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19Slf SPRING SEED CATALOG 
Now You Can Raise MORE Corn On FEWER Acres! 
With “MULE” Corn 
(A de-tasseled Hybrid corn) 
“Mule” Corn has given our customers yield increases of from 8 bu. to 15 
bu. or more in different sections of the country. You need an increase of only 
lVs to 2 bu. to pay the seed cost of “Mule” Corn. Like the mule which is 
hardier, tougher and can stand more and harder work than the horse. “Mule” 
Corn is a greater yielder and will withstand drouths and bad weather better 
than ordinary field corn. 
I want you to read the letters and 
yield contest results that are printed 
on this page. They explain better than 
anything that I can say just what 
“Mule” Corn is doing all over the Corn 
Belt. It costs just as much to tend an 
acre of corn that yields only 30 to 35 
bushels to the acre as one that pro¬ 
duces 50 to 60 bushels. “Mule” Corn 
will help you make this extra profit. 
“Mule” Corn is a yellow dent and 
looks much like Reid’s or Krug’s but 
is far better than either. Contains lots 
of oil and is a wonderful feeding corn. 
You must buy fresh seed every year 
as no hybrid is fit to breed from. 
The stalks are stiff, erect and many 
have 2 to 3 ears on them. Depends 
some on the richness of your soil and 
how much rain you get. It over-runs 
when you shell it out. “Mule” Corn 
should bring you an extra profit per 
acre of from $3.00 to $6.00 or more. 
Our Experience This Year 
We had one field of “Mule” Com that yield¬ 
ed 88 bu. per acre while the field of good open 
polinated next to it made 70 bu. per acre. This 
was an increase of 18 bu. or 26%. The “Mule” 
Com followed Alfalfa and the open polinated 
followed Sweet Clover. The seed used for the 
“Mule” Com was the Ungraded or hill drop 
which we sell at $5.00 this year. We will have 
about 2500 bushels of the two grades of 
“Mule” Com this year. We had about the 
same amount last year and sold out. Could 
have sold a thousand bushels more and corn 
was 10c to 12c per bushel. Any one wanting 
“Mule” Cora next year should order now to 
be sure of getting it. By cutting his corn 
acreage 20% next year he can get practically 
the same amount of corn as formerly by plant¬ 
ing “Mule” Com. 
Example: 100 acres open polinated @ 70 bu. 
per acre, 7,000, bu. 
80 acres “Mule” Corn, 20% increased yield, 
6,920 bu. 
(14 bu. per acre would make 84 bu. per acre) 
Here is something to think about. The man 
who is fortunate enough to get his share of 
the 2500 bu. we have will be ahead of the 
fellow who cuts his acreage and gets the lower 
yield with open pollinated com. 
From Last Year’s Catalog 
In County Test near Brownstown, Indiana, 
“Mule” Corn made 10 bu. per acre more than 
Yellow Dent. Stalks stiff, many with 2 ears. 
(Only 1% to 2 extra bushels pays for seed). 
In the County Test at Linneus, Missouri, 
our Hybrid or “Mule” Corn made 49 bu. per 
acre, the low farmers com 31 or a difference 
of 18 bu. The average of other Hybrids was 
43 bu. or 6 bu. less. Average of all farmers 
com was 33%. (Only 1% to 2 extra bushels 
pays for seed). 
On the Lawton farm, a County Test near 
Atlantic, Iowa, “Mule” Com made 97 bu. one 
Reid’s Yellow Dent 67. A difference of 30 
bu. per acre. Average all farmers corn 76 bu. 
or 20 bu. less. Hybrid stalks standing stiff, 
very little com on ground, had hard winds. 
(Only 1% to 2 extra bushels pays for seed). 
In Tipton, Iowa, County test, “Mule” Com 
made 65 bu. while low farmers com went 52% 
or 12% bu. less. Stalks stiffer, more ears to 
stalk. (Only 1% to 2 extra bushels pays for 
seed). 
Double Your Net Profits With 
“Mule” Corn 
It’s the extra 10 or 15 bushels per acre 
that makes the profit. It takes about so much 
to pay for labor, taxes, interest, rent horse 
keep, tractor, machinery, etc. All you get a- 
bove what is needed for production expense is 
clear profit. If your land makes only 40 
bushels per acre and it takes 38 bushels to 
pay expenses your profit is 2 bushels. If 
“Mule” Corn increases the yield to 50 bushels 
per acre ,your profit is 14 bushels or 7 times 
as much net profit. Ever think of it that 
way? 
3-Bu. Increase Pays For Seed 
It costs about 75c an acre for seed of the 
Graded "Mule” Corn if bought in bushel lots. 
If you get 50c a bushel for the crop a 3 bushel 
increase pays for the seed. If you get only a 
10 bushel increase this extra eom costs you 
only 10c a bushel at $1.00 for the seed is the 
only extra money you are out. If, like some, 
you get a 20 bushel increase the cost is only 5c 
a bushel. How can you make money easier? 
What Kind to Buy 
We have two strains of “Mule” Com. One 
extra large ear, fairly late for use from Shen¬ 
andoah south. One medium large ear, earlier 
maturing and will mature north as far as 
Sioux City, Iowa and similar territory. If you 
wish to leave it to us we will send you the 
kind that experience shows is best suited to 
your territory. During the wind and dust 
storm we had in November it was quite notic- 
able that "Mule” Com stood up much better 
than open pollinated com. 
In the famous Pottawattamie County Iowa 
Yield Test, our Hybrid or “Mule” Corn made 
over 86 bushels per acre which was by far 
the highest yield of any kind of corn. 
In a County Test near Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, 
our Hybrid or “Mule” Com made over 90% 
bushel. 
Mahaska County, Iowa Yield Test showed 
our Hybrid or “Mule” Com at the top with 
a yield of 70 bushels which was 26 bushels 
higher than the low farmers com and out- 
yielded all other hybrids 4 bushels per acre. 
In the Randolph County, Indiana yield con¬ 
test our Hybrid or “Mule” Com made 71% 
bushel per acre which was 21% bushels more 
than the low farmer’s corn and over 10 bushel 
more than the average of all com entered. 
This was a special test made by the County 
Agent. He says the stalks were very stiff 
and almost none barren. 
How It’s Made 
Yes, it’s a long, hard, tedious expensive job 
to make Hybrid Com. First you must inbreed 
and hand pollinate for 6 or 8 years or more 
then cross the inbreds. Some inbreds won’t 
cross well together and that means more ex¬ 
perimenting. Our hybrids have been produced 
by the Wallace system. We have been very 
successful in the yield contests. Our “Mule” 
Corn circular will tell you more about how it 
is produced and also our winnings and letters 
from other growers all over the country. 
Low Prices for 1934 
(Germination 98% average) 
Graded for edge drop planters 
$6.00 per bu. 
Ungraded for hill drop planters 
$5.00 per bu. 
F. O. B. Shenandoah, .Sacks Free 
In 5 bushel lots deduct 10c per bushel. For 
less than one bushel lots add 25c per order 
after figuring the bushel rate. 
The cost to plant “Mule” Corn is about 75c 
per acre for edge drop planter or only 62c an 
acre for a hill drop planter. 1% to 2 bu. in¬ 
crease in yield will pay for seed and the bal¬ 
ance is clear profit. “Mule” Com is one-third 
less in price this year than last year in pro¬ 
portion to the market price of corn. 
SPECIAL—7 lbs. for 1 acre enough 
for trial $1.00 Postpaid 
.. 
Stands Up After Storm 
“Must say that the results I obtained this 
year with the Hybrid or Mule Corn have much 
exceeded my expectations. Despite the fact 
that the Mule Com was planted adjoining a 
field of wheat and was badly infested with 
chinch bugs, practically every stalk is stand¬ 
ing upright, while my other corn just across 
the creek, not handicapped by chinch bugs, has 
the stocks badly blown down by a recent wind 
storm. The mule com has almost twice as 
many ears as the other. My only regret is 
that I did not purchase enough of the Mule 
Corn seed to plant all the com I have on the 
farm.”—C. H. Wills, Nowata County, Okla. 
Mule Com Resists Drouth in Texas 
“I find that the Mule Com resisted the 
drouth more than the other corn that I plant¬ 
ed. The stalks appeared to be more firm, and 
it was difficult to find stalks without ears of 
com. where the ground was of good soil. So 
far I have not noticed any smut or disease 
and it matures much earlier than any othep 
com that I have ever raised.”—Lon D. Marrs, 
Potter County, Texas. 
