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“Large Ears 
lor 
Inbreds*’ 
These are ears of 
which we expect to make 
good, lengthy inbreds. 
Most all of today’s Hy¬ 
brids are too short-eared 
and too early for produc¬ 
ing the highest yields es¬ 
sential in south central 
sections. Large-eared 
corn cannot be produced 
in the short time. Corn 
should be planted early 
and given the full growing season in order to mature. 
These ears are from the contest which brought out the longest ears in 
Central Illinois and range from 13 to 15 inches long. You will note some of 
them run, not only long, but are large in diameter. We paid 25c each for 
them and will start them on their journey to make a winning Hybrid in 7 or 
8 years. 
Our inbreds shown on the front cover lower picture were worked down from 
ears much like above. They are the results of several years’ work, starting 
with 50,000 Kelly’s yellow dent and 50,000 of Reid’s improved. The cost of 
Hybrid corn is not in the one year when we make the double crosses, but the 
years of work and expense in producing the inbreds to make the single and 
double crosses. Very interesting work, but also very expensive. 
Below we show a part of two hundred head of cattle and almost 400 head 
of hogs—worth $27,000.00—a good combination with Hybrid corn for any 
farm. Requires 1,000 bushels of corn a week, 100 bushels of oats, 5 tons of 
hay, 2,000 pounds of cotton seed meal, and 1,000 pounds of soy bean meal. 
100 lbs. salt. 
We hear some farmers say, Hybrid corn is not good for feed. From our ex¬ 
perience in feeding many thousands of bushels of corn a year, we do find some 
early flinty Hybrids which are not good for feeding purposes, but we also find 
some Hybrids which are much better to feed than open pollinated corn. Cattle 
and hogs will fatten quicker because it is well matured and has the food ele¬ 
ments in it to fatten quicker. We shall be glad to tell you which Hybrids are 
best for feed. 
Feeding cattle is not a sure cure for poverty, but with careful feeding and 
some judgment used in buying, with hogs following and the fertility added to 
the farms we average 
a fair profit over a 
period of years. 
We usually seed all 
our wheat and oats 
ground wi t h our 
clover mixture as 
shown on page 13 
which produces a lot 
of feed and also builds 
up the fertility of the 
land. 
