What's New in Seeds and Farm Crops? 
In these Hybrid Corn pictures 
note the nice uniform ears, 
at even height from the ground. 
. . . Also how well the corn 
stands up! A severe storm had 
passed through the bottom field 
just a short time before picture 
was taken! 
There are new things in seeds . . . new 
ways . . . new uses. Each farmer must de¬ 
cide which of them best fits his use. 
Heading the list this year is Hybrid Corn. 
New to the east. But widely planted in cen¬ 
tral states. Fifty per cent and more of their 
entire corn acreage is now in Hybrid Corn! 
Why? Because it’s making more corn for 
them. And its wonderful root system makes 
it stand up through severe storms. During 
severe droughts it keeps right on growing. 
But more details on Hybrid Corn are given 
later in this book—please read them there. 
Would you believe—there were over 
10,000 varieties of potatoes planted for trial 
in northern Pennsylvania this past year ? We 
didn’t, until we went and saw them. Some 
have outstanding merit. See later pages. 
Then there are the new pasture clovers — 
Ladino, and Kent County Wild White— 
each serving a definite purpose where they 
were unknown just a few years back. ... A 
variety of oats ("Shadeland Markton”) bred 
to definitely resist smut —is among the newer 
things. . . . Already proven a good yielder. 
And folks are finding new uses for older- 
known crops. Among them, one good friend 
put 140 tons of sweet clover into his silo, 
adding 12 tons of molasses and says he 
never had better steer feed. . . . Sowing 
Rye Grass into the corn at the last cultiva¬ 
tion is a fast-gaining practice. Stops erosion. 
Helps conserve soil fertility. 
More and more idle lands are going into 
pastures today. And there is definite knowl¬ 
edge now as to how old pastures can be 
wonderfully improved by certain chemical 
treatment. . . . On farms where long dry 
spells used to kill off summer pastures when 
they were needed most, Sudan Grass thrives 
today in spite of hot weather. . . . Orange 
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