Oats... .ow Jeepertont Lhey Are 
This Year! 

The vital shortage of grain feed is an established 
fact. In two short years, the U. S. has used up its 
reserves—and the big production job is still 
ahead. It takes about 7 pounds of grain to make 
a pound of pork, 2 pounds to make a gallon of 
milk; 100 pounds of scratch and 100 pounds of 
mash to produce a case of eggs. And, as the 
USDA points out, cows, chickens and hogs must 
be paid in advance. 
What's the answer? If you need grain feed, 
you better count on growing your own. If you 
can produce more than you need, you'll have 
an eager cash market. Most corn acreage is al- 
ready fixed—and limited by the extreme shortage 
of good seed corn. Therefore, any real increase 
in grain. production this spring must be in Oats. 
There are two ways you can get this increase—and 
this is a good year to use both of them. They are 
(1) increased acres to seed, (2) increased yield 
per acre. 
This isn't selling talk to get you to buy seed. 
Authorities of all sections agree on the serious 
situation. Farther south, where they had a dis- 
astrous drought last summer, County Agents are 
urging ‘’Land that could not be prepared for small 
grain last fall can help increase the feed supply 
if it is seeded to Oats in the spring.” Up in New 
York State, authorities believe their farmers should 
plant over 2,000,000 bushels of good seed Oats. 
Our suggestion is that you canvass your farm 
for the best acreage you can put to Oats. Get 
good, high-germinating seed of a variety that has 
proved reliable. Fertilize according to recom- 
mendations of your County Agent and go after 
the biggest Oats crop you've ever grown! 

HOFFMAN “VICTORY” OATS 
NOTE: Just as this book was ready for printing, 
we received the following letter from Warren R. 
Goehring, Goehring’s Poultry, Greenville, Pa. 
Read it! It tells you, in one short paragraph, the 
biggest reason we know for sowing Victory Oats 
this spring: 
The Victory Oats I received from you was 
the best seed Oats I ever planted. I didn’t get 
a full crop (who did) because of our unfavor- 
able season, but I do have plenty of Oats for 
feed, where most of my neighbors had to plow 
theirs down. Your seed was the reason and I 
want more of it next spring if you are in a 
position to take care of my needs.” 
Most of you are familiar with this high-produc- 
ing strain. We went to extra trouble this year to 
get all the good seed we could find, for one good 
reason. Victory has always been a reliable pro- 
ducer. In good years it has yielded tremendous 
crops—80 bushels and more per acre .. . often 
showed gains of 20 bushels to the acre over its 
competitors. In poor Oats years, it has come 
through consistently with 5 to 10 bushels an acre 
better than many neighboring fields. It grows 
with a tall, stiff straw that enables it to weather 
wind and rain with little damage. It heads out 
well, with large, heavy kernels, and the thin-hulled 
grain is rich in feeding value. The Hoffman Vic- 
tory seed is heavy, plump, comes from vigorous 
parentage, and is of high germination. It has been 
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Home-produced grains whether 
oats, barley, buckwheat, rye, corn or 
wheat ... it’s one thing to talk about 
feeding them. But it’s often quite an- 
other thing to actually have them, in 
the required amounts. Of course the 
weather plays a big part. 
Threshing time provides the answer. 
But months before then is the much 
more important time .. . the time the 
seed goes into the drill. What seed shall 
it be? Just taken from the granary, 
and (maybe) cleaned to a degree? Or 
new, dependable Hoffman Seed? Right 
there can be a whole lot of difference 
on what the threshing story is going 
to be. 
Time to settle the seed question is 
right NOW ... way ahead of seeding 
time. Rely on Hoffman Quality Seed. 
Order it right away—today. Be sure 
to have it on hand—ready when the 
right seeding-day arrives. 

