FT FU NK flY pRID SEED CORN 
Q. Is all Hybrid Good Hybrid? 
A. Decidedly not. It is part of o'tzr job as 
corn breeders and seedsmen, to not only 
produce hybrids, but to also test them 
under varying growing conditions through 
several seasons in order to determine their 
adaptability and performance and to select 
the best high yielding combinations for 
commercial production. Funk High-Yield¬ 
ing Hybrids are good Hybrids for the lo¬ 
cality recommended. 
Q. Where do Inbred strains come 
from ? 
Funk Hybrid but not Hybrid Seed Corn. It 
is not an advisable or sound practice to se¬ 
lect seed from Hybrid Corn any more than 
it is advisable to use mixed or crossbred 
cows and bulls to build up a dairy herd. 
Seed from Hybrid Corn is mixed and un¬ 
known and it is dangerous. Yield trials by 
many of the State Experiment Stations 
prove this beyond all doubt. Seed picked 
from hybrid corn yields ISyo to 30% less 
than the original hybrid. Any way you 
look at it, it pays to buy the Best Hybrid 
Seed Corn. You can get, “The Best Hybrid 
First From Funk." 
Chinch bug resistance pays tremendous dividends 
when this pest is a factor in corn production. 
Study the above picture. It was taken early in the 
fall (September). One strain a complete failure. 
The other making corn. Be prepared with chinch 
bug resistant Funk Hybrid. 
A. They originate from open-pollinated 
corn after many years of inbreeding and 
selection. Usually five to seven years, 
sometimes more. Originating Inbred strains 
is a comparatively simple task. Learning 
how to combine them with other inbreds 
and indexing them as to their superior 
characteristics is a tremendous task. 
Q. Why didn't we know about Hybrid 
Corn long, long ago? 
A. Hybrid corn isn't new. Funk Bros. Seed 
Company shipped the first Funk Hybrid 
Seed Corn in 1916. Our catalogue of 1907 
shows a man hand pollinating corn. It has 
required many years of corn breeding re¬ 
search to develop Funk High Yielding Hy^ 
brid Corn. It is here to stay on a sound 
practical, farm performance basis. 
Q. Can Seed Corn be picked from 
Funk Hybrid? 
A. Yes — Seed Corn can be picked from 
Q. How can you produce Hybrid Corn 
for a locality far removed from 
your farm? Say corn for Missouri 
Minnesota? 
A. The big job on hybrid corn is not so 
much producing a particular hybrid as it 
is knowing the adaptability of this par¬ 
ticular hybrid. When we know that a hy¬ 
brid is adapted to a certain locality and 
gives a satisfactory performance there, it 
Snakes little difference where the seed is 
produced, providing good seed quality is 
obtained. 
A hybrid is produced by crossing or 
bringing together certain definite inbred 
strains. The same inbred strains crossed 
and brought together the same way pro¬ 
duces the same hybrid, regardless of where 
Ihe crossing is done. A lersey cow bred 
to a lersey bull produces a lersey calf in 
Missouri, Illinois or Minnesota. 
Be sure that the hybrid you desire is 
adapted to the locality where it is to be 
planted. Be sure it has a satisfactory per¬ 
formance record. Buy that Hybrid from a 
reliable, experienced producer. Funk Bros. 
Seed Company pride themselves on being 
producers of High Yielding Hybrid for all 
sections of the country where corn is grown. 
Our experienced corn breeders can supply 
you with information and facts about the 
best hybrid for your locality. 
Q. Isn't Hybrid Corn Expensive? 
A. If you look only at seed cost you may 
