OLDS’ SEED GRAINS 
OLDS’ PEDIGREED OATS : ; 
CHOICE SEED OATS are a specialty with us. Our oats are grown 
on contract by careful farmers. We furnish the stock seed, watching 
and inspecting the crops as they grow. The crops are finally delivered 
at our warehouse, where we thoroughly clean and grade the grain with 
our up-to-date cleaning machinery. 
WISCONSIN PEDIGREE VARIETIES. Wisconsin stands at the head 
of all the states in developing valuable pedigree strains of oats. We are 
in close touch with the work done along this line at the Wisconsin 
Experiment Station here at Madison and offer the varieties produced 
by them, confining ourselves mostly to those varieties. 
WISCONSIN CERTIFIED SEED. This seed is grown from foundation 
stock obtained each year from the Wisconsin College of Agriculture. 
Field inspections are made by a representative of the Wisconsin Experi- 
ment Association and official samples are taken for laboratory test by 
the inspector. Seed must show a purity of 99.5. There must be not 
more than one kernel per pound of other varieties or kinds of grains. 
No noxious weed seeds and not more than ten per pound of other 
weed seeds. Germination must be 90% or better. Foundation seed is 
seed produced on the station farm. The seed is officially tagged and 
sealed with the certified seed label by their representative. These pre- 
cautions are taken to safeguard the identity of the seed and to maintain 
high. quality. 
PLEASE NOTE: Certified Oats are sealed in new 3-bu. bags and 
barley in 244-bu. bags which are extra at 40c¢ each. Smaller lots or 
broken bags will not be sealed and tagged. 
STANDARD SEED. Our ‘‘Standard Seed’’ shows high purity and is 

J r A field of foundation stock of Vicland Oat on the University of Wisconsin 
nearly equal to the Certified Seed. Used bags are furnished free. Hill Farm at Madison. 

Sept. 1, 1942 
October 4, 1942 
“Our field of Vicland Oats averaged over 100 “T thought you might be interested to learn that 
bushels to the acre. The nicest oats we have seen we threshed 876 bushels of Oats from the 12 
in a long time.” bushels of Vicland Oats we purchased from you 
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last spring, G. A. Bemmels, Minnesota. 
The New Sensational Record- Breaking Oat—Rust and Smut Resistant 
““No More Bad Oat Years’ 
The Vicland Oat was released last year for the first time commercially and stocks sold out 
long before planting season with prices rising to over $5.00 per bushel. This year stocks are 
larger, but because of the outstanding performances of this new Oat, the demand will again 
be especially heavy. Order early so as not to be disappointed. 
Vicland was developed by plant breeders of the University of Wisconsin and the United 
States Department of Agriculture. It is a cross between Victoria, a South American Oat, and 
Richland, a variety that originated in Russia. It is an early yellow, short straw variety, high 
in bushel weight. It is very resistant to the forms of rust commonly found in this region 
and is also very resistant to smut. On fertile soil, the straw will attain a good height, but 
on soils low in fertility, we do not recommend it as the straw is apt to be too short to cut 
with a binder. It goes through a long dormancy period after harvest and will stand in the 
shock for a long period without germinating, This is a distinct advantage in rainy weather. 
Reports from Wisconsin certified seed producers in 1941 and 1942 show an average increase 
in yield of one-half over yields of the varieties commonly grown in the same neighborhood. 
This- also checks with the records of the Experiment Station. Reports of yields of over 100 
bushels per acre are not uneommon. 
The Government is urging greater production, Plant Vicland if you want larger Oat yields. 
Prices, Certified Seed, by freight: 3-bu. sealed bags, $1.75 bu.; 3 bags (9 bu.), at $1.70 a 
bushel. Packed in new bags which are extra at 40c each. 
Standard Seed, by freight: 2 pk., 30c; pk., 45c; bu., $1.35; 10 bus. at $1.30 per bushel. 
Packed in used bags which are free. 
STATE’S PRIDE 
(Wisconsin Pedigree No. 7) 
Description. State’s Pride is a small yellow oat, bright and shiny, with a very thin hull. 
a In fact it is about all meat, very heavy and a great oat for feeding. The oats are small in 
A Sheaf of Vicland Oats. Note the heavy heads. size but how they do pour out of the spout at “threshing time. State’s Pride is very early. 
Aneto. 1042 Indeed the earliest of all varieties, some 25 or 30, grown at the Wisconsin Station. This 
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last spring. I was more than pleased with the It_has a short stiff straw and has for 20 years an average yield of 68.5 bushels per acre, at 
yield and quality of the Oats I harvested.” | the Experiment Station. 
| agg alg paths gs Prices, Certified Seed: By mail, Lb., 20c; 5 lbs., 75c, postpaid. By freight: Pk., 40c; bu., 
“The Vicland Oats I got from you last spring $1.35; 10 bus. at $1.30; bags extra at 40¢ each. 
came through with a fine crop under unfavorable 7 
weather conditions.’ W. S. Elmer, New York. Prices, Standard Seed: Bu., $1.10; 10 bus. at $1.05. 
| FORWARD 
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Ws OWNS OI? fe ap Forward is a new pedigreed variety of oats specially valuable for the North. It is a 
(i tae ’ 4% handsome, white, medium early, heavy yielding, plump variety that is giving splendid 
Satisfaction in every Way. 
History. Forward is a selection from Silver Mine made at the Demonstration Station 
at Superior, being further improved at the Ashland Station. 
Description. It has a white, fairly plump kernel of medium length. The variety 
stands out conspicuously as the best yielding oats, with the exception of Vicland, for 
the northern, or Lake Superior Region. It outyielded Pedigree 5 by 9.6 bushels. Forward 
is recommended as a good oat for the northern section of the state. 
Prices, Standard Seed: By mail, Lb., 20c; 5 Ibs., 75c, postpaid; used bags free. 
By freight: Pk., 35c; bu., $1.10; 10 bus. at $1.05. 
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