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ance to certain types of smut have been main- 
tained. 
Victorgrain Strain 3, on average soils and with 
average seasons, produces a plant of medium 
height—tall enough for ease of combining and 
short enough to eliminate excess straw and give 
added storm resistance. 
WHY NEW STRAINS? 
The primary reason for the introduction of new 
strains of oats is not only to utilize the quality 
and productiveness of superior plants but also 
to maintain purity through careful selection, and 
uniformity of type and freedom from noxious 
weeds through years of painstaking examination 
of test plots and increase fields with the careful 
elimination of undesirable foreign growths and 
off-type plants. 
NOT RECOMMENDED FOR POOR SOILS 
We do not recommend the planting of Victor- 
grain oats on poor soil or in areas where late 
spring drouths are common, where this oat would 
not grow sufficiently tall for satisfactory har- 
vesting. 
Victorgrain Strain 8 is deceptive in appear- 
ance. In breeding, the emphasis has been on pro- 
duction of quality grain and disease resistance, 
but the true test of value is the yield per acre 
of superior livestock feed and Victorgrain has 
demonstrated this on thousands of southern farms. 
SUCCESSFULLY GROWN UNDER WIDE 
RANGE OF CONDITIONS 
The considerable cold resistance of Victorgrain 
combined with its high degree of resistance to 
leaf rust and medium early maturity, makes it 
possible to grow this variety successfully under 
wide range of conditions and over sizeable terri- 
tory. Reports on its satisfactory performance have 
been received from growers from southern Vir- 
ginia to north Florida and from southern Missouri 
to Texas. The heads are long and well balanced; 
the grains are attractive and bright, resisting 
weather stain. The plump, well-filled berry is high 
in feeding value with a low percentage of hull. 
Victorgrain Strain 3 is of medium maturity, 
ripening about a week earlier than Red Rust 
Proof and some three to five Ate later than 
Fulgrain. 
PRICES: 1 to te hush fea eee eh $5.00 per bu. 
we ty ushelsseee ee $4.75 per bu. 
, Ge 48 bushels. $4.50 per bu. 
NOTE: Se our Victorgrain variety has shown high 
resistance to three races of smut commonly found in the 
southeast, a new race has recently been discovered to which 
it is susceptible. Therefore, we are treating Victorgrain 
Strain 3 with Ceresan and strongly urge that growers plant- 
ing former strains of this variety treat their planting seed, 
not only to avoid possible loss from smut but because of 
the other benefits from Ceresan treatment, such as better 
stands and healthier, more vigorous plants, which usually 
result in increased yields. 

