OATS --VICLAND--OATS 
@ Matures Early, Fills Well, High Bushel Weight, Good Straw @ , 
Well Adapted to Combining a Yields High Even in “Bad” Oat Years 


A Typical Field of Vicland Oats 
Vicland oats is a selection from a cross: of the parents Victoria, a South American oat variety used as a 
female, and Richland, an Iowa variety of Russian origin, used as a male. The cross was made at the Arling- 
ton Experiment Farm, Arlington, Virginia, in 1930. Thirty-three selections from progenies of this cross were 
sent to Wisconsin in 1935 for further evaluation and selection. The tests in Wisconsin for resistance to rusts 
and smuts and for yield and quality covered a period of nine years. The most promising selection was named 
Vicland in 1940. 
The greatest differences occurred in 1938 and 1941 which were years of heavy leaf rust infection, but in 
other respects they were favorable oat years. Severe lodging occurred in rust-susceptible varieties in farmers’ 
fields during 1938 and 1941. Not only does Vicland produce well when the going is tough for disease-sus- 
ceptible varieties, but it also holds a high average yield in years when diseases are not commonly prevalent 
and oat production is generally good. For example, 1939 and 1940 were excellent oat years, with relatively 
little disease. Under these conditions Vicland led old line varieties by a fairly comfortable margin. In other 
words, Vicland yields well in both good and “‘bad” oat years. 
. . ‘ This new variety of Oats is one of the very best to 
Sta rt Alfalfa With Vicland Oats sow with Alfalfa. It matures early, produces just 
shade enough to prevent severe sun injury and stands well which is one of the most essential requirements of 
any nurse crop. Vicland grows tall enough for combining under most adverse conditions, a characteristic which 
most early kinds do not have. Start your new seeding of Alfalfa this Spring with Vicland. 
Price, Pure, Heavy, Good Quality Vicland Seed, $1.60 per bushel. 
C | bi An early Red Oat with same general appearance as Fulghum or Franklin, however matures. 
OLUMDIG about a week earlier than Fulghum which is practically same time as wheat is harvested. 
A wonderful Oat for starting grasses of 
all kinds. It has been a heavy yielder 
and we recommend it to you for a trial at 
least. Price $1.60 per bushel. 
M Franklin Oats originat- 
Fr anklin ed as a plant selectior 
made in 1922 from the Fulghum variety. 
Its characteristics as compared with 
Fulghum are as follows. The straw is 
longer and decidedly stiffer, it matures 
slightly later than Fulghum, has an open 
panicle type of head, while the heads of 
typical Fulghum tend toward the side- 
head type. The color of chaff of Franklin 
oats is white while the chaff of Fulghum 
is yellow. The kernel color is like that of 
Fulghum (red). The head type and chaff 
color should make it rather easy to iden- 
tify this variety and to maintain pure 
seed stocks. Franklin oats is nearly free 
of abnormal types that occur so fre- 
quently in Fulghum. Price $1.60 per bu. 
W Introduced by Ohio Ex- 
ayne periment Station where it 
has made remarkable yields. One of the === : 
best of all mid-season kinds for Ohio— An old picture but It tells the story well. 


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Wayne has a good stiff straw which pre-- In the above plots Franklin was com 
} pared to two other early 
vents lodging except in extreme cases. Strains of Oats. Note how wel i 
The grain is large and plump. Hull is have complatelyi (anaes Le a ie 
thin and grinds easily. This is a year 
when every effort should be made to 
insure a heavy crop. | We have priced our oats low to give you .every advantage possible. Your increased yield 
will pay you many times for having used Wayne seed. Order as soon as you know your requirements as our 
stock of good seed is not large. Price $1.75 per bushel. 
CLINTON OATS FOR 1948 
We are producing a large acreage of Clinton Oats this year and are accepting orders subject to your approval 
of price when it is established. Quantity can be estimated and also is subject to change as Jong as our supply 
lasts. All orders will be accepted and filled in order received. 
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