EXPERIMENT STATION 
INTRODUCTIONS 

GOPHER OATS 
Gopher is a white, early maturing variety 
with straw so stiff and strong that it does not 
lodge even on well-manured farm land. It is 
also adapted for growing on peat land. It is 
without any question the best oats for the rich 
dairy farms of southern Minnesota, Iowa and 
Wisconsin and. unequalled for sowing with clover 
and alfalfa as a nurse crop, 
This variety was developed by the Minnesota 
Experiment Station and has become widespread 
throughout the Northwest. Excellent reports, 
not only from Minnesota but from North and 
South Dakota, Wisconsin and Iowa, show that 
Gopher is still leading in yield, earliness and 
stiffness of straw. 
The oat crop in many sections was very 
light, having been damaged by adverse weather 
conditions and the demand for seed will be 
quite great. Our stocks of high quality certified 
seed oats are reasonably large, especially the 
Gopher variety but with the strong demand 
may not last long. For Prices: See Blue Figure 
Price List. 
NEW BOONE OATS 
Boone originated from a cross of Victoria and 
Richland and was developed co-operatively by 
the Iowa Agricultural Experiment Station and 
the U. 8. Dept. of Agriculture. An early yellow 
common oat with short stiff straw like that of 
the Richland parent. Outstanding characters 
are: early maturity, high yield, and quality, and 
high resistance to nearly all races of stem rust, 
crown rust, and the smuts of oats. Approved 
for Registration by the American Society of 
Agronomy in 1939. 
NEW MARION OATS 
A selection from a cross of Markton and 
Rainbow. Developed by the Iowa Agricultural 
Experiment Station and the U. S. Dept. of 
Agriculture. Marion is an early white com- 
mon oat with midtall to tall plants, and stiff 
straw, and plump kernels. Outstanding charac- 
ters are: early maturity, high yield, and high 
test weight, with kernels of the best type for 
milling and for feed. It also has stiff straw, 
and splendid resistance to stem rust, smut, and 
eertain races of crown rust. Approved by 
American Society of Agronomy. Commercial 
millers and cereal manufacturers pay a premi- 
um for this new variety because of its excel- 
lent kernel type. 
NEW VICLAND OATS 
A new early yellow oats developed by U. S., 
Dept. of Agriculture from a cross of Victoria 
and Richland. 50% greater yields are reported 
for this new oats in hundreds of trials by the 
Wisconsin Experiment Station. Vicland has 
proved resistant to rusts and smuts prevalent 
in the North Central States. It’s an exception- 
ally heavy yielder with a short straw of good 
strength and grain of very high test weight. 
New Vicland has been approved for registration 
by the American Society of Agronomy. Seed 
supply is limited, so order early to avoid dis- 
appointment. See Blue Figure Price List. 
NEW IOWA SELECT NO. 52 
This new variety of oats was developed from 
a plant selection of Iowa 105, at the Iowa Ex- 
periment Station. It has the outstanding char- 
acteristics of a fine quality oat—namely, lodging 
resistance through stiffness of straw, rust re- 
Sistance, early maturity and high yields. An 
open-panicled oat with excellent quality yellow 
grain, fairly thin hull, and especially fine for 
feeding young pigs. It is recommended for sec- 
tions in southern Minnesota and Iowa where an 
early maturing variety is desired. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 

SEE BLUE FIGURE PRICE LIST 
in front of Catalog for prices on all 
farm seeds. Order early while good 
quality, high germinating seed stocks 
are still available. 

The Finest Seed Oats 
Best Early Oats for the North 




NEW HULLESS OATS 
“NAKOTA” 
Minnesota Accessory No. 741 
Nakota Hulless Oats was developed by the 
South Dakota Experiment Station from a double 
cross (Markton x Richland) x (Swedish Select 
x Kilby). It is early maturing, and just a day or 
two later than Gopher, and very resistant to 
stem rust, also immune to smut. The yield com- 
pares favorably with the standard hulled varie- 
ties when allowance of 30% is made for weight 
of hulls. After thorough testing it was placed on 
the recommended list of the Minnesota Experi- 
ment Station. 
Hulless Oats are very 
young pigs and poultry. 
In many seasons, due to adverse weather con- 
ditions, crops of oats have been very light in 
weight. Light oats have a high percentage of 
hulls and therefore lots of fibre which has little 
value for feeding pigs. Hulled oats make an 
excellent feed for little pigs and about 165 lbs. 
of fairly heavy whole oats will make 100 lbs. 
of hulled oats. 
The recommended rate of seeding is about 50 
lbs. per acre, as this variety stools very heavily. 
Order early. See Blue Figure Price List. 
popular for feeding 
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New Marion Oats brings a premium on the market. 
Plant These New Recommended Varieties for Greater War-time Production! 
RECOMMENDED 
FOR YOUR LOCALITY 
Midseason and Late Varieties 

MINRUS OATS 
Rust Resistant 
Minrus matures about half way between 
Gopher and Anthony; produces white glumes 
and has a spreading panicle, It is about equal 
in height and stiffness of straw to Anthony and 
is highly resistant to black stem rust. It was 
produced by the Minnesota Experiment Station 
from a cross of Minota and White Russian. 
Observations to date indicate that Minrus 
will outyield Gopher Oats on any ground except 
the very richest. Gopher Oats should be used 
on the rich soils as it is more able to resist 
lodging under those conditions. Minrus should 
be very popular on lighter soils where Gopher 
Oats does not get tall enough to handle well. 
Minrus may be grown with varieties of spring 
wheat as succotash as it is a few days later 
than Gopher. Minrus has already met with great 
favor wherever tried. For prices, see Blue 
Figure Price List. 
VANGUARD OATS 
Now Recommended by Minn. Exp. Station for 
Northwestern Minn. 
Produced by the Dominion Rust Research 
Laboratory, Winnipeg, Manitoba, as a selection 
from the cross of Hajira and Banner, A mid- 
season, open-panicled, white grain variety. Out- 
standing characters are: high yield, stiff straw, 
and resistance to black stem rust. Placed on 
the recommended list in 1941 by the Minnesota 
Experiment Station, and recommended for 
Northwestern Minnesota, and other similar ter- 
ritories. See Blue Figure Price List, 
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Sent FREE on request with your Farm Seed 
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FARMER’S 







Wheat and Oats 
Profitable Combination Crop 
A profitable practice is to grow 
oats and wheat in combination. 
Yields of 50 to 60 bu. of oats and 
20 to 30 bu. of wheat per acre 
have been reported. A combina- 
tion crop returns more profit per 
acre than either wheat or oats sep- 
arately. Use 1% bu. of oats 
and % bu. of wheat per acre. 
Thatcher grown with Minrus or 
Anthony Oats gives the best results 
as they ripen about the same time. 
Other good combination crops are 
pease with early oats, wheat with 
ax. 







Treat Seed Oats— 
Be Sure to use Ceresan 
This Year! 
U. of Minnesota tests on many hun- 
dreds of samples, indicate an alarm- 
ing infection of seed-borne diseases in 
wheat, oats, barley and flax harvested 
in 1942, Ceresan controls. these 
diseases, improves your stand—pro- 
ducing bigger, cleaner crops. Highly 
recommended. Easy to apply — also 
used for wheat and barley. One pound 
treats 32 bushels. 
Price: 4 oz. 30c; 1 lb. 85c, prepaid. 
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