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VICLAND Oats may become a real factor in stabilizing feed 
supplies in years that are poor for grain production because of 
diseases. Moreover, a farmer who wants to reduce his acreage 
of small grain could do so more safely with a dependable variety 
like VICLAND than with disease-susceptible varieties which 
contribute to alternate feed shortages and surpluses. 
Again, in reference to the fact that the seed does not need 
treatment for smut, this will save time and money for farmers, 
and in addition, the new variety assures better average yields 
than have been possible even with treated seed of the best 
varieties theretofore available. 
In reference to yield, there are reports of all the way from 
80 to 120 bushels per acre coming from the Dakotas, Minne- 
sota, lowa, Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana, and states even 
farther east had the same results. “he Michigan Agricultural 
College at East Lansing consider them well adapted for 
Northern Michigan. 
Other Oat Varieties Suitable For This District 
ANTHONY — A midseason variety, which is a cross between 
White Russian and Victory Oats developed for stiffness of 
straw, heavy yield and resistance to stem rust. Especially 
adapted to Northern half of Minnesota. 
MARION — A variety developed at the lowa Experiment 
Station. It is an early white oat that is resistant to leaf and stem 
rust and smut. Adapted to sandy soils. Has longer straw than 
either Vicland or ‘Tama. 
‘TAMA — Resembles Vicland in all characters and has yield- 
- ed slightly more in some locations. A cross of the same two 
. varieties — Victoria and Richland. -Developed and named by 
Iowa Experiment Station at Ames. 


