NEW & BETTER SEED GRAINS for the NORTH 
Oats for the North 
VICLAND OATS 
Originated from a cross between Victoria and 
Richland and introduced in 1940 by Wisconsin’s 
Experiment Station. Vicland is an early-matur- 
ing, 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 older yarieties by approximately 20%. 
Recommended by Minnesota Experiment Sta- 
tion. See Blue Figure Price List, 
TAMA OATS 
Tama Oats is a result of a Victoria-Richland 
cross by 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 re- 
Sistance to nearly all races of crown rust, stem 
rust, and the smuts of oats. Victoria parent pro- 
vides resistance to 47 of the 51 races of crown 
rust known to occur in North America. Recom- 
mended by Minnes)ta Experiment Station. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
THE NEW OAT VARIETIES: 
Clinton, Benton, Bonda, Mindo 
In 1946, a new oat disease, called ‘*Helmin- 
thosporium’’ seriously reduced yields of Vicland, 
Tama, Boone, Forvic, and all oats of Victoria 
parentage. The newer varieties, Clinton, Benton, 
Bonda, and Mindo, as well as Marion, were not 
affected. Unfortunately, there is not enough seed 
of all these new varieties combined to plant 2% 
of the oat acreage of Northwest states in 1947. 
The Minnesota Experiment Station warns 
farmers against buying unadapted oat varieties, 
such as Ajax (which is subject to rust and smut), 
and unknown, untested varieties sold as ‘‘Clinton 
type’’ oats. Very few farmers can obtain seed 
of genuine certified Clinton, Benton, Bonda, or 
Mindo this year, therefore, Minnesota’s Experi- 
ment Station recommends only Vicland or Tama 
—PLUS Ceresan seed treatment for 1947, 
‘‘Helminthosporium’’ is a seed-borne disease, 
and treating Vicland or Tama seed with Ceresan, 
will achieve a large measure of control—but not 
complete control. Treating susceptible varieties 

with Ceresan, increased yield 63% in 1946 Iowa 
tests. 
Insist on our pure Certified Blue Tag Tama 
oad Vicland Oats, the finest quality seed avail- 
able. 

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 was developed from Ceres-Hope-Florence 
parentage by North Dakota Experiment Station, 
In 1945 U.S.D.A. trials, Mida averaged 29.5 
bushels per acre, the highest yielding wheat 
at all 24 Regional Stations. Recommended by 
Minnesota Experiment’ Station and Northwest 
Crop. Improvement Ass’n. See Blue Figure 
Price List. 
RIVAL WHEAT 
Rival is the result of a Ceres X (Hope-Flor- 
ence) cross at the North Dakota ‘Station, It’s 
a bearded, mid-season, high-yielding hard red 
spring wheat. Plant is mid-tall and kernels are 
quite large. It is moderately resistant to stem 
and leaf rust. It is resistant to bunt and loose 
smut, moderately susceptible to scab, and gus- 
ceptible to black chaff. Rival has a higher 
bushel weight than Thatcher and appears equal 
in milling and baking quality. Reeommended 
for southern Minnesota because it is less sus- 
ceptible to scab than other varieties. Recom- 
mended by Northwest Crop Improvement As- 
sociation, and Minnesota Experiment Station. 

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. Rece- 
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. 

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. 

GET EXTRA PROFITS— 
By treating all Seed Grains with Ceresan. 
See opposite page (page 64) for details! 

The Newest in Barley 


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 
is now available to Northwest farmers. : 
It matures 3 days earlier than Wisconsin 88. 
Teen? has an outstanding yield record, is not as 
subject to blight and foot rots as Wisconsin 38, 
and is recommended by Minnesota’s Experiment 
Station. ‘‘L’’ Barley is a 6-rowed, rough awned 
variety of white aleurone, It’s very high in 
yield, with good test weight and satisfactory 
malting quality. It has high resistance to stem 
rust, but only moderate resistance to lodging. 
NEW MARS BARLEY 
Developed by Minnesota’s Experiment Station 
from a cross of Minn. No. 462 X Peatland. It is 
a@ six rowed, smooth awned, white aleurone yari- 
ety that produces high yields of plump, well filled 
grain. It has outstanding straw strength, is early 
in maturity, and has high weight per bushel. 
Mars is resistant to stem rust, moderately resist- 
ant to spot blotch, but susceptible to scab, loose 
smut and leaf rust. Mars is not considered sat- 
isfactory as a malting variety. It is equal or 
superior to the standard malting variety, Wis- 
consin 38, in all malting and brewing properties 
except diastatic power. Therefore, it must be 
considered solely as a feed barley unless further 
data shows that it can be used for malting, An 
excellent performer in Iowa, according to Iowa’s 
Experiment Station. Recommended by Minne- 
sota’s Experiment Station. 
WISCONSIN BARBLESS 
(WIS. 38) 
Developed by Wisconsin’s Experiment Station 
from a cross of Lion X Oderbrucker, It is a 
smooth awned, six rowed, white aleurone variety, 
with high yielding ability. Barbless is resistant 
to barley stripe, moderately susceptible to spot 
blotch, and susceptible to scab, loose smut, and 
stem and leaf rusts. It has moderately stiff 
straw. It is an excellent malting variety. Ap- 
proved by American Society of Agronomy in 
1940, Recommended by Minnesota’s Experiment 
Station. i 

“Seeding Wheat, Oats & Barley 
In Combination” 
We offer a Free Bulletin telling what varieties 
of small grains mature at the same time and can 
be satisfactorily grown together. Write for it. 

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