Seed Outo 
TO HELP YOU GROW 
UP-STANDING CROPS 
OF GOOD TOP-VALUE 
HOME-GROWN FEED 
Great steps forward have been made in 
oat strains. Today there is new ability to 
resist disease . . . to grow more oats to the 
acre. For oats success this year—sow early 
on a well-prepared fertilized seed bed. 
Figure 3 bushels per acre by weight (9 to 
10 pecks by measure) of any of these 
Hoffman selections. 
When you picked your wife, you looked 
- over the field pretty carefully, didn’t you? 
And picked out the finest girl you could 
find. Because you knew you'd be living 
with her a long time. 
Same thing should apply when you’re 
buying seeds . . . the “long-time” view 
should be considered. 
One weed seed in the seed you sow 
this year can develop into a plant pro- 
ducing hundreds or thousands more. And 
official tests have shown some weed seeds 
can germinate after 10, 20, even up to 40 
years in the soil. 
Any farmer who sows weed-infested 
seed is just storing up trouble for him- 
self for many years to come. Depend on 
Hoffman for seeds thoroughly cleaned by 
modern machinery and _ conscientious 
workmen. 
“CLINTON ELEVEN” OATS 
(Certified) 
This improved selection from the original 
crossings that produced “Clinton” oats has 
given top performance. Here in “Clinton 
11” is more uniform ripening. Less of the 
green “unfinished” grains at harvest. Less 
variation in plant height. Improved yield. 
It makes still more bushels than did the 
original “Clinton”’—also a good producer. 
Good Disease Fighter 
An outstanding good point for “Clinton 
11” is the way it fights off attacks of dis- 
ease that used to take heavy tolls in other 
oat fields. “Clinton 11” was bred to do 
that job. It has succeeded. Let’s hope 
there will never be a scourge like some 
years back. But if it should strike again, 
and your fields have “Clinton 11” in them, 
you have top-grade crop insurance. 
Makes Yields That: Pay 
“Clinton 11” carries the “good” things 
needed to produce paying crops. The dis- 
ease resistance already mentioned. It till- 
ers well, producing many nice-size kernels 
per head. Stalks grow to good, uniform 
height. Straw is stiff—keeps standing. 
Ripens in early to moderate season. Ripens 
uniformly, without the unripe green-cast 
grains. Does not shatter—lose its grain 
early, waiting for harvest. Is classed as a 
home oat. Thin hull. Meaty kernel. Fine 
eed. 
Bred-in Crop Insurance 
“Clinton 11” carries the right bloodlines to 
produce good crops. Any small extra cost 
over seed of less ability will return “with 
interest” from its extra yield. Order this 
fine certified “Clinton 11” seed early. 
“CLINTON 59” OATS (Certified) 
Two agricultural experiment stations— 
Illinois and Indiana—are greatly respon- 
sible for two of today’s main oat varieties 
... “Clinton 11” and “Clinton 59.” From 
what can be learned, the crosses that pro- 
duced both strains are just about identical. 
A different number was applied at each 
station. 
Here is a supply of “Clinton 59.” Finest 
quality. True strain. Certified. What 
could be written about it would have to 
about match the above details on “Clinton 
11” .. . there could hardly be any great 
inherent differences. Depend on this Hoff- 
man top-quality, genuine seed . . . either 
number . . . get top crop returns! 
