Get a Premium 
on the Market with 
BETTER MALTING BARLEY 

Grow these outstanding Malting Barleys and get a premium over the market- 
Quality Northern Grown Seed Barley Pays 
W. W. Brookins, Assistant Extension Agronomist of the 
University of Minnesota, has conducted barley institutes 
throughout the country and has done some outstanding work 
in developing higher quality barley for malting purposes. 
Good malting barley must be mellow and not hard or flinty. 
The seed must be plump, well matured, uniform in size and 
of a bright, creamy ripe color. Barley which contains mixtures 
of oats, wheat and other varieties of barley or other materials 
difficult to remove, cannot qualify as malting barley. "The 
seed must be free from blight, scab and ergot as well as badly 
weathered kernels. Damage in harvesting, threshing and 
storing the crop may result in broken skinned or heat dam- 
We feature outstanding registered varieties such as Wis- 
consin No. 38, Velvet, and Peatland which are highly recom- 
mended by the maltsters. 
It pays to buy pure, high quality seed, because the small 
additional cost will be more than offset by the extra premium 
at the market and lowered unit cost of production. 
Barley is also a good feed crop and is well suited to a good 
rotation. High quality seed stocks of barley are scarce this 
year, and we strongly urge our farmer friends to order early, 
while the supply lasts. 
See Blue Figure Price List in front of Catalog for lowest 
direct-to-you prices. Don’t overlook ordering Ceresan for 
aged kernels. 
WISCONSIN BARBLESS 
(WIS. 38)—Registered 
Very popular in the north central barley 
producing area of the U. S. and widely known 
as ‘‘Wisconsin 38.’’ Developed by Wis. Exp. 
Station as a selection from a cross of Oder- 
brucker and Lion. It is six rowed, smooth 
awned, with excellent white kernels of splendid 
malting quality. High resistance to barley 
stripe and spot plotch and a very good yielder. 
It matures 4 to 5 days later than Oderbrucker. 
The ten year average yield of Wis. Barbless 
was 33% bu. per acre, compared with 27 bu. 
per acre for Oderbrucker. Approved by 
American Society of Agronomy in 1940. Our 
quality seed stocks this year were produced 
from new, pure foundation stocks only one 
generation removed from hot water treatment. 
OUTSTANDING CHARACTERISTICS: 
First—-Smooth-bearded. Makes barley easy 
to handle and has stimulated barley production. 
Second—Resistance to hot weather. Appears 
able to stand more_heat. It matures a few 
days later than Glabron and Velvet; but its 
resistance to hot weather and its long, stiff 
straw enable it to stand up and develop 
larger kernels than earlier varieties. 
Third—yYields heavily. Wisconsin Barbless 
has produced as high as 70 bushels per acre. 
In Wisconsin tests, it has always outyielded 
any common barley grown in comparison with 
it. 
Fourth—Finest for malting. Wisconsin Barb- 
less Barley is greatly desired by the manu- 
facturers of malt and will command a premium 
on the market. See Blue Figure Price List. 

Dec 1a; 1941 
A Ss Gaines Co: 
Faribault, Minn. 
I have had several more farmer neighbors 
ask me to order for them and some are send- 
ing their own orders. One neighbor planted 
one field with your seed, Minhybrid 702, and 
another field with hybrid purchased from the 
local elevator. He said he lost $500.00 by not 
using all Farmer Seed & Nursery Co. seed. 
D. A. Cox, 
Beach, North Dakota. 


your seed Barley. See Below. 
Treat Seed Barley 
with Ceresan 
Use this dust treatment on seed to reduce 
seed-borne diseases, step-up your yield, in- 
crease your profit. Experiment Station tests 
by most important grain states prove its 
power against covered smut, black loose 
smut and stripe. Average yield increase in 
tests, 6%. May be applied as long as 3 
months before sowing. Easy to use, inex- 
pensive, doesn’t damage drill or retard 
drilling rate. Use it this year, not only on 
barley but also on wheat and oats. One 
pound treats 32 bu. Price: 4 oz. 30c, 1b. 
85c, postpaid; not prepaid, 5 Ibs. $3.40. Free 
pamphlet. May be mailed. See page 65. 

PEATLA ND BARLEY —Registered 
A rough-awned barley, well adapted to peat 
soils and yielding well on mineral soils and 
land that is too rich to grow other barley 
varieties. It is particularly adapted to north- 
ern Minnesota, especially the regions around 
Grand Rapids. 
Classified as a Satisfactory malting barley, 
Peatland is highly resistant to scab and may 
be grown in regions where scab is a serious 
problem and produce a good malting barley. 
Tt is resistant also to spot blotch and stem rust 
diseases, but is susceptible to stripe disease 
which may be controlled by treating with 
Ceresan. 
For Prices see Blue Figure Price List. 
VELVET BARLEY 
Minnesota No. 447—Registered 
The demand for Velvet Barley has _ been 
steadily increasing each year since its intro- 
duction. If you have not tried this outstanding 
variety, we suggest that you get started with 
it this year, for it is one of the best smooth- 
bearded varieties now being grown. 
Velvet originated from a cross between Luth, 
a rough-awned, six-rowed barley of the Man- 
churian type and a smooth-awned variety. It 
is a most excellent yielder, producing as much 
grain as Manchuria. The straw is quite stiff, 
the lodging percentage being no greater than 
that of other stiff-strawed varieties. Velvet ap- 
pears to be more disease resistant than other 
varieties. With its smooth beards or awns, 
Velvet has a very distinct advantage over the 
rough-awned types since it has no barb that 
will stick in the clothing or get into the flesh. 
Therefore, it can be handled much more easily. 
Velvet is in great demand by the manufac- 
turers of malt and there is every indication 
that the limited supply of this variety will be 
quickly exhausted before planting time. 
Once you try Velvet or other smooth-bearded 
varieties, you will not want to change back to 
the rough types. We offer Velvet Barley Seed, 
registered by the Minnesota Crop Improvement 
Association which gives you assurance of ob- 
taining the true variety of the _very highest 
purity. See Blue Figure Price List. 
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Buckwheat 
An excellent catch crop, which may be sown 
after harvesting winter wheat or rye or on 
newly broken ground. Its greatest value lies 
in the fact that it is the best and surest means 
of getting rid of quack grass. 
JAPANESE Large kerneled, dark brown 
and early. It is very productive, and an ex- 
cellent feed for cattle and hogs. Sow from 
June 1 to July 1, 8 pecks to the acre. 
SILVER HULL—A thin shelled buck- 
wheat, with silvery grey kernels of medium 
size, very sound. Silver Hull is a prolific 
grower and heavy yielder, and makes fine buck- 
wheat flour. Excellent for bees. 

Speltz or Emmer 
A valuable grain belonging to the wheat 
family. Kernels are tightly enclosed in hulls 
which adhere at threshing. Speltz has a feed- 
ing value equal to oats, and only slightly less 
than barley and corn. It is extremely rust 
resistant, and will not lodge like other grains, 
because of its stiff heavy straw. Speltz can 
be grown on many kinds of soil, rich or poor, 
throughout Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and 
the Dakotas. 
Speltz makes wonderful feed and is especial- 
ly fine for hogs and poultry. Sow 144-2 bush- 
els per acre, adjusting the drill the same as 
for oats. 
See Blue Figure Price List. 




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