
Full shocks and a lot of them! The reward for sowing Hoffman Quality Seed. 
HOFFMAN WINTER BARLEY 
The practice of growing Winter Barley has increased rapidly the 
past five years, as more folks have realized its possibilities. A good 
crop of Barley—60 to 72 bushels an acre in good years—38 to 42 
even in poor years—has high feed value—saves the cost of tons of 
commercial feed. Claimed by many authorities to almost equal corn 
in feeding value. Hoffman has taken extra care to get as good seed 
as is available, so our friends will get fullest possible benefits. 
ALL HOFFMAN BARLEY HAS BEEN TREATED WITH CERESAN 
Certified ‘‘Beardless’’ Barley 
If you don't like the bearded 
varieties (lots of farmers don't), 
here is as near to the strain of 
Beardless as it is possible to get. 
Fields were inspected and certi- 
fied by State officials. You'll be 
interested to know that this is 
often sown on our rich to- 
bacco ground here in Lancaster 
County, where they want as 
strong a straw as possible. May- 
be the grain yield is not always 
as heavy as the bearded strains 
—but is always a good, satis- 
factory turnout. 
‘‘Beardless’’ Barley—Not Certified 
This lot is not claimed to be 
as perfectly free from beards as 
the Certified Seed, but it does 
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remove the objection to beards. 
It comes from good fields that 
have been carefully supervised. 
For the many who have used it 
in the past several years, it has 
been producing pleasing yields. 
““Smooth-Awn’”’ Bearded Barley 
A Velvet-Type Variety. The 
beards on this Barley are smooth 
—without the usual rough barbs 
sticking on the side of the 
whiskers. So it appeals to those 
who want bearded yields but 
not rough beards. Four years’ 
experience with this variety has 
shown that it is right up with 
the yield of bearded varieties. 
Straw is long and stands up 
well. Supply is very small. 
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