They are preferred to ordinary homegrown seed or feed oats 
offered as ‘‘Suitable for Seeding’’ because selected oats are: 
1 — Adapted to both environment and usage. 
2 — Thoroughly cleaned to avoid weed contamination. 
3 — Carefully graded to uniform size. 
4 — Tested to assure strong vitality. 
5 — Treated (when requested) for the control of smut. 
6 — Produced, refined and distributed economically. 
Lenroc Upright Gopher’ Richland 
Season Midseason Midseason Early Early 
Straw Length Tall Tall Short Short 
Res’t. to Lodging Good Very Good Excellent Very Good 
Kernel Color White White White Yellow 
Kernel Size Large Large Plump Slender 
Kernel Fiber Low Med. High Medium Medium 
Yield Best Fair High High 
Other Oat Varieties 
Pennsylvania has found Patterson and Keystone nearly equal to 
Lenroc. Michigan has introduced Markton as resistant to smut, 
but it has weak straw and is only adapted to the poorer lighter soils. 
Maine 340 is an excellent variety similar to Wolverine or Worthy 
of the Swedish type in performance and character. The side or 
horse-main type is deceptive in appearance, being decidedly un- 
productive, late, coarse in straw with large, thick hulled seed, yield- 
ing 10 to 20 bushels less per acre than Lenroc — this includes Storm 
King, Mammoth Cluster, Tartar King, etc., all of which are low in 
feeding value. Hull-less varieties as ‘‘Shadeland Hull-less’’ are 
difficult to store. Even though hull-less, they produce 20 percent 
less food nutrients per acre than Lenroc. 
Eastern States Seed Sources 
Variety named oats are produced on contract from stock seed 
supplied or approved by the Eastern States Farmers’ Exchange. 
Such stock seed is often obtained each year from the original source 
of that variety. All variety named oats are treated with an organic 
mercury dust for the control of smut. Selected oats are selected 
on the basis of adaptation and vegetative growth in Eastern States 
territory. They are tested for germination and recleaned for high 
purity. 
SPRING WHEAT 
Where winter wheat successfully survives the winter it is generally 
more productive than spring wheat, but in areas when winter 
wheat does not survive the winter or when a fall seeding was not 
