

Rotate Sheep Pasture 
Two 4-acre patches of oat-rape 
pasture kept 40 lambs and their 
ewes going through summer and 
fall. Flock was turned out soon as 
oats were tall enough to graze— 
ane the rape supplied feed until it 
roze. 
Turkeys Suffer 
From cold rains, sleet, wet snow. 
Rains wet the feathers, causing 
them to lose their insulating value. 
Wet feathers can’t keep turkeys’ 
bodies warm. Drop in temperature 
could freeze wet feathers and 
cause death. 
FARM FACT: An adequate supply 
of home-raised roughage and grains 
is the best livestock insurance in 
the world. 
Right Time to Cut Ensilage 
Corn 
The Indiana Experiment Station 
finds the right time to be “when 
the kernels are dented but not 
hard.” If cut earlier when ears are 
in the milk stage, their analyses 
showed only 69 per cent as much 
dry matter present ... only 66 per 
cent as much crude protein ; 
only 43 per cent nitrogen, free ex- 
tract ... only 23 per cent as much 
fat. Since dry matter is the part 
that carries the feed, the rest is 
simply water. . . . So from these 
tests their “right time” surely 
checks as really right! 
Sorghum, Horse-Feed 
An Indiana farmer says sorghum 
is one of the best roughages a farm 
can grow. He runs the crop through 
a roughage mill. He _ said that 
horses and other animals grow fat 
on it without anything else added. 
. .“That’s all horses here get all 
winter.” 
FARM FACT: Yes, business before 
pleasure; but it is business and 
pleasure in visiting among the best 
farmers within your reach. 









“WICTORY’’ OATS (Continued) 
important quality than home-produced or sec- 
ond-time oats could possibly show, even though 
the first crop was a good one. Uncertified and 
certified Victory seed is here as this is written. 
Demand will take them both. For there never 
has been a bigger call for any other strain. Based 
on its years of success for others, Victory will 
serve you well. 
HOFFMAN “‘TAMA’’ OATS 
Resists Stem-Rust ... Yields Fine... 
Ripens Early 
A newcomer to the Hoffman list ... but far 
from a new or untried variety. Already widely 
used in many mid-western states, where a good 
oat crop is a vital necessity. And Tama has sev- 
eral years proof as a heavy producer. 
1943 records in Pennsylvania showed Tama 
ahead of all other oats in a number of official 
tests. Parentage of Tama is similar to that of 
Vicland .. . being the result of developments 
from a hybridizing program that has really pro- 
duced fine results. Chief ability of Tama, caus- 
ing its splendid yield record, is its inherited 
fitness to fight off attacks of stem rust, leaf rust 
and covered smut. Such qualities in its blood 
just can’t help to make it produce good crops— 
disease years or not. Tama will see much wider 
distribution and Hoffman is happy to offer such 
fine seed of this very worthy oats. . . certified 
and uncertified seed—but only limited quantities 
of each. Order at once and be sure to have this 
quality seed all ready to plant early. Watch 
results—you'll get a crop that will surprise you! 
SWEDISH TYPE OATS 
Variety Unknown 
It would be hard to prepare a seed-oats guide 
without listing this popular old favorite. Every 
year its friends come back for some more of this 
good, clean Hoffman seed. High in germination 
—costs but little more than feed oats. 
Medium-to-early maturity, good root structure, 
firm, tall straw and good yields have always 
stood out as Swedish characteristics. This seed 
is generations from the original importations; 
therefore, to comply with regulations the words 
“Variety Unknown" are included in this descrip- 
tion. But these words won't have any effect on 
the big number of Hoffman customers who come 
back year in and year out for seed they know 
makes them good crops of valuable feed. 

