| CLINTON 
VICLAND 
GOPHER BONDA 
Clinton and Bonda stand mostly unbroken beside badly broken Gopher and Vicland seven 
days after the grain was dry enough for combining. 
BONDA OATS 
Stands Well on Thin Soils . . . Lots of Straw 
... Heaviest Kernels of All! 
The most popular Oat variety in Southern 
Minnesota at the present time, where it has 
proved the most dependable of all during the 
past three years. It grows somewhat taller 
thon Mindo, Clinton, or Andrew, which is 
desirable where more straw tonnage is 
wanted. Kernels are yellowish white and 
average higher in test weight than any other 
Oats. Bonda matures about the same time as 
Clinton, or 2 or 3 days after Mindo and 
Andrew. It's resistant to both crown and stem 
rusts (including race 8) as well as to smuts 
and blight. See Blue Figure Price List. 
CLINTON ‘59’ OATS 
An improved strain of the famous Clinton Oats, 
selected at Indiana's Experiment Station. New 
Clinton ‘'59" is more uniform in plant height, 
more even in maturity, and heavier in test 
weight, than the 
original Clinton. 
It retains the 
very low hull 
percentage, as 
well as the 
strong disease- 
resistance and 
high yielding 
power of Clinton 
Oats. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 
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ANDREW OATS 
Early, Rust Resistant, Outyields Bonda! 
Not only is Andrew resistant to crown rust and 
smut, but most important of all, it’s resistant to 
race 7 of stem rust, which seriously affects 
most other new Oat varieties. This particular 
rust disease is increasing rapidly and shows 
signs of becoming epidemic in 1951. With 
such possibilities threatening, it would seem 
wise for every Mid-west farmer to plant part 
of his Oat acreage to Andrew. 
It's an early maturing, yellow grained Oat 
released by Minnesota Experiment Station in 
1949. It proved a consistant high yielder in 
trials through out the corn belt, surpassing 
Bonda by 4 bushels per acre, during 5 years 
of testing. It has high bushel weight, low hull 
percentage, grows same height as Clinton, and 
stands up well. In 1949 Andrew proved it 
could stand heat and drought better than any 
other Oats. See Blue Figure Price List. 
NEW BRANCH OATS 
New Late Maturing Oats 
Gives High Yields on Poor Land! 
Branch has tall, moderately strong straw and 
is best adapted to soils of medium or low 
fertility. In 1950 Minnesota trials, it was the 
highest yielding variety at four of the seven 
locations and averaged 4 bushels more per 
acre than the next highest yielding variety for 
the seven stations. Bushel weight is slightly 
below Bond type oats. Resistant to Helmintho- 
sporium blight, smut and crown rust, moder- 
ately leaf and stem rust resistant. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 
New SHELBY OATS 
Outyields All Others by 5 Bu. per Acre 
in Experiment Station Tests! 
Here's the outstanding new Oat variety for 
corn belt farmers, that’s making such remark- 
able yield records in Experiment Station tests! 
Official Minnesota trials show an average of 5 
BUSHELS MORE yield per acre than any other 
variety tested! Iowa tests show 4 BUSHELS 
MORE yield than any other Oat variety in 
their test plots! Shelby matures about 5 days 
later, and grows about 4 inches taller than 
Clinton. It's the same height as Bonda and 
Benton. Shelby is an ivory colored Oats with 
thin hulls, a higher test weight and more 
resistance to smut than Clinton. It shows con- 
siderable resistance to race 45 of crown rust. 
Shelby is the newest Oats release by Iowa's 
Experiment Station, where it was developed 
from a cross of Bond x Anthony. It was re- 
leased to approved growers in Iowa, Minne- 
sota and Wisconsin in 1950 and is now recom- 
mended by Minnesota's Experiment Station. 
It rates the highest of any variety now avail- 
able! Seed supply limited. Order early. See 
Blue Figure Price List. 
Bonda Oats makes highest bushel weight of all! 
COMPARE the FEATURES of these Oats 
ADAPTATION OF VARIETIES 
Clinton 59 and Andrew grow to medium height and are well adapted to 
rich soils where lodging has been troublesome. 
Branch, Bonda, and Shelby will prove popular where considerably taller 
straw than produced by Mindo is wanted and where more straw tonnage is 
These varieties should excel in dry seasons, and 
appear much better adapted on thinner soils, than the shorter varieties. 
required on the farm. 
EXCELLENT STANDING ABILITY 
Normally 
these new varieties may be expected to stand well for a period 
of 7 to 10 days after grain is first dry enough for safe storage. 
The high test weight per measured bushel, and the low percentage of hull, 
make it important to harvest and store the grain at less than 14% moisture. 
A moisture test is the only safe guide. 
SEEDING RATES 
Tests show that maximum yields can be obtained at rates of 2 to 2Y2 bushels 
per acre. Since these newer varieties are very heavy in bushel weight, many 
farmers prefer to seed 3 bushels per acre as a drill operates by volume rather 
than by weight. 
COMPARE the PERFORMANCE in 
Minnesota Experiment Station Trials 
(Averaging 7 years testing at Minnesota Stations) 
YIELD PLANT WEIGHT 
OATS (Bushels HEIGHT HEADING WEIGHT 200 SEEDS PER CENT 
VARIETY per Acre) (Inches) DATE per bu. (grams) HULL 
Bonda 70.5 38 6-27 37.3 6.0 32.0 
Shelby 76.0 38 6-30 36.7 5.4 29.7 
Clinton 73.9 35 6-27 35.7 5.0 28.7 
Andrew 74.5 35 6-24 35.1 5.5 27.4 
Branch(Zyr.) 79.4 40 7-3 35.2 5.0 34.3 
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