
REMARKABLE DISEASE 
RESISTANCE 
Too often in the past, oats production 
has been hampered by rusts and smuts 
—lowering yields, weight per bushel, 
and feeding value. ‘'Vicland,” both in 
experimental tests and field results, has 
proven highly resistant to the major 
oats diseases. Loose and covered smut, 
leaf and stem rusts, once the plagues of 
the oats farmer, are now nothing more 
than a minor irritation with ‘Vicland.” 
Even in bad oats years, when disease 
has seriously crippled less-resistant 
varieties, ““Vicland” has come through 
with good yields. In Pennsylvania in 
1943 (classed as a disease-prevalent 
year), ““Vicland” led Patterson by 40 
per cent and Beaver by more than 20 
per cent. Many farmers are saying, 
“We'll have no more bad oats years 
now that we have ‘Vicland’.” 
EARLY—STIFF STRAW— 
THIN HULL 
Another big point about “Vicland” is 
its earliness. By maturing ahead of the 
time when droughts are likely to occur, 
another factor which often cuts down 
oats yields is greatly decreased. 
“Vicland” produces heavy heads on 
short, stiff straw—is very resistant to 
lodging. This trait seems liked by every- 
body, even though longer-strawed oats 
were always popular. The hull per- 
‘centage is less than many of the older 
varieties. “Vicland’s’’ plenteous thin- 
hulled heads help account for its high 
grain yield. And less hulls mean higher 
il 
feeding value and heavy weight per 
bushel. Look at the picture—page 10— 
see the plump kernels. One 1944 user 
(Blair County, Pennsylvania) reported 
better than 40 pounds weight per 
bushel. “Vicland” oats is not apt to 
sprout in the shock—is dormant for sev- 
eral months following harvest unless 
it's in contact with soil. This is a big 
help when the shocked grain must wait 
for the thresher. 
Just because some offering might be 
called by the Vicland” name, don’t be 
satisfied. Make sure you sow GOOD 
seed! Sow this Hoffman northern-grown 
“Vicland" for an oats crop that will 
really surprise you. There is no more 
satisfaction in the seed business than 
to offer a strain that has PROVED its 
ability. And that's why we're so proud 
to offer this extra quality certified seed 
of this proven variety. Let Hoffman "'Vic- 
land” prove itself on your farm this 
year. 
Important for oat success: 1]- -Well-pre- 
pared seed bed—firm underneath, a few 
inches loose on top, and fertilized as needs 
demand. 2—Sow early. There's a loss of 
a bushel yield per acre for each day lost 
after you can plant. 3—Use enough seed, 
9 to 10 pecks by measure (that means about 
12 pecks by weight, of heavy seed). 4— 
Treat seed with Improved Ceresan . . . it 
pays! 5—Assure yourself of good, clean 
seed of a proved variety from vigorous 
parents. 

