NEW & BETTER SEED GRAINS for the NORTH 
The Newest in Barley 
Oats for the North 
VICLAND OATS 
Originated from a cross between Victoria and 
Richland and one of 33 strains from the Vic- 
toria x Richland cross, sent to the Wisconsin 
Experiment Station in 1935, that had been se- 
lected at the Aberdeen Substation, Aberdeen, 
Idaho in 1934. Selection No. 5545-16 was 
named Vicland in 1940 by the Wisconsin Agri- 
cultural Experiment Station. 
Vicland is an early-maturing, open-panicled, 
yellow-grained oat with high weight per bushel. 
It has short straw, and is as resistant to lodging, 
or more so than Gopher. 
It is resistant to the now prevalent races of 
stem and crown rusts and the smuts occurring in 
the North Central States. Vicland has out- 
yielded other varieties by approximately 20%, 
on the average, and appears to have wide adapta- 
tion. 
Recommended by Minnesota Experiment Sta- 
tion. See Blue Figure Price List. 
TAMA OATS 
Tama Oats is a result of a Victoria-Richland 
cross by U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Developed 
cooperatively by the Iowa Experiment Station 
and the U. S., Dept. of Agriculture. 
An early yellow grained oat with short stiff 
straw and high weight per bushel. 
Superior characters are early maturity, high 
yield, and satisfactory resistance to nearly all 
races of crown rust, stem rust, and the smuts of 
oats. Victoria parent provides resistance to 47 
of the 51 races of crown rust known to occur in 
North America. Recommended by Minnesota Ex: 
periment Station. See Blue Figure Price List. 
HARVEST VICLAND & 
TAMA WHEN RIPE! 
Many farmers experienced difficulty in storing 
their crops of Vicland and Tama Oats, due to 
cutting it too early. These varieties should be- 
come fully ripe before harvesting. In past years, 
it has been the general practice with older va- 
rieties, to harvest oats ‘‘on the green side.’’ 
But, in many cases, Vicland and Tama Oats 
tested low in germination due to ‘‘heating’’ in 

the bin. As a result considerable oats, offered 
for seed is musty and of unsatisfactory ger- 
Mination. Insist on our fully-ripe, high test 
seed stocks to insure a real oats crop. 

Vicland Oats bring a premium on the market. 


Spring Wheat 
NEW MIDA WHEAT 
A new bearded, early maturing spring wheat 
with medium straw strength. Moderately re- 
sistant to leaf and stem rust and bunt, sus- 
ceptible to loose smut, and moderately sus- 
ceptible to scab. It has a high test weight per 
bushel and equals Thatcher in milling and 
baking characters except that it gives lower 
loaf volume. In 8 year tests (1941 to 1943) 
in North Dakota, Minnesota, South Dakota, and 
Montana, it outyielded Thatcher by 13.8%. 
Mida is a selection from a Ceres-Double Oross 
x Ceres-Hope-Florence cross by the North Da- 
kota Experiment Station and U.S.D.A. Recom- 
mended by the Minnesota Hxperiment Station 
and Northwest Crop Improvement Ass’n. Ap- 
proved by the American Society of Agronomy 
in 1945. In great demand—order early. See 
Blue Figure Price List, 
NEWTHATCH WHEAT 
A beardless, early maturing spring wheat, 
with strong straw. Moderately resistant to the 
leaf and stem rusts, loose smut and bunt, but 
susceptible to scab. Equal to Thatcher in 
milling and baking qualities. In tests at all 
Minnesota Stations for 8 years (1941-1943), 
Newthatch outyielded Thatcher by 30.4%. De- 
veloped by Minnesota Experiment Station and 
U.S.D.A. Produced by backcrossing, using 
Thatcher as the recurring parent, and Hope as 
the nonrecurring parent. Newthatch is made 
up of eight Hope x Thatcher backcross strains, 
all of which trace back to a single F2 plant 
from the second backcross. 
Recommended by Minnesota Experiment Sta- 
tion and Northwest Orop Improvement Ass’n. 
Approved by American Society of Agronomy in 
1944. Order early. See Blue Figure Price List. 
REGENT WHEAT 
Regent is a beardless, early maturing, high- 
yielding variety having very strong straw. It 
is the result of a H44 x Reward cross made at 
the Dominion Rust Laboratory at Winnipeg, 
Canada. It is resistant to stem and leaf rust 
and to bunt, moderately resistant to loose 
smut, but is susceptible to scab. 
Regent has a higher test weight than That- 
cher and appears about equal to it in milling 
and baking quality. Recommended for growing 
on heavy soils in western and northwestern 
Minnesota, and similar territories. Registered by 
American Society of Agronomy. Recommended 
by Minnesota Experiment Station. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 

Best Winter Wheat 
New MARMIN Winter WHEAT 
A bearded winter wheat similar to Minturki 
in yielding ability, winter hardiness, disease 
resistance and time of maturity. It has higher 
bushel weight, harder texture, and produces 
whiter flour than Minturki. Because of this 
better milling quality and higher bushel weight, 
Marmin will probably grade higher on the mar- 
ket. A Minturki and Marquis cross. Rec- 
ommended by Minnesota Experiment Station. 
Write for prices in August. 
MINTURKI WINTER WHEAT 
A bearded, white chaffed, stiff strawed va- 
riety of the Turkey type. It is early-maturing, 
yields well, is somewhat resistant to stem rust, 
and moderately resistant to bunt, loose smut, 
and fusarial head blight, but is moderately sus- 
ceptible to leaf rust. It is a very hardy 
winter variety. A cross of Turkey and Odessa. 
Recommended by Minnesota Experiment Sta- 
tion. Write for prices in August. 


NEW "“L” BARLEY 
Resistant to Stem Rust 

New ‘‘L’’ or Kindred Barley was discovered 
as a single plant in a field of Wis. 37 Barley 
near Kindred, North Dakota, This entire field 
of barley was being plowed under because of a 
poor crop due to severe stem-rust damage, when 
this single plant, entirely free from rust, was 
noticed. Seed was saved and increased until it 
igs now available to Northwest farmers. ’ 
It matures 3 days earlier than Wisconsin 38 
Barley, and produced 16 bu. per acre MORE 
YIELD than Wisconsin 38 in Minnesota Experi- 
ment Station Tests! ‘‘L’’ Barley is a 6-rowed, 
rough awned variety of white aleurone. It’s very 
high in yield, with good test weight and satis- 
factory malting quality. It has high resistance 
to stem rust, but only moderate resistance to 
lodging. 

Winter Rye 
New Imperial Wisconsin No. 6 
A new hardy, high yielding Winter Rye from 
Wisconsin’s Experiment Station. It differs from 
older strains in being pure, for colorless seed, 
(often called ‘‘white rye.’’) The five-year aver- 
age yield at Waseca’s Experiment Station is 47 
bu, per acre—a remarkable performance. Well 
adapted for all regions of Minnesota and the 
Northwest. Its superior performance placed it 
on Minnesota Experiment Station’s recommended 
list. Write for prices in August. 
Buckwheat 
Generally the best grain crop for poor, thin 
land. Does best in moist, cool climates. Seed 
at the rate of 3 or 4 pecks per acre, late in 
the season when all danger of frost is past. 
Matures a crop in only 10 to 12 weeks. An 
excellent catch crop when seeded after canning 
peas or winter wheat have been removed. 
Yields vary from 15 to 30 bushels per acre. 
Buckwheat is an excellent weed eradicator, as 

its quick, vigorous growth offers severe com- 
petition to weeds. I 
Because the varieties Japanese and Silver 
Hull have become mixed, we offer seed merely 
as ‘‘Buckwheat.’’ In fact, many growers con- 
Sider it best to mix half and half seed of Sil- 
ver Hull and Japanese varieties for sowing. 
The plants have somewhat different habits of 
growth, the Japanese generally growing taller 
and branching less than Silver Hull. Thus, 
when grown together, the two may occupy the 
land to better advantage. These varieties often 
have crossed among themselves, resulting in 
considerable mixtures of the varieties and of 
their hybrids anyway. See Blue Figure Price. 
GET EXTRA PROFITS— 
By treating all Seed Grains with Ceresan. 
See opposite page (page 64) for details! 


Good Seed Grains, When Treated with Ceresan, Produce Larger Yields. See Page 64, Page 65 
