FUNK Bros. Seed Co., Bloomington, Illinois 
Funk Farms Established 1824 
Funks High Yielding Seed Corn 
COMPLETE MATURITY-HIGH GERMINATION-FULL VIGOR AND VITALITY 
PLAN STARTED IN 1934 
Let us introduce you to a new permanent part 
of our corn program. We have been checking and 
considering this matter for several years and for¬ 
tunately started it in 1933. Our whole idea was 
to have good quality seed corn regardless of Illi¬ 
nois seasonal conditions. We know the value of 
completely matured seed with full vigor and vi¬ 
tality and this is what our Nebraska seed rep¬ 
resents. 
We have sent seed to Nebraska in the past, 
brought it back to the Funk Farms, checked its 
maturity, growth and yield and found that we 
could recommend it to our customers with confi¬ 
dence. Our Eastern Nebraska acreage is of prac¬ 
tically the same latitude as Bloomington; in fact, 
it is just a little farther north. You can depend 
on our Nebraska-produced corn being identical in 
yield and maturity with that produced on the 
Funk Farms. 
Even though there are 22,000 acres in the 
Funk Farms it is somewhat hazardous to our seed 
corn business to depend on this one locality for 
our entire seed corn supply. Considering past 
history, especially the 1917 soft corn year, it be¬ 
came even more apparent that it would be a 
sound business policy to have some seed corn pro¬ 
duced in another locality where seasonal condi¬ 
tions are similar to our own. 
Without going into detail regarding the survey 
we made, it was finally decided to have part of our 
select, disease-free foundation seed stock planted 
under ideal conditions along the fertile bottoms 
of the Missouri River in Eastern Nebraska. 
Four Varieties Grown in Nebraska 
FROM FOUNDATION STOCK OF SPECIAL BREEDING, 
SAME AS USED ON FUNK FARMS 
Funks Yellow Dent, Strain 176A 
Funks 329, loo Day Yellow dent 
Boone County White—Silvermine 
QUALITY SEED IS THE START OF A GOOD CORN 
CROP. WE OFFER YOU THAT SEED AT 
LESS THAN 40c PER ACRE. 
Mr. Funk Inspects the Nebraska Seed Fields 
This is part of the corn we are offering you for your next 
crop. For the crop where you are agreeing to grow less acres of 
corn. For the crop where you should use the best quality seed 
obtainable in order to secure the highest yield—the greatest profit. 
PLAN STARTED IN 1933 
CORN SHIPPED IN APRIL 
We made a contract with a reliable grower in 
Eastern Nebraska and in April, 1933, sent him 
seed of four varieties. This seed was of the same 
specially selected, disease-free foundation stock 
used on the Funk Farms. Seed which money 
could not buy since it represented part of the 
basic seed of our years of selection and breeding 
for quality, yield and greater resistance to disease. 
Early in May we received a report that our 
corn was planted. While we were still watching 
it rain in Illinois a report said that out in Ne¬ 
braska corn was up to a good stand. All sum¬ 
mer we received glowing reports from Nebraska. 
Late in the fall, Mr. E. D. Funk went to Ne¬ 
braska to personally inspect the seed fields. They 
were excellent, yielding from 70 to 90 bushels per 
acre of well-matured dry corn of the finest quality. 
With the exception of our special seed produc¬ 
tion acreage, this seed will be used on our own 
Funk Farms, as we believe its vigor and vitality 
is superior to the seed produced in Illinois this 
year under unfavorable conditions. 
