°6 American Field Seed Company, Chicago, Til, 
Conlified Oals 



THE NEWEST IMPROVED VARIETY 
® HIGHER YIELDS 
Clinton 59 comes from the same source as the 
original Clinton, and has many of the same char- 
acteristics. Every farmer who has raised Clinton 
Oats knows of the superior yielding ability, resist- 
ance to disease and many other advantages of the 
Clinton over the older varieties such as Vicland, 
Tama and Boone. The Clinton 59 combines all of 
these advantages with many new improvements. 
Earlier maturity, higher yield, uniform growth and 
plant characteristics are the main improvements of 
the Clinton 59. 
In resistance to helminthosporium blight, smut and 
rust the Clinton 59 is similar to the original Clinton. 
Because of the wide variance in climatic conditions 
and soil types it is best to compare a crop such as 
oats to a previously tested variety. In Ohio, Indiana 
and Illinois the Clinton 59 have out-yielded all other 
varieties in both yield and quality in most tests. 
. The Clinton 59 ripens uniformly throughout the 
field which is a definite advantage over the original 
Clinton since they are inclined to ripen somewhat 
unevenly. Because of this undesirable characteris- 
tic the old Clinton could not be harvested until 
every plant was dead ripe which resulted in a small 
percentage of the seed being lost due to shattering, 
CERTIFIED OATS 
There have been more new varieties of Oats de- 
veloped in the past few years than during the previ- 
ous decade. These new varieties were developed 
because of the heavy infestation of helminthosporium 
blight and the many races of smut and rust. Of these 
many new numbers the MINDO hag proven to be 
the most desirable in-the early maturing class. It 
was originally introduced in Minnesota and it made 
such a splendid showing there that other mid- 
western states raised them in experimental plots. 
Again the Mindo proved its superior yielding 
ability even under difficult weather conditions. In 
seasons when hot weather prevails unusually early 
these Mindos will far outyield the later varieties, 
Three or four days of hot weather during the milk 
stage of oats will seriously curtail the yields. If 
your oats are filled out and into the dough stage be- 
fore these hot days prevail they will go ahead and 
make fine yields: For this reason we recommend 
Mindos. 
. WIDELY ADAPTED 
The Mindo is liked very well in Ilinois, Missouri 

® UNIFORM HEIGHT 
The Clinton 59 is an ideal oat for combining because 
of their uniform height and their ability to ripen 
uniformly. 
If you are still raising oats of the Victoria strain 
such as Boone, Tama and Vicland we highly recom- 
mend that you switch to the Clinton 59 or other dis- 
ease resistant varieties. All selections from the Vie- 
toria Strain are highly susceptible to blight and 
root-rot. The organisms which cause these diseases 
are found both on the seed and in the soil. Seed 
treatment will help, but the only sure preventative 
is to switch as soon as possible to resistant CERTT- 
FIED CLINTON 59. 
Here are our recommendations for an oat crop 
in ’49: 
1, Change over to Clinton 59 or other disease re- 
sistant varieties. They are also higher yield- 
ing. i 
2. Estimate your needs and order now. Supplies 
-of Clinton 59 are limited. 
3. Treat all Oats before planting. We recommend 
Parsons Seed Saver. 
Prices: 3-15 bu. $2.60 bu.; 16-45 bu. $2.55 bu.; 
46-99 bu, $2.50 bu, 
@ EARLY MATURING 
@ HEAVY YIELDING 
@ DISEASE RESISTANT 
THIN-HULLED ! 
EARLY VARIETY 
and Iowa. In Kansas they have produced outstand- 
ing yields in comparison with the later varieties. 
In an official Iowa test the Mindo yielded 100.6 bu. 
per acre, At the University Farm in Minnesota 

- they made an average yield over a four year period 
of 98.1 bu. per acre, 
The Mindo is earlier than Clinton, Benton and 
Clinton 59. They grow somewhat shorter and the 
straw is very stiff. They shatter very- little when 
dead ripe and stand up well for combining. They 
are resistant to blight and to most races of rust and 
smut. They are very thin-hulled and kernels are 
plump and heavy. The demand for early oats is 
increasing every year and we believe that the Mindo 
is the outstanding early oat on the market today. 
Get started in Mindos this year. Our seed stocks are 
certified. ; 
Prices: 1-15 bu. $2.00 bu.; 16-45 bu. $1.95 bu; 
49-99 bu. $1.90 bu. : 
