
Oats, barley, soy beans and buckwheat seldom 
pay for high fertilization, but will respond 
well to about 200 lbs. superphosphate per 
acre. In the absence of recent manuring and 
on thin soils, some 0-14-7 (an 0-2-1 ratio) 
supplying 35 or 40 lbs. of plant food may 
help. ... When a legume is sown with spring 
grain, rate may be increased 50 per cent... 
and potash should be added when it is apt 
to be deficient. 
Handling Hay for 
Vitamin A 

All green parts of a growing plant are rich 
in Vitamin A. Unless hay is properly cured, 
much Vitamin A is lost. Hay that has been 
unduly bleached or weathered in curing, 
loses entirely too much Vitamin A. Preserve 
carefully the green leaves in the curing proc- 
ess. They contain 6 times as much as do the 
stems. ... Hay cut at the proper time has 
a much greater content than hay that has too 
late a stage of maturity. Improperly cured 
hay resulting in severe heating in the mow 
or stack seriously reduces the Vitamin A 
content. 
@ 
A leading poultryman advises that a 
third of a pound of Epsom Salts to 100 
birds gives a mild laxative. 
To Add 
Hog Weight 

If you have self-feeders, keep protein supple- 
ment, mineral mixture and grain before hogs 
at all times. Let them eat when they feel like 
it. Some grazing or green, leafy legume hay 
should be provided along with plenty of clean 
water. Keep the hogs quiet, and they will do 
the rest. Where hand feeding is practiced, 
more work is required and greater care 
needed to keep the ration balanced without 
waste. Corn is the best fattening grain for 
hogs, but cracked barley or wheat makes a 
satisfactory substitute. Experiments show 
that wheat is almost equal to corn when it 
makes up one-third to one-half of the total 
grain mixture. Coarse grinding of wheat is 
advised. Finely ground wheat is gummy and 
hard to digest. 
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Don't be excited about false rumors on oats this year. We'll 
have good seed for you. True, some varieties won't be 
available. The supply of good seed isn’t unlimited. But we 
believe we will be able to take care of the needs of every 
customer who orders ahead of planting time. 
And you're going to need good seed for those grain feed- 
ing schedules this year. The kind of seed that has produced 
up to 80 and 90 bushels an acre. The kind of seed that gets 
you that “raise in pay” for your labor. Folks who know 
these Hoffman Victory Oats we’ve been recommending 
for many years will be glad to know that good “Victory” 
seed is available again this year. If you haven't grown 
these Oats, this is the year for Victory in your fields as well 
as on the battle fronts. 
But whether you buy Victory or another variety there are 
special reasons for getting it from Hoffman. The sources from 
which all Hoffman oats come are KNOWN. The seed is 
produced under most exacting conditions. Fields are regu- 
larly inspected. In addition, you know that Hoffman bags 
will be full of clean seed. No hulls or waste to fill out a 
bushel. Free from foul weeds, every bag goes through 
special cleaning processes as many times as necessary to 
be sure the seed is clean. 
HOFFMAN “VICTORY” OATS (CERTIFIED) 
With grain so important to feeding schedules this year, it’s 
the time to depend on known-producing strains. That's why 
we are especially recommending Victory. Most Hoffman 
customers know it—either by their own experience or the 
experience of a neighbor. In all the years we've been 
offering it, it has been the most consistent producer of the 
top yields—in the good oats years and bad. 
“Victory” grows with a stiff heavy straw that enables it 
to weather wind and rain with little damage. It heads out 
well with large heavy kernels. Hulls are thin, grain is rich 
in feeding value. It produces consistently. In every year 
since we have been offering Victory we have received many 
letters tellling about crops—tremendous yields in good years, 
far better than neighbors in poor years, paying crops when 
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