KA RARARARMRARSA 
’ VICLAND OATS 
During the past few years the Experiment Stations of lowa, 
Minnesota, Wisconsin, Indiana, Illinois and South Dakota 
have carried on quite extensive research and plant breeding 
experiments on oats. From these general findings, together 
with their own investigations, Northrup, King & Co. have 
decided to feature Vicland Oats for Minnesota, Michigan, 
Wisconsin, Iowa, North and South Dakota. 
VICLAND is a selection from a cross between the Victoria, 
a South American strain which is resistant to most oat diseases, 
_and the Richland a high yielding lowa oat tracing its ancestry 
to Russia. For five or six years it was tested for rusts and 
smuts — and for yield and quality — at the Wisconsin Agricul- 
tural Experiment Station beginning in 1935. 
This new oat is higher yielding than its Richland parent and 
has the rust and smut resistance of its South American parent. 
It is resistant to both stem and leaf rusts and is so resistant to 
smuts that no seed treatment is recommended. 
Vicland Oats definitely have proved to be an outstanding 
development. According to marketing experts, the quality of 
the oat crop has been deteriorating during the past few years — 
however, the introduction of improved varieties such as Vicland 
is expected to help farmers produce better crops in the future. 
In good oat years, it has yielded 10% more than other commonly 
grown oats in the same locality. In poor years, when rust has 
been destructive, it has yielded 50% more. 
It is an early yellow oat, with a short, stiff straw which stands 
up better than the older oats in the richer and more highly 
productive soils of the Corn Belt, especially where there is 
danger of lodging. Another important advantage is that 
Vicland oats do not germinate quickly after harvest and so 
do not sprout readily in the field. 

