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Rust resistance, high yielding ability, good milling qualities make 
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Thatcher Wheat outstanding. 
Leading Wheat Varieties for the Northwest 

Improved THATCHER WHEAT 
We now offer the Improved Thatcher spring 
wheat just released by the Minn. Experiment 
Station. The original Thatcher contained a 
slight mixture of a bearded variety, but con- 
stant breeding and selection have eliminated 
this impurity and all the Thatcher seed we 
now offer will be of this new pure strain. 
Thatcher Rust-Resistant Wheat holds 
place in Minnesota. It’s a beardless, hard, 
red spring wheat of very high yield, very stiff 
straw, highly resistant to stem rust, and of 
finest milling and baking quality. 
Many new rust-resistant wheats have ap- 
peared recently but after thorough tests by 
Minnesota’s Experiment Station, Thatcher is 
still recommended as the best rust-resistant 
wheat for Minnesota. It’s been tested for a 
number of years by the Station and the Mill- 
ing and Baking Industries and it’s the only 
rust-resistant wheat recommended by the 
Minnesota Crop Improvement Association. 
Thatcher Wheat was developed by the Ex- 
periment Station in cooperation with the U. 8. 
Dept. of Agriculture from a double cross of 
(Marquis x Qumillo) x (Kanred x Marquis). 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
RENOWN SPRING WHEAT 
The Canadian Rust Research Laboratory 
developed this hard, red spring wheat from a 
cross of H-44 x Reward. Renown is resistant 
to stem rust and more resistant to leaf rust 
than Thatcher. It usually yields less than 
Thatcher, except during seasons or in localities 
where LEAF rust is heavy. Renown is higher 
in bushel weight and of better kernel appear- 
ance, but not so desirable as Thatcher in mill- 
ing and baking quality. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List, 


len grain to handle. 
All seed grains including wheat, barley, 
oats, rye and sorghum are susceptible to 
smuts of various kinds which 
yields from 10% to 50% in many instances. 
Some varieties are attacked more vigorously 
than others, but no matter how susceptible 
the variety may be to smut, it can be con- 
trolled almost entirely by simple methods. 
Formaldehyde and Copper-carbonate have 
been used extensively in the past for treat- 
ing smut in grains, with only fair to good results. 
The Best Treatment To Use Is New Improved Ceresan 
New improved Ceresan is a dust treatment——no wet, swol- 
It may be applied with a regular seed 
HAVE YOU THOUGHT OF THIS? 
Experiment Stations are supported at pub- 
lic expense to test out NEW CROPS, so that 
farmers need not gamble on them. If part 
of your tax dollar supports your Experiment 
Station, why not get your money’s worth? 
Why experiment on_ yourself? Use only 
TESTED, PROVEN varieties, which are 
adapted to your locality. We feature varieties 
recommended by your Experiment Station! 
New MARMIN Winter WHEAT 
This new winter wheat with better milling 
quality has just been released by Minn. Ex- 
periment Station. It’s a selection from a 
cross of Marquis (spring) and Minturki (win- 
ter wheat). According to Dr. Hayes of the 
University Farm, New Marmin combines all 
the desirable qualities of each—it is winter- 
hardy, high-yielding, has a higher’ bushel 
weight and better milling quality than Min- 
turki. Because it makes flour of a better col- 
or, and weighs more per bushel, Marmin will 
probably grade higher on the market. It 
equals Minturki in rust-resistance and hardi- 
ness. 
Our seed stocks will not be available until 
fall. Your inquiry now will be quoted on, in 
time for fall planting. 
MINTURKI WINTER WHEAT 
Minturki is the outstanding hardy winter 
wheat. It is a high yielding bearded hard red 
winter variety of high milling and baking 
quality and good protein content. It is stiff 
strawed and stands up well on rich land. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
Treat Seed Grains to Prevent 
treating machine 
spoon will be found in each can. 
The grain produced has a higher market value because 
it is free from smut. 
Ceresan is needed per bu. of seed. 
applied as a dust by use of a rotary seed treating machine 
or by the shovel method. 
be stored in a pile or in sacks for 24 hours before planting. 
New Improved Ceresan controls stinking smut of wheat, 
loose and covered smut of oats, black loose smut and stripe 
Ceresan is inexpensive, costing only about 2c 
This is the lowest cost of any seed treat- 
reduce the 
in barley. 
per bu. of seed. 
Recently a popular word, 
‘with corn), has been shifted over to oats in order 
to attract attention and make sales. 
“HYBRID OATS” is not correct—it should not be 
New oat varieties are NOT hybrids and do 
not behave like hybrids in corn! 
New varieties of oats are developed as SHELEC- 
TIONS from crosses made some years before. At 
least 7 generations of selection are required before 
seed can be increased. The “hybrid’’ vigor which 
you are familiar with in corn, has by this time been 
entirely exhausted. In fact, none is apparent in the 
last 5 generations! 
VANGUARD OATS is a late maturing Canadian 
variety and in normal seasons is not adapted to 
southern Minnesota. 
APEX SPRING WHEAT, after thorough trials 
by the Minn. Experiment Station, has yielded con- 
siderably less than Thatcher. 
SPARTAN BARLEY, in tests has yielded much 
less than Velvet and Wisconsin 38. 
Smut 
or with a scoop shovel. 
ment on the market. 
may increase the yield of grain by 10% to 20% or more. 
Money - Plant Quality Seed Grains 
You May Have Heard About These 
(used in connection 
The term 
Also Spartan 
is a 2-rowed variety which, if grown 
in Minnesota, will cause mixtures that 
May completely ruin premium prices 
on Minnesota’s fine malting barley. 
MICHEL’S GRASS has also been 
widely publicized. Read results of 
trials by Minn. and S. Dakota Experi- 
ment Stations on page 61. 
Some Minnesota farmers are grow- 
ing corn hybrids which, in normal sea- 
sons, mature too late for their sec- 
tions. 1937, 1938, and 1939, were 
exceptional years and cannot be con- 
sidered normal. Dr. H. K. Hayes, Chief 
of Agronomy Division, University 
Farm, states that AT LEAST 50% of 
Minnesota’s 1940 corn crop would 
have been frozen if we had received 
normal September rainfall. 
SPRING RYE 
Spring Rye should be sown more extensively. 
It is a great land cleaner, and for summer 
pasture, is much superior to winter rye. It 
can be grown on light and sandy soil, on land 
too poor for wheat, and does equally well on 
acid and non-acid soils. 
For Prices: See Blue Figure Price List. 
ROSEN WINTER RYE 
Rosen became popular because of its excellent 
yielding ability and milling qualities. It pro- 
duces large well-filled heads and large dark green 
kernels. 
Rosen Rye 


is more hardy than the hardiest 
Winter Wheat. The straw is medium tall and 
stiff, which keeps the grain from being easily 
lodged.. The variety has produced as much as 
40 to 50 bushels per acre. See Blue Figure List. 

A measuring 
Only one-half ounce of New Improved 
It is quickly and easily 
After treating, the seed should 
By using New Improved Ceresan you 
Price of Ceresan: 4 oz. 30c, 1-Ib. tin 80c, postpaid; not prepaid, 5-Ib. tin $3.25. Ask for circular giving full details. 

Good Seed Grains, When Treated with Ceresan, Produce Larger Yields 
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