Hybrid Corn Often Increases Yields 5 to 20 Bu. per Acre 
5 
960 Hybrid corn standing- within 
four rods of the same held of 
open pollinated corn on left after 
a severe wind storm. 
We helped husk several county plots in different counties in 
central Illinois and usually 9 60 was high or very near the top. 
960 grows rather tall for Hybrid and some objected to it in 1937 
but this was a tall corn year, much taller than normal and under 
normal conditions it grows just 
about the right height, where 
many Hybrids are entirely too 
low for comfortable husking. 
Pedigree of 960 is (R4 X 
HY) X (L317BXITE701) some 
of the best imbreds produced 
and they seem to make the best 
crosses. Stocks of 9 60 are lim¬ 
ited this year and we would ad¬ 
vise sending us your order im¬ 
mediately on receipt of this 
catalogue. This year we will 
have to limit orders on 9 60 to 
not over five bushels to a cus¬ 
tomer, as we want this distrib¬ 
uted to as many of our custom¬ 
ers as possible. We are plant¬ 
ing a large acreage for 1938 
and will be able to supply you 
any quantity you may need. 
Price No. 1 edge grain $8.00 
per bushel. 
No. 2 smaller edge grains $6.50 per bushel. 
No. 3 large round grains $5.00 per bushel. 
9 60 usually produces two ears to a stalk which makes it a Hy¬ 
brid which responds to high fertility levels, but it also does well 
on thinner soils as above tests show. 
Krug open pollinated eorn after 
a severe wind storm. ]Votiee the 
terrible eondition of this eorn 
compared with the 969 on the 
right side. Both withstood the 
same storm. 
Certified Hybrid 754 
(Pedigree R4 X HI ) (90 X 317) 
You will notice this Hybrid has three of the 
same imbreds as 960, the fourth being an early 
imbred which makes it one of the best early Hy¬ 
brids, especially well adapted for territory from 
Peoria north to Rockford, Illinois. 75 4 produced 
No. 3 grade corn at San Jose by October 15. We 
have a good supply of this and can furnish you 
any quantity you may need. 
Price: No. 1 edge drop $7.00. Smaller edge 
drop $5.50. Round grains $4.00. 
Certified Hybrid 543 
(99 X HY) (R4 X TR) 
A medium early maturing corn. A good single 
ear Hybrid well adapted to thinner types of soil. 
As you will notice from the yields of our Hybrid 
plot 543 was up near the top. 
Price: No. 1 edge drop $8.00 per bushel. 
Smaller edge grains $6.50 per bushel. Large 
round grains $5.00. 
CERTIFIED HYBRID SEED CORN 
Possibly you do not know what is meant by certified eorn 
First: The field mus£ be isolated 4 0 rods from 
any other corn unless a lot of pollen rows are 
used next to the open pollinated field which is 
quite a problem. 
Second: Seed must be certified stock, cer¬ 
tified by the Illinois Crop Improvement Associa¬ 
tion. This organization has inspectors who keep 
a close watch on these fields through the detas- 
seling period to see that no tassels are allowed 
to shed pollen from the female rows, all tassels 
having to be pulled as soon as it comes out to 
prevent pollen from ruining the Hybrid. These 
inspectors usually go over the field four or five 
times during the detasseling period to see that 
no tassels are missed and that no sucker tassels 
come out later and shed pollen. 
As soon as the corn is husked and dried sam¬ 
ples are sent to Urbana for tests before the final 
certification of the corn, in fact, certification 
means close policing to see that you get pure 
hybrid corn and for your benefit and protection. 
It costs the grower money but you pay no more 
for certified Hybrid corn than any other Hybrid 
which is not certified. 
Good and Poor Hybrids 
All Hybrids are not good. This you can see 
from the results of test plots all over the coun¬ 
try. 
First: In buying Hybrid corn buy from a re¬ 
liable concern. 
Second: Buy the best Hybrid for your lo¬ 
cality or need. 
Third: Buy only certified Hybrid corn. There 
are some good early Hybrids, also medium and 
late. If you are in a section where you can pro¬ 
duce a later growing Hybrid which will use the 
entire season you have an opportunity of get¬ 
ting a much higher yield than by growing a small 
early Hybrid. 
lowpalih 25H and 25C 
We have both of these Hybrids which were pro¬ 
duced just north of Normal, Illinois. Bast year we 
sold quite a lot of Iowealth which gave wonderful 
results. We note in several county yield tests 
Iowealth was near the top. In Bogan County on 
medium fertility level Iowealth was first and second 
on low fertility. Price on either of these two. 
No. 1 edge drop $S.OO. Smaller edge drop $6.50. 
Large round grains $5.00. 
