As soon as PIONEER hybrid seed 
reaches the processing plant/ it is con¬ 
veyed to the sorting department where 
trained workers, divided into day and 
night crews, carefully hand-sort the 
corn ear by ear. 
Single damaged kernels are picked 
out of good corn . . . and weak, chaffy, 
moldy, and off-type ears are discarded. 
On the average, about 140 pounds of 
ear corn from the field on October 1st 
is required for every 56 pound bushel 
of sorted, dried, shelled, and graded 
PIONEER hybrid seed. 
To make certain that sorters save 
only good corn, checkers re-examine 
every ear before it leaves the sorting 
department. All in one day, PIONEER 
seed is delivered, hand-sorted, re¬ 
checked, and conveyed to the driers. 
When farmers purchase PIONEER, they 
get sound corn picked before hard 
freezing weather . . . and hand-sorted 
and delivered to the driers before it can 
heat. 
DAMAGED CORN IS REMOVED BEFORE SHELLING 
SORTING ROOM 
SORTERS . . . CHECKERS IN CENTER 
