TO YOUR ADVANTAGE .. . Here 
you have a choice of 4 strains . . . all 
good. You aren’t limited to one variety, 
sold as a ‘‘cure for all ills.” At Hoffmans 
you have an opportunity to match your 
seed to your soil . . . your needs. Each 
of these Hoffman strains has special 
merits that earned its listing here. Sug- 
gestions: Order your requirements now. 
Sow early. On a well-prepared, fertilized 
seed-bed. Figure 22 to 3 bushels seed 
per acre, by weight. (9 to 11 pecks by 
measure. ) 
‘“AJAX’’ OATS 
(Certified) 
Each year sees a wider use of Ajax Oats. 
For that reason a sizeable number of folks 
already know its merits. Others will be in- 
terested in its progress. 
Through the past two years, a total of 
forty-nine checks were made in Pennsyl- 
vania, showing the average yield of Ajax 
as being from 9% to 11% ahead of other 
types grown alongside. In 1953, in twenty- 
five tests, Ajax averaged ahead of its next 
nearest competitor by 8.6%. A seven-year 
Penna. test showed Ajax averaging ahead 
of competing strains—its greatest lead in 
1950 being 7.9 bu. per acre. One New 
Jersey test showed Ajax ahead by 8.6 
bushels. 
Ajax was originated in Canada, from a 
cross between Victory and Hajira. Appar- 
ently no oats carries complete resistance 
to all races of rusts. Some varieties resist 
certain rusts better than others. Ajax has 
seemed resistant to race-7 stem-rust.. . 
moderately resistant to race-45 crown-rust. 
Recommended for early planting. Is me- 
dium in height. Maybe 4 to 5 inches over 
Clinton strains. Mid-season in maturity. 
Maybe 5 to 7 days later. Can safely be 
planted on soils where oats seldom lodge. 
On rich apt-to-lodge soils, Clinton strains 
would show more lodge-resistance. Grains 
of Ajax are white, of medium weight, and 
sometimes awned. This is a variety with a 
very good yield record through several 
years. Worthy of still wider use on many 
eastern farms. 
‘MOHAWK’ OATS 
(Certified) 
Dependable, early-maturing, good yield- 
ing strain. Closely related in its breeding 
background to the Clintons . . . same gen- 
eral characteristics. Developed in New 
York . . . has done well there and in 
northern Pennsylvania. Recommended. 
res 
Excellent stiff straw ... not tall... can 
stand until ripe with little risk of going 
down. Resistant to the old common crown 
rusts . . . but has been injured by races 
45 and 7. Mohawk grows uniform stands. 
Has the inbred ability for good yields. 
‘““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 
has made still more bushels than the orig- 
inal “Clinton”—also a good producer. 
Good Disease Fighter 
Outstanding in favor of “Clinton Eleven” 
is the way it fights against some of the dis- 
eases that used to take heavy tolls in other 
oat-strains. Same as ‘is the case with all 
other oats known today, attacks by certain 
diseases have injured “Clinton Eleven” 
too. Doubtless will again, when conditions 
favor them. Such situations can never be 
known in advance. “Clinton Eleven” has 
surely averaged very well in this favorable 
trait it has shown. 
Makes Yields that Pay 
“Clinton 11” tillers 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, with- 
