Scientific Corn Breeding on the Great Funk Farms 
Develops a Royal Strain of High-Yielding' Seed Corn 
If Corn is King—and who shall dispute his sway?—then the 
richest and purest of royal blood belongs to this Champion of 
Champions, this Pedigreed Aristocrat of the Realm of Corn. 
For Funk’s Yellow Dent—the result of the newest and most 
perfect system of corn-breeding ever devised—has the proud 
distinction of being the Highest Yielding Variety of Corn in 
all the World. It is the culmination of eighty-five years of 
corn-growing on the Funk Farms. 
Because of its pre-eminence as a producer, its widespread 
popularity and ready adaptability to climatic changes, this 
high-yielding strain of sturdy corn is now recognized as the 
National Corn. 
Our 190!) offering in this variety, “Strain 7GA,” exceeds in 
high-yielding qualities any seed corn we ourselves have ever 
before produced. 
Wins Over Prize Bushel of National Corn Exposition,1907 
The supreme test, that confirms our absolute leadership, 
came when corn from our regular stock seed proved an easy 
victor in a field contest with the best ears from the prize bushel 
that won everything' in sight at the National Corn Exposition, 1907. 
The details of this competitive test will be found in our 
book, “Secrets of Corn Breeding,” which we will send you on 
x - eceipt of the Coupon at the bottom of this page. 
The interest attaching to this test is intensified by the fact 
that the “ prize bushel ” represented the method of “straight 
selection” of desirable looking' ears as against the Funk 
Method of scientific corn breeding'. 
The Marvels of Corn Breeding 
Here on the Funk Farms, comprising 25,000 acres in the very 
heart of the Corn Belt, we have been conducting a progressive 
series of scientific experiments in corn breeding, the results 
of which are revolutionizing the corn industry. 
Our success in producing the highest-yielding strains of corn 
in existence — strains in which germinative vigor, drought 
resistance and other desirable qualities reach their maximum 
development -lias attracted wide-spread attention. 
Stop the " Inbreeding! ’’ 
The very foundation of our success 
as breeders of high-yielding corn is the 
absolute prevention of inbreeding. 
Your success as a corn grower de¬ 
pends likewise upon the infusion of 
new blood into your fields. 
In our isolated Breeding Blocks we 
are able, by hand pollination and com¬ 
plete de-tasseling' of the alternate cham¬ 
pion rows, to control the influence ex¬ 
erted by the Sires and Dams. Our Book, 
'■Secrets of Corn Breeding',” tells in min¬ 
ute detail howthis and thevarioua other 
An Isolated Champion Breeding Block on the funk farms 
operations in connection with scientific corn breeding are 
carried on at the Funk Farms with the utmost care and skill. 
The absolute elimination of the unfit and the bringing 
together of the highest yielding strains has never been ac¬ 
complished by anyone save ourselves. Yet any corn grower 
can reap the full benefit of our work as corn breeders. 
Breed for Bigger Yields! 
•Tust as the live stock interests have learned the folly of 
inbreeding and now bend their energies in the direction of 
improving their herds by introducing the best and purest 
blood, so have the corn growers turned to the new science 
of corn breeding. The corn-breeding idea has taken deep 
root, and wherever our high-yielding Seed Corn is planted, 
the increased yields afford a startling object lesson in its 
practical benefits. 
The ever-increasing value of farm lands calls for larger 
profits per acre. Seed selection does not solve the problem 
—it is only the first and most primitive step. The time has 
come for the corn grower to stop the ruinous practice of 
“inbreeding,” and, with pure-bred seed corn as a basis, have 
his own Breeding Block, from which to draw his seed supply 
for ! he season’s planting. 
The cost of injecting this new blood 
into his corn is nothing in comparison 
to the vastly increased yields which 
such breeding methods bring within 
easy reach. 
Yellow Dent Corn yielded. I am pleased to inform you that it is the 
best corn I ever have raised. Have been in the business forty years. 
The corn is making something near 110 bushels per acre, counting one 
bushel per inch in common wagon box. It is certainly a good invest¬ 
ment for me and got a perfect stand, this being the second crop raised 
on this land. Last year corn made 80 bushels per acre. Wishing you 
continued success, I remain, Very truly yours, W. F. SMITH. 
Looks Like 70 Bushels Per Acre 
La Fayette, Ind., Nov. 7,1908. Gentlemen In reply to your letter 
will say we have very fine corn and a good quality from the seed pur¬ 
chased of you. Our early corn will make 00 bushels I could sell fiO 
bushels for seed if I wanted to take the trouble. Now we have 20 
acres to husk. It is late, but looks like it would make 70 bushels to 
the acre. Yours truly, AARON WALLACE 
Beats Yield of Home-Grown Corn 
Wilmington. III. Gentlemen :—Your letter of inquiry concerning 
the seed corn I bought of you last year received. In reply will sav 
your corn yielded better than our home-grown corn. Funk’s Yellow 
Dent averaged CO bushels per acre. The Ninety-Day Corn about the 
same. The corn was all thoroughly matured. The season not favor¬ 
able forcorn here. Thanking you for your interest in the matter, I am. 
Yours very truly, JOHN LINTON 
Perfect Maturity and Big' Yield 
Van Wert, Ohio, Gentlemen:— Your inquiry concerning the High- 
Yielding Corn Seed received, and in leply will say that the yield win 
excellent. It made by weight 78 bushels per acre, matured thorough];,, 
and 1 am well pleased with the results and well paid by getting tin- 
corn seed from you. Wishing you the best of success in your business, 
I remain, II. W. EVANS 
We now pack and ship our seed corn in tight crates, win- 
bound, every package stenciled and sealed with three lead 
seals bearing our initials. No loss in transit. 
The demand for Funk Bros.’ High-Yielding Seed Corn 
lias become so great in the Southwest-and Fast that we 
obliged to establish branch offices in Dallas, 
New York City. All shipments destined to 
Sorting Seed Corn 
The Funk Farms are visited annually by many of the 
most distinguished botanists and plant breeders of the 
scientific, world. And corn growers everywhere are 
turning to us as the only source of supply from which 
to draw the new blood that rejuvenates their fields and 
fills their cribs to overflowing with the finest type and 
highest class of corn. 
The increased yields made possible through our work mean 
the addition of millions upon millions of dollars to the annual 
profits of the American farmer. 
Over 100.000,000 acres are devoted to corn growing in this 
country, and the farm value of the grain alone, of the 1907 
crop, is estimated by the Department of Agriculture at the 
stupendous total of $1,350,000,000! 
In producing strains of Pure-Bred Seed Corn that make every 
acre yield from 5 to 30 bushels more than under present conditions, 
we bring to the farmers of America an opportunity for profit¬ 
taking whose possibilities are almost beyond comprehension. 
Never in the history of corn improvement has a grade of 
corn even approaching this in excellence been produced. 
Never have you, or has any one else, been offered such quality 
in seed corn as we now place before you. This is an oppor¬ 
tunity that no corn grower can afford to miss. 
The Great Funk Corn Dryer 
We have installed a very elaborate I Frying System. Thus we 
can safely gather our corn six weeks before anyone else. 
The dryer enables us to gather t he corn before frost and pre- 
servethe germination. Any seed corn concern not equipped 
with a dryer like this—and no other seed house is equipped in 
this manner—has no insurance against damage to their seed 
corn by frost. 
Actual results prove that our scientific method of drying by 
warm, rapidly moving' air currents, produces from 9 to 37 bushels 
more per acre than corn not dried by artificial means. 
Our Isolated Breeding Blocks 
Our 25,000-acre seed farm gives us ample room to separate 
the different varieties of seed corn, thus absolutely insuring 
the purity of the strain. Our Isolated Breeding Blocks enable 
us to individualize the strain and propagate it throughout its 
existence as seed with a traceable pedigree without mixture, 
after its qualities are proven in the Breeding Block, 
ISuttin^ and Tipping Seed Corn by 
Start Your Own Breeding Block 
One hundred ears of Funk’s High- 
Yielding Corn will give you the highest 
yielding strains, adapted to your own 
soil conditions, as a Breeding Block 
starter. Every one of these 100 ears 
will make good and at least 20 will 
prove to be champion big yielders. These 
will plant eight acres, from which you 
will get say 600 bushels of seed corn 
net. This will give you enough seed to plant your whole 
larm the next year, besides having some to sell for seed to 
your neighbors. 
Always select from your Breeding Block, not from the fields. 
Y-ou should get a new supply of our High-Yielding Seed 
Corn for a Breeding Block starter each year, and thus you will 
be able to crowd your corn production to the utmost limit. 
Here are a few of the hundreds of letters we receive from 
users of our High-Yielding Seed Corn: 
Yielded 26 Bushels More Per Acre Than Ordinary Corn 
Ottawa III. Gentlemen :—Replying to yours of reeent date in 
regard to the seed corn bought from you last spring, will sav that 
a did fine. It matured and filled out almost to perfection. It 
yielded ib bushels to the acre along side of the other seed that 
hardly made 50 bushels, We know of no difference but the seed, as 
it was planted at the same time and on the same kind o'’ ground 
and tended the same way. Respectfully, W. J. BUTLER 
Yield Exceeds Averag'e in His Neighborhood 
Raymond, III., Nov. 11 , 1908. Gentlemen: —Yours of the 4tli at 
hand and contents noted. In reply will say that the Funk’s Yellow 
Dent winch I bought of you last spring lias given entire satisfac- 
tion. On account of the wet spring I did not get it planted until 
the early part of June. It matured thoroughly and will make i>e- 
tvveen 60 and <0 bushels per acre.’ It will yield more than the most 
of til© corn in this vicinity. It is a fine quality of corn. 
Yours truly, A. E. WITT. 
Yields 110 Bushels Per Acre 
Marshalltown, Iowa, Nov. 9,1908. 
Gentlemen: — You wish to know how Funk’s 
System of Diping Warm Air Into Dryer 
points nearer to New York or Dallas than to Bloomington will 
be made from the nearest warehouse. This, of course, means a 
large saving in freight to you, and a saving in time as well. 
Funk’s Book, “ Secrets of Corn Breeding,” Free 
Why not get your share of the millions of extra dollars that 
Scientific Corn Breeding is going to bring to the Farmers of 
America? Read Funk’s great book on Corn Breeding, which 
tells the secret of breeding for high yield. How the Highest 
Yielding Strains of Seed Corn in the World, the result of over 
&5 years of corn growing in Illinois, are bred from pedigreed 
stock. All about the 25,000-acre Funk Farms, the breeding 
ground of champion yielding seed corn. Explains the care and 
management of Breeding Blocks and Multiplying Plots, tin- 
method of growing, picking, selecting, curing, testing, storing 
and grading seed corn. No other corn hook at any. price, can 
give you the first-hand, accurate, scientific, practical and com¬ 
plete information that you will find in this book. 
We were oversold last year. Over a thousand applicants for 
our Seed Corn were too late. We fill orders in rotation — fir ’ 
come, first served. Order early. Send the Coupon or write a 
letter to-day for the Free Book on “ Secrets of Corn Breeding.’’ 
Address office nearest you. 
FUNK BROS. SEED CO. 
Dept. B, Bloomington, Ill. 
Dept. B, Dallas, Texas, 316 Trust Building, 
Dept. B, 175 Hudson Street, New York City 
Cut Out and Mail for FREE Copy of tlie Best Corn Book Published. 
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