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“G” HYBRIDS AGAIN “CHAMPIONS OF FIELD AND FEED LOT” 
New Experiments 
Prove Hybrid Is 
Best for Feeding 
Livestock Tests Reported By 
Illinois, Nebraska, Indiana 
and Missouri Stations 
From reports of Illinois, Purdue, Mis¬ 
souri and Nebraska which we have 
recently examined, the following state¬ 
ment by Dr. B. W. Fairbanks, associate 
chief of swine husbandry at Illinois 
seems to hit the nail on the head. Differ¬ 
ences in palatability as reflected in rate 
and economy of gains, Dr. Fairbanks 
told Illinois hog raisers, are differences 
between specific strains of corn regard¬ 
less of whether the strains are of hybrid 
or open-pollinated origin. 
In other words, a good feeding corn is 
good because it is bred to the ear and 
kernel characteristics liked by livestock. 
Naturally in hybrids of controlled 
breeding it is possible to duplicate the 
desired characteristics of indentation 
and kernel quality more uniformly 
through a lot of corn. But an individual 
ear of good feeding type is good, whether 
hybrid or open-pollinated. 
Hybrid Leads Illinois Tests 
Dr. Fairbanks reported that when the 
Illinois pigs were fed four different kinds 
of corn, Iree-cnoice consumption was as 
follows: 
Hybrid No. 1.45% 
Open-Pollinated No. 1.29% 
Hybrid No. 2.19% 
Open-Pollinated No. 2.7% 
Thus it is seen that the hybrid strains 
and open-pollinated varieties, designated 
here only by lot (not strain) numbers, 
varied in palatability with one hybrid 
seven times as popular with the pigs as 
one open-pollinated and another hybrid 
less palatable than the other variety. 
Cattle were equally well satisfied with 
hybrid in other Illinois tests. When three 
lots of heifers were given eight pounds 
per head of the following corns the 
average time to clean up the feed was as 
follows: 
Open-pollinated (1937 crop).25.5 mm. 
Hybrid Corn (1939 crop).16.7 min. 
Open-pollinated (1939 crop).14.8 min. 
On full feed the heifers left a fourth of 
the 1937 open-pollinated while cleaning 
up the new hybrid and dent corns. The 
hybrid returned the greatest income per 
bushel fed; heifers paying 77 cents per 
bushel for hybrid, 72 cents for new open- 
pollinated and 69 cents for 1937 open- 
pollinated. 
What About Old Corn? 
The unfavorable showing made by old 
corn in the Illinois cattle experiment will 
concern many farmers who are planning 
to feed or buy shelled corn from storage. 
Some farmers have asked about the 
advisability of grinding this 1937 or 1938 
corn. Nebraska recently found, sur¬ 
prisingly, that beef heifers in a feeding 
experiment preferred their hybrid un¬ 
ground. The heifers in the cracked corn 
lot ate less than those on whole hybrid or 
whole open-pollinated. The cracked corn 
lot put on an average of 8.8 pounds 
per bushel eaten compared with 10.93 
for the lot on whole hybrid and 10.68 for 
the open-pollinated lot. 
To Grind of Not to Grind? 
Despite these results, many cattle feeders 
are grinding old corn, whether hybrid or 
open-pollinated, particularly where hogs 
are not following the cattle. On an 
average 10% of shelled, 15% of ear and 
20% of shock corn can be recovered by 
hogs and if you have hogs to recover 
this grain you get one to two pounds oi 
pork per bushel corn fed to beef cattle. 
If you can not utilize this waste as pork 
produced, grinding may pay where corn 
is unusually hard. Undoubtedly, it pays 
in dairy rations. For hogs, grinding is a 
means of hastening the market date. 
Hogs will gain just as economically on 
hard, dry corn but they may eat less and 
require a longer period to reach market 
weight and finish. 
Purdue University’s latest report on hog 
feeding tests which have been conducted 
for more than two years confirm the 
claim it does not pay to grind corn for 
hogs, whether the corn is hybrid or 
open-pollinated. Although it did not pay 
the grinding did increase the rate of gain 
and decrease the amount of protein 
supplement required. 
When offered a free choice of Reid s 
Yellow Dent and two different hybrids, 
hogs in the Purdue test ate 41 percent 
Top: Henry (left) and Morgan Rasmussen give their opinion of "G" Hybrids based on comparisons 
with other corns tried before they selected Funk's to fatten their reserve champion carlot. Above: 
Groomes Bros., Menlo. Ia. repeated their 1939 winning with these 2-year old Herefords that topped 
the 1940 Ak-Sar-Ben. Above, left: Hopley Angus are always contenders and always fed "G" Hybrid. 
Schultes' Grand and Reserve Females of the 
1940 Iowa State Fair. 
Bert Wimmer and Ind. Reserve Champion. 
Champion Hereford Hogs 
Fed on Funk’s ‘G’ Hybrid 
John C. Schulte of Norway, Iowa walked 
away with the championships in the 
Hereford hog classes at the Iowa State 
Fair in 1940. A tribute not only to his 
ability as a breeder but as a feeder, for 
championships are not awarded to poorly 
fitted animals in a hog state like Iowa. 
Schulte’s Hereford Hogs were fitted on 
“G” Hybrids properly supplemented to 
give a well-balanced ration. Another 
tribute to the feeding quality of “G” 
Hybrids is thus officially recorded. 
While Hereford Hogs with their charac¬ 
teristic red and white markings are rather 
new in the Corn Belt; their enthusiastic 
backers, of which Mr. Schulte is one, 
predict a great future for this rugged 
breed which is helping to turn corn into 
palatable and nutritious pork products. 
Continued success to you and the boys, 
John! 
of the Reid, 33 percent of one hybrid 
and 26 percent of the other. These were 
eaten in the order of their hardness as 
determined by moisture absorption tests. 
However, when corns were fed individ¬ 
ually to different lots there was no 
difference in the rate of either corn con¬ 
sumption or gain. 
H00SIER HOG MAN 
Mr. Silas Mattingly of Loogootee, 
Indiana, and his landlord, Mr. J. B. 
Cunningham, Urbana, Illinois, have pro¬ 
ven conclusively the value of Funk’s G- 
Hybrids for live stock feeding. Mr. 
Mattingly has been making outstanding 
records for several years. 
Last spring he raised twenty-eight pigs 
in three litters. Farrowing days ranged 
from March 7th to March 10th. These 
pigs went to market on August 21st, 
with an average weight of 203 pounds 
per head. Mr. Mattingly received $6.50 
per hundred for his hogs. 
On this farm the thrifty pig plan is 
followed, where the pigs are farrowed on 
clean ground and are raised on this 
ground until they are sent to market; 
thus avoiding parasites and diseases. 
Mr. Mattingly has planted Funk’s G- 
Hybrid corn for the past three or four 
years. This season his brood sows and 
market hogs were fed Funk’s Hybrids 
G-94 and G-135, supplemented with soy 
bean meal, linseed meal, cottonseed meal, 
fish meal, tankage and alfalfa meal. 
This is just another testimonial to the 
fact that all hybrids are not hard and 
flinty. Mr. Mattingly states that he has 
never had any trouble with his hogs be¬ 
ing able to eat G-94 or G-135. 
Silas Mattingly's Chester Whites and Chester-Duroc crosses gather for their "G" Hybrid feeding. 
Funk Feeders Win 
Championships At 
Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben 
Again at the Omaha Ak-Sar-Ben show 
this fall, Iowa and Nebraska farmers 
demonstrated the reasons they have come 
to know Funk’s “G” Hybrids as “Champ¬ 
ions of Field and Feedlot.” 
In a close placing, Henry and Morgan 
Rasmussen dropped the carlot champ¬ 
ionship to the Angus breed. But their 
Hereford yearlings which won the re¬ 
serve riboon as well as championship of 
the breed were a real showy, smooth 
drove of cattle. The Hereford carlot com¬ 
petition brought the unusual spectacle 
of two “G” Hybrid feeders in there to¬ 
gether for the purple. Groomes Bros, of 
Menlo, Iowa were back with another load 
of Hereford 2-year-olds that were at the 
top for their breed and weight. Packer 
buyers commented on the smooth finish 
carried by these big cattle. 
Wayland Hopley showed a carlot of 
Angus yearlings that did credit to the 
thousands of fine animals that this Cass 
County, Iowa family is fitting for ring 
and show on Funk’s “G” Hybrids. In 
close competition they won fourth place 
but many observers commented that if 
Hopley’s had fed a larger draft for the 
show five more steers as good as the top 
ten would have been difficult to beat. 
Wayland Hopley, Jr. showed the Champ¬ 
ion Angus and reserve champion heifer 
of the show. 
Junior Funk Feeders 
Sweep Indiana 4-H Show 
Miss Francis June Wilbur of Veeders- 
burg, Indiana, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. 
Everett Wilbur, has proven her ability 
as a feeder of 4-H Club steers by again 
winning the 4-H Club Championship at 
the Indiana State Fair for the second 
consecutive year. 
The steer, which she fattened and showed 
this year came from the herd of Gary 
G. Smith, RR3. Tipton, Indiana. The 
steer’s name was Sir Echo. Sir Echo, a3 
was his predecessor in 1939, was fat¬ 
tened on Funk’s Hybrid G-53, supple¬ 
mented by concentrates. 
Frances June has been in 4-H Club 
work six years, and both she and her 
parents testify to the feeding value of 
Funk’s G-53, when they say that it is 
the best feeding hybrid that they have 
ever used. 
Francis June Wilbur and her second champ¬ 
ion call. 
Bert M. Wimmer of Rockville, Indiana, 
the ten year old son of Mr. and Mrs. 
Walter Wimmer, got off to a good start 
in 4-H calf club work this year, when 
his Shorthorn steer, Ginger, won the 
reserve Grand Championship award in 
the 4-H Club class at the Indiana State 
Fair. Mr. Wimmer is doubly proud of 
the success of his son, in view of the 
fact that this calf was raised on their 
farm, and was selected from their pure¬ 
bred Shorthorn herd. 
In addition to winning the Reserve 
Championship in the 4-H Club Class, 
Bert’s steer was the Champion Short¬ 
horn steer in the open class at the State 
Fair. 
This is quite a record for a beginner in 
4-H Club work, but Bert and his father 
Walter tell us that Funk’s G-94, had 
something to do with the success which 
he achieved, since G-94 was fed exclu¬ 
sively, supplemented by concentrated 
feeds. In addition to the excellent feed¬ 
ing quality of G-94, Mr. Wimmer had a 
record of 118 bushels of G-94 per acre 
on his farm in 1939. He has used Funk's 
“G” Hybrids for the past two or three 
years, and says that G-94 is the best 
feeding hybrid that he has been able 
to find. 
