BREEDING HISTORY 
Dr. T. R. Stanton, Chief Agronomist in 
charge U.S.D.A. Oat Investigation, turned 
over to us, at our request, one quart of the 
mass fourth generation seed coming from 
his Lee x Victoria cross in the fall of 1932. 
We planted that fall 432 rod rows with 
these seed, planting on the ground level so 
as to subject them to maximum cold. That 
winter cold was severe, killing outright 
many plants and severely damaging others 
but some plants came through beautifully, 
showing no effect of cold. These were each 
staked and the following fall, 767 of the 
best of these we put in plant-to-rows. 
Fortunately, leaf rust infection was heavy 
in the spring of 1934 which gave us an 
opportunity to discard all progenies that 
did not show a high degree of rust resis- 
tance. Each year since 1934, we have 
selected thousands of heads from good 
lines. These have been planted in head-to- 

rows, the best of these in cold, smut, rust 
and yield tests, the best of them in increase 
blocks and on through such vigorous tests 
in a supreme effort to find a variety that 
would be worthy of bearing the name 
STANTON. 
We found the answer in a selection made 
in the spring of 1937. (The ninth genera- 
tion of cross.) The oat was in head-to-row 
tests in 1937-1938 and in yield, cold and 
smut tests in 1938 and 1939. In this test, 
it produced 74 bushels to acre against 57.4 
bushels for Fulgrain Strain 3. This was 
a bad rust year. In test in 1939 and 1940, 
Stanton produced 76.8 bushels per acre 
and Fulgrain Strain 3, 77.7 bushels; in 
1940 and 1941 tests, Stanton produced 
86.6 bushels per acre and Fulgrain Strain 
3, 76.7 bushels. This consistent good yield 
record convinces us of its real merit and 
that it is worthy of bearing this distin- 
guished name. 
This photo illustrates the superior qualities of Coker’s 
Stanton as a combination grain and forage oat. 
