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Show Root Rot Resistant Oats Increase Yield Because a disease called helmin-thosporium helmin-thosporium is affecting older varieties vari-eties of oats in many grain states, farmers are turning to new introductions, intro-ductions, such at Bond a and Mlndo, which have proven resistant to this form of root rot. In Minnesota the Minnesota Crop Improvement association is furnishing furnish-ing seed of these varieties to farmers farm-ers who agree to retain only half of the crop tor their own use, selling S-)V'! ' 'hif. 'pi?.''':'"''''- : V Rhods, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Lawson, Albert Lea, Minn., be side a typical shock of Bonda oats on her father's farm. The yield last year was 86 bushels to the acre. the balance to farmers who will agree to grow it for certification as pure seed. Those who have received the seed of these two varieties report re-port excellent yields and no crinkling crin-kling down of the straw from disease. |