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PIONEER hybrid seed corn is thoroughly tested for 
reliable germination. Every bushel of PIONEER bears 
a tag giving the minimum germination percentage of 
the seed it contains. 
Germinators, electrically-heated and temperature- 
controlled, test the seed corn under environments 
similar to various weather conditions. 
During the winter of 1937-1938, PIONEER conducted 
over 17,600 individual germination tests, testing well 
over 1,350,000 kernels ... or enough to plant 125 acres 
of corn. I 
When planting PIONEER you can expect reliable 
germination, a good stand, and more bushels per acre. t 
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Seed samples representing each day's run of dried 
and graded corn from each plant are sent to 
PIONEER'S modern seed testing laboratory located at 
Johnston, Iowa, where germination tests are made by 
the hundreds. 
