standard for Colorado on both irrigated 
and non-irrigated land. 
DEFIANCE WHEAT is a late maturing, soft, 
white wheat. It gives excellent yields 
when sown under irrigation. 
MACARONI or DURUM WHEAT. This va¬ 
riety grows very strong and is usually a 
heavy yielder. It is grown where other 
varieties do not mature or thrive. The 
straw makes excellent- fodder. Has a 
very hard kernel and is kno-wn as a 
glue wheat, and is bearded. 
THATCHER WHEAT. A new beardless, 
hard red spring wheat that yields at the 
Fort Collins Station about the same as 
Komar. It is adapted to irrigated condi¬ 
tions only and may replace Komar in this 
area. 
TURKEY RED WINTER WHEAT. A stand¬ 
ard red bearded wheat with a strong 
straw. It is early ripening. Kernels are 
large, red, and hard. It is in good de¬ 
mand by millers. 
Prices on Seed Wheat will be given on 
our Special Field Seed Price List. 
SEED TREATMENT 
BUNT or STINKING SMUT IN WHEAT; 
Dust seed grain with Copper Carbonate, 
2 to 4 ounces to the bushel, or Copper 
Carb, using 4 to 6 oz. per bushel. Mix 
in a barrel mixer so that all grains are 
covered with the dust. Treatment can be 
made at any time and grain can be 
stored without injury. 
FLAX may be grown with good success in 
the West. It matures quickly and may be 
planted as late as the middle of June and 
make a matured crop. Takes very little 
fertility and moisture from the soil and 
yields 10 to 20 bushels per acre. May be 
used with success as a nurse crop for 
clovers and grasses, and is the most 
desirable crop to follow on native sod. 
Formaldehyde will destroy wilt germs 
and the seed should be treated before 
planting. 
Prices on Special Field Seed List. 
BUCKWHEAT does best where the climate 
is moist and cool, but it is sensitive to 
cold. It is a short season, early-maturing 
crop. It can be sown quite late. It is a 
good crop for poor, thin land, and does 
well on acid soils. It is used as a soilage 
crop. 
Prices: (lb. 15c) (5 lbs. 65c) (10 lbs. $1.20). 
- Wheat, Oats, Barley, Rye 
SEED OATS 
BRUNKER OATS are well adapted to dry 
land, being early maturing, smut and 
drought resisting. They are a red oat 
and were developed by the Akron Ex¬ 
periment Station. 
COLORADO NO. 37 OATS. This oat has 
been found superior to all other varieties 
of oats for irrigated areas of Colorado. 
It is a mid-season white oat. It is char¬ 
acterized by its high yield; its straw 
and awnless kernels. 
VICTORY OATS, a mid-season white oat, 
adapted to the irrigated lands of northern 
Colorado. 
BLISS SIDE OATS is a white side oat adapt¬ 
ed to irrigated land. This variety is 
noted for its abundant yield of oat hay 
in the mountain areas. 
MARKTON OATS are especially well 
adapted to the warmer irrigated sections 
of Colorado; namely the lower Arkansas 
Valley and the lower Grand Valley. 
This is a mid-season oat, highly resistant 
to smut. 
Prices on seed oats will be given on our 
Special Quantity Field Seed List. 
SMUT IN OATS: For Loose Smut and Cov¬ 
ered Smut add 1 pint Formaldehyde to 
forty (40) gallons of water and sprinkle 
on 40 bushels of grain. Cover with sacks 
or canvas for two to four hours. 
SAND, WINTER or HAIRY VETCH is a 
mighty fine crop to sow in the fall as 
soon as the crops have been harvested. 
It has also been sown in the spring. 
Vetch is a legume plant like alfalfa and 
peas. It produces hay of high protein 
value and is also a good soilage crop; 
also introduces nitrogen into the soil the 
same as alfalfa and clovers. Prices will 
be given on our Special Field Seed Price 
List. 
DWARF ESSEX RAPE is a forage plant of 
highest value. It can be. sown in April 
for early crop, and for fall.crop in July, 
August, and September. It is used as a 
catch crop, also for summer pasture for 
hogs and cattle. 
Prices: (lb. 15c) (5 lbs. 65c) (10 lbs. $1.20). 
SEED BARLEY 
CLUB MARIOUT BARLEY. A six-row, 
rough owned, hulled, early barley; par¬ 
ticularly adapted to eastern Colorado 
non-irrigated plains section. Will yield 
one-third more than Trebi in its region 
of adaptation, and 70 per cent of Trebi 
under irrigation. Could be used to ad¬ 
vantage on irrigated land with early 
water where only one irrigation is avail¬ 
able. 
FLYNN. A six-row, smooth owned barley 
yielding about the same as Club Mariout. 
The smooth owned or thinner hull has 
increased its popularity in the plains 
area and in other non-irrigated sections 
of the state. 
TREBI. Six-row, bearded, hulled barley 
with large, bluish kernels, and compara¬ 
tively weak straw. The standard for 
irrigated sections of the state. 
COLSESS. A hooded or beardless six-row, 
hulled barley with very stiff straw. 
Adapted to the mountain irrigated areas 
and cooler sections of the state. It is 
popular when used as a nurse crop. 
WISCONSIN NO. 38. A smooth owned six- 
row barley adapted for malting purposes. 
LICO. A new smooth owned, six-row bar¬ 
ley, with stiff straw originated by a cross 
at the Colorado Experiment Station. 
Prices on Seed Barley will be given on 
our Special Field Seed Price List. 
SEED TREATMENT 
SMUT IN BARLEY: For Stripe and Covered 
Smut add 1 pint Formaldehyde to 30 gal¬ 
lons water (not heated). Soak seed for 
three hours. 
For COVERED SMUT on HULLESS BARLEY. 
dust with Copper Carbonate, 2 to 4 ozs. 
to bushel of grain. 
SEED RYE 
SPRING RYE is an excellent soiler and can 
be produced on poor, worn out land 
under dry conditions where other grains 
would fail. It is useful as a cleaning 
crop for the purpose of eradicating wild 
oats. Makes early pasture and may be 
cut and cured for hay. When sown with 
vetch its value for pasture and hay is 
greatly eijhanced. 
Prices on Quantity Field Seed List. 
WINTER or FALL RYE serves a very useful 
purpose for pasture and hay. May be 
sown in the spring and summer as well 
as in the fall. When Winter Rye is sown 
after frost it goes into the following sea¬ 
son before maturing, thus making it a 
biennial. 
Prices on Quantity Field Seed List. 
SPELTZ or SPRING EMMER resembles bar¬ 
ley and wheat. Is of rapid growth and 
ripens early. Withstands more drought 
and unfavorable soil and weather con¬ 
ditions than most grains. It is a very 
efficient and desirable feed. 
Prices on Quantity Field Seed List. 
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THE WESTERN SEED COMPANY. DENVER, COLORADO 
