
24 Better Seed Are a Most Paying Investment 

MARION OAT 
Certified Seed 
This variety was developed at the Iowa Agricultural Exper- 
iment Station, Ames, Iowa, in cooperation with the Bureau 
of Plant Industry, U. S: Dept. of Agriculture. An Iowa Agr, 
Exp. Bulletin dated Jan., 1941, says: ‘‘These Marion Oats 
originated as a selection from the Markton Rainbow cross. 
Marion seems to have retained all the beneficial characters of 
both parents. It is moderately tall and has the same resistance 
to both rusts as the Rainbow parent. It has the complete Mark- 
ton type.of resistance to both loose and.covered smut. It is 
mid-early, like Iowar and Gopher, and has the very best type of 
kernel for milling and for feed.’’ 
Big Money Growing Marion Oats 
These Oats were first released to the farmers by the Experi- 
ment Station in December, 1939, and again in November, 1940. 
Hundreds of Illinois farmers wrote us last year wanting these 
Oats. You can make some real money growing these new Oats 
in your community. Iowa tests show they outyielded some of 
the old well known varieties 22 bushels per acre. We had to 
pay a big premium to get these Certified Marion Oats. They 
are worth to you every cent we are asking for them. 
The Marion Oats are the tops for growing on soils of aver- 
age fertility. According to the Oat Bulletin put out by the 
Illinois Experiment Station, Urbana, Ill., in 1942, the Marion 
beat any of the old time popular varieties around 10 to 25 
bushels per acre. 
Price: 1 bu., $2.15;5 bu., $2.05 bu.; 15 bu., $2.0C bu. 

VICTORY 
OATS | 
They Are Victory Type Oats 
from Swedish Origin 
Fine Large Oats, 
An extra large heavy white oat. Beautiful seed 
stock. Weighs out around 43 pounds per’ bushel. 
Northwestern grown new crop seed. A _ sensational 
producer. An eye opener to thousands of farmers. 
Ask for free sample. 
These oats have cost us-a fancy premium. ‘It has 
been expensive to bring them into Chicago, but we 
certainly are proud of them. You, too, will be proud 
of your purchase. Return shipment and get your 
money back if you do not find them the finest seed 
oats you ever owned. 
The greatest profits from oats are secured by intro- 
ducing new and superior varieties into a neighborhood. 
Farmers will often drive: for miles and pay a. good 
premium to secure some for seed. 
The first seeding cost is higher, but the returns make 
the investment highly profitable. Order some of this 
phenomenal stock and sow oats the like of which your 

neighbors may never have seen before. Sow 1% to 
2 bu. per acre. 
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Description 
The kernels are extra large and plump. ‘They are 
almost 13%, times as large as the average, size machine 
run early oats. The straw is of good length, yet has 
strength to fairly resist lodging. The heads are spran- 
gled. 
The Victory Type Oats took first prize at the In- 
ternational Livestock. Show in 1938. See those great 
oversize meaty kernels. The Victory Type is a «fairly 
late oat. Often agents go through the country selling 
these oats to the farmers for fabulous prices. Order 
these oats and if you do not find the quality up to 
your expectations, you can ship them back to us and 
we will cheerfully refund your money including trans- 
portation charges. See page 32 for prices. 
CERTIFIED VICLAND OATS 

The Oats You Read About 
The Vicland Oats have had a lot of publicity in 
the farm papers the past two years. 
Vicland Oats sold in Wisconsin: last spring of 
1943 as high as $2.50 to $3.00 per bushel. They were 
hard to find at that price. This variety was devel- 
oped by plant breeders of the University of Wiscon- 
sin and the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. First re- 
leased by the Wis. College of Agriculture in 1941 for 
Wisconsin Experiment Station 
“Vicland is a medium short stiff 
Has a high degree of resistance 
Is early maturing, whereby it 
seed production. 
says as follows: 
strawed yellow oat. 
to rusts and smuts. 


Sheridan, Indiana. 
Gentlemen: I have used the following seeds from 
your house: Red Clover, Mammoth Red Clover, 
Sweet Clover, Alsike and Barley. I have been well 
pleased with them all. I consider Pinnacle seeds as 
good as money can buy, na at a lower price. 
ours very truly, 
(Signed) mot B. Hunt. 






usually ripens ahead of hot dry weather. High 
weight per bushel.” These oats have made a favor- 
able showing in other states which show they are 
adapted over a wide range. Vicland Oat is resistant 
to lodging. It has been tested in Illinois three years 
only, but made an-excellént record. 
The Vicland is a selection from’a Hybrid between 
Victoria and Richland Oats, the same varieties used 
in making the Boone Oats. Reports from Wisconsin 
Experiment Station state: “Reports from Wisconsin 
growers in the fall of 1941 showed an average yield 
of 69 bushels per acre compared with 41.5 bushels 
for other varieties.” Although 
the oat crop in 1943 was gen- 
erally poor in Wisconsin, the 
Vicland outyielded the lead- 
ing varieties 10 to 20 bu. per 
acre. The acreage is still lim- 
ited and there is a golden 
opportunity for you to 
make some money the 
next two years growing 
them for seed oats, 





