jing Improves Quality 


One of the Very Best Early Oats 
Resistant to Crown Rust Races 8 and 45 
This variety has the same parentage as the Clintons, 
however, it is a different selection and has somewhat 
different characteristics. The regular Clinton is resist- 
ant to most Crown rust, with the exception of 8 and 45, 
Race 45 is showing up in some sections and here the 
Cherokee should show up distinctly superior. 
The Cherokee is also earlier in maturity and ranges 
from 4 to 5 days to as much as a week earlier. The 
kernels are very plump and compact, the grain has an 
ivory color with sometimes a pinkish tinge. It has the 
nicest grain quality of any we've seen. We mean 
that the crop as it is harvested on the farm is 
heavier. Because of its earliness it is a great favorite 
in sections of the south where they like an early ma- 
turing Oat. Kansas especially likes Cherokee. It is 
frequently true that even farther north Oat yields are 
sometimes reduced rather drastically because of hot 
weather coming in before the grain is fully matured. 
Then the grain does not fill and yields are very disap- 
pointing. Therefore we consider the Cherokee Oats 
one of the best all around Oats that can be grown year 
in and year out, throughout the spring grain section, 
We consider it good even in States to the north of us. 
Another surprising factor is the feeding value of these 
Oats. In a test made at the University of Nebraska 
Experiment Station in co-operation with the Federal 
Plant at Ithaca, the Cherokee showed 15.1% protein 
and 9.2 Bl. This was materially higher than the Clin- 
ton being a full half percent higher in protein and 
.07% higher in the Bl. 
We are giving these Cherokee Oats a very heavy 
grading, like our Golden Beauty Brand of Clintons. 
It is truly a wonderful product. You will be indeed 
proud of the seed that you will receive from us when 
you buy these Cherokee Oats. Big, plump, heavy 
meaty Kernels, thoroughly recleaned. 
See Item 170 on our Price List for Quotations. 
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Dupont's Ceresan M 
2 For many years farmers have known it pays to treat seed grains. 
The treatment kills disease organisms that are in the soil. These 
disease organisms may prevent the seeds from forming a plant at 
all, or if the plant emerges from the soil there may be weak or 
diseased plants that can’t produce a normal crop. In some years 
the weather is more favorable to the development of these dis- 
ease organisms than in other seasons. You never know just what 
kind of a season is coming up, and it pays big to treat all of your 
seed grains (Wheat, Oats, Barley, Sorghums with Ceresan M. 
Ceresan M has a decided advantage over regular Ceresan, and 
when it is properly used it reduces the hazard of skin irritation. 
It is practically odorless. It protects the crop against important 
diseases caused by organisms carried on the seed or in the soil. It 
senerally controls covered smut, black loose smut, stripe of barley, 
oats smut when seed borne, new oat blight, loose covered kernel 
smuts of sorghums, seed borne stinking smuts, seabs, seedling blight 
of Wheat. Reduces infections arising from surface seed borne An- 
thracnose, Ceresan M usually reduces seed decay, and damping off 
of seed grains such as Flax, Peas, Sugar Beets. It improves stands 
and yields. You can use it dry, or mixed with a limited amount of 
water. It requires half an oz. per bushel on Wheat, 
Oats, Barley, Rye, Sorghums, Millets and about an oz. 
to the bushel on Flax. The price of a 14 oz. can $1.00, 
postpaid: 8 lb. can $2.85. 

Twenty Years of Satisfactory Dealings 
Dear Sirs: Eaton, Ohio 
I haye bought Berry Seeds for almost 20 years and 
have been more than satisfied. You have fine values 
and they are always at reasonable prices. 
Sincerely yours, Myron S. Burch, 

EGLO 
A White Oat of Distinctive Character 
Resistant to all Common Races of Rust, Including 45 
The parentage of the Colo is quite different from 
that of most of the Hybrid Oats that are now on the 
market. It is a cross of Hancock X (Morota X Bond), 
This cross was made with the specific purpose of com- 
bining the stiff straw resistance of the Hancock with 
the high yield and rust and smut resistance of Morota 
X Bond selection. This like the Cherokee is also re- 
sistant to all common races of Crown Rust including 
Race 45 and similar races which may attack Clinton 
and other Bond offsprings. In addition to that it is 
also highly resistant to the common races of both 
smuts. This disease resistance is a factor that will 
be extremely important in years when some of these 
other diseases strike. 
In maturity, the Colo is a little later than the Clin- 
tons. It may be as much as 3 days later, although that 
would depend somewhat upon soil and weather condi- 
tions. Also, it has a little taller straw than the Clin- 
tons. This is a decided advantage in many sections, 
The Colo Oat is also a very strong strawed oat, and 
in lodging resistance, it seems to be equal if not su- 
perior to the Clintons. It has an open type head and 
is a very good yielding Oat. 
The question is sometimes asked do Oats “run out,” 
The answer is definitely no. It is true, however, that 
new diseases or new strains of diseases may come in, ~ 
which were not present when the variety was first in- 
troduced. That is why in some areas the regular 
Clintons may not seem to do quite as well as they did 
before, although that is mostly weather. With the 
greater disease resistance of the Colo you have better 
assurance of additional disease resistance. Another 
important factor is proper grading. Many seed oats 
are sown simply bin run. We make a specialty of 
Oats here at Berry’s and take great pride in the. qual- 
ity of seed that we produce and sell to our customers. 
That is the kind of seed that will give you the best 
possible assurance of fine stands and big yields. 
See Item 179 on Price List for Quotations, 
IT PAYS TO TREAT YOUR 
SEED GRAINS WITH 
DUPONT CHEMICALS 
Dupont Arasan 
Arasan is highly effective in destroying or checking the growth of 
fungi (mold on seed) and in helping to protect the seeds against the 
fungi in the soil that are responsible for seed decay, damping, seed- 
ling blight and root rot. Seed decay and seedling diseases are 
usually most destructive when soil conditions are unfavorable for 
prompt germination of the seed and the emergence (coming up) of 
the seedlings. Hot and dry soil as well as cold wet soils retard 
germination and emergence. These delays prolong the period dur- 
ing which fungi can attack the seeds and seedlings. 
Under such conditions untreated seeds may (1) decay and com- 
pletely fail to produce the plant! (2) decay partially and produce 
a weak unfit plant! (or) (3) produce a seedling disease with damp- 
ing-off or seedling blight. The result is usually a poor stand with 
too many weak or diseased seedlings. When you put Arasan on 
seeds it gives them a very effective chemical coating to protect the 
seeds and seedlings during the period of germination and emergence. 
You can use this Arasan on all kinds of vegetable seeds. It is 
highly effective on seed corn and also can be used on Soybeans, and 
especially it is proving effective on grass and clover seeds, such as 
Alfalfa and all kinds of Clovers as well as other grasses. See page 
33 of this catalog for information on that point. If you wish to 
apply the treatment yourself, we can supply you with 
the Arasan %4 oz. package for 2he, 8 oz. can for S0e or 
a 4 pound can for $5.16, postpaid, 

y Finds Seed Exactly as Advertised 
Dear Sirs: Fulton, Il. 
I haye used your seed for a number of years and 
have always found it very satisfactory. We have al- 
ways been able to depend on the seed being exactly as 
you have advertised it. 
Very truly yours, Robert W. Lockhart. 

