The New Disease-Resistant Oats 
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! 
Southern Minnesota's most popular seed oats 
for some years and still a favorite for this 
year. Grows somewhat taller than Clinton 
and Andrew, and resistant to the same dis- 
eases as Clinton, including blight, smut, crown 
rust and most stem rusts, except race 7 which 
proved serious in 1953. However, it's un- 
usual for the same race of rust to become 
serious in two successive years, and until 
new varieties, with broader rust resistance 
are developed, it's advisable to plant two 
varieties of oats. See Blue Figure Price List. 
CLINTON OATS 
Does Well on Fertile Land and 
Wherever Lodging is Troublesome 
This improved strain of Clinton is a further 
selection from Clinton ‘59’, one of the mid- 
west's most popular oat varieties. Clinton 
has proved well adapted on fertile soils and 
is especially recommended where lodging is 
bothersome. It is resistant to smut as well as 
Helminthosporium blight. Clinton is a yellow 
seeded oat with a very low percentage of hulls 
and it matures at the same time as Bonda, 
but grows 2 inches shorter. Clinton will con- 
tinue to be one of the most popular varieties 
until resistance to both rust faces 7 and 8 are 
combined in a single new variety. See Blue 
Figure Price List. 
ANDREW OATS 
Early, Rust Resistant, Outyields Bonda! 
Resistant to race 7 of stem rust which ruined 
so many oat crops in 1953, and which seri- 
ously affects most other new oat varieties. 
Andrew is also resistant to blight, smut and 
crown rust, but most important, it withstood the 
1953 stem rust epidemic, when most other 
varieties suffered heavy losses, so it seems 
advisable for midwest farmers to plant part of 
their oat acreage to Andrew. It's an early, 
yellow-grained oat of high test weight and 
lowest hull percentage of all. It grows to 
same height as Clinton, but matures 3 days 
earlier, and consistently outyielded Clinton and 
Bonda during 8 years of Minn. Experiment 
Station testing throughout the corn belt. 
NEW BRANCH OATS 
New Late Maturing Oats 
Gives High Yields on Poor Land! 
Branch proved its worth in a _ spectacular 
manner during 1953 when its strong resis- 
tance to race 7 of stem rust enabled it to 
make good crops despite the rust epidemic. 
Branch is also resistant to Helminthosporium 
blight, smut and crown rust. It stands up 
about as well as Bonda, but grows 2 inches 
taller and matures 6 days later. Because of 
its outstanding performance under unfavor- 
able conditions in 1953, Branch will be in big 
demand and good quality seed supplies are 
limited. See Blue Figure Price List. 
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SHELBY OATS 
A Consistent High Yielder in 
8 Years of Minn. Experiment Station Tests 
Shelby matures 3 days later than Bonda and 
Clinton, and grows slightly taller than Bonda, 
but shorter than Branch. It has resistance to 
race 8 of stem rust, as well as Helminthos- 
porium blight, smut, and crown rust. Shelby 
has ivory colored seed with thin hulls and 
higher test weight than Clinton. It equals 
Branch in standing ability. Shelby was de- 
veloped by Iowa's Experiment Station and re- 
leased in 1950. During the unfavorable oat 
growing season of 1953 Shelby proved a 
better performer than the slightly earlier 
Bonda and Clinton varieties. 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 
required on the farm. These varieties should excel in dry seasons, and 
appear much better adapted on thinner soils, than the shorter varieties. 
EXCELLENT STANDING ABILITY 
Normally 
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 22 bushels 
per acre. Since these newer varieties are very heavy in bushel weight, many 
these new varieties may be expected to stand well for a period 
COMPARE the PERFORMANCE in 
Minnesota Experiment Station Trials 
(Averaging 7 years testing at Minnesota Stations) 
farmers prefer to seed 3 bushels per acre as a drill operates by volume rather 
than by weight. 
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 IBIAS) 35 6-27 35.7 5.0 28.7 
Andrew 74.5 35 6-24 35.1 525 27.4 
Branch(2yr.) 79.4 40 7-3 35.2 5.0 34.3 
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