HOLMES’ Certified Hybrid Corn 
We are one of the largest growers and producers of Certified 
Hybrid 

The diligent crew above daily detassel the female 
plants on Wm. Berger Farm. The result—Holmes’ 
Pure Hybrid Corn 
Seven Reasons Why it Will Pay You to 
Get Your HYBRID SEED CORN 
from HOLMES 
1. Holmes’ Hybrid Corn is Certified by the Ohio Seed Im- 
provement Association, which is the Official Certifying 
Agency in Ohio. 
We are growers 
Seed Corn. 
The largest amount of this seed has been dried in our 
Modern Seed Plant, 
Sources have been 
each year. 
Holmes’ Corn is carefully sorted to eliminate question- 
able ears and parts of ears that might not result in 
good seed. 
Grading is by modern methods so you will have no 
trouble in your planter. 
Holmes has been headquarters 
Seed Corn for over 25 years. 
and producers of Certified Hybrid 
established to get the best seed 
in this territory for 
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Co-operative Yield Tests 
The Ohio Co-Operative Corn Performance Tests con- 
ducted by Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station and U. S. 
Bureau of Plant Industry, together with farmers in every 
part of Ohio, show which hybrids are adapted to your 
farm. Only those proved best for yield, standing ability 
and maturity are certified. Don’t take a chance on your 
Corn crop! Get the most Corn by using HOLMES’ OHIO 
CERTIFIED HYBRIDS! 
Your Seed Improvement Association has double checked 
the production methods. More than half of the Corn planted 
by Ohio farmers was hybrid. You can be sure if you get seed 
of HOLMES’ CERTIFIED CORN HYBRIDS. 

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Roots of open pollinated corn 
—not deep like hybrid 
Roots of hybrid corn. A mass 
of roots extending way down 
into the subsoil 

Seed Corn in Northern Ohio, growing it on our own 
farms here in Stark County, under the supervision of our Mr. 
Wm. Berger. 
suited to the locality where it is to be grown. 
Best results are obtained from seed specifically 
(Right) 
Ira D. Eber- 
sole of Mar- 
shallville, O., 
in his field 
of Holmes’ 
Adapted 
Ohio K-35. 
Note large, 
uniform ears 
and medium 
fodder 

OHIO Is the earliest hybrid for Northern Ohio, 
HYBRID MI5 giving high yields of sound yellow Corn. 
The plants are slightly taller than those of 
Ohio K23. Ears are medium short, thick, and have 16 to 18 rows 
of medium dented grain. 
OHIO Is adapted to soils in Northern Ohio, Its 
HYBRID K2 plants are short, very lodge-resistant, deep 
green, leafy and have short shanks. The 
ears are low on the stalks, medium short, medium thick, taper- 
ing and have 16 to 18 rows of medium dented with medium 
deep grains. 
OHIO This early, heavy-yielding Hybrid has be- 
HYBRID K35 come a leader in Northern and North- 
eastern Ohio. The plants are short and 
leafy. The ears are short, thick and have 14 to 18 rows of deep 
golden dented grain. We are proud the way this Hybrid has 
performed. 
OHIO This produces leafy, dark green plants of 
HYBRID 2 medium height. The ears are rather low on 
the stalk, of medium length and roughness 
and have 14 to 16 rows of large, deep, richly colored grains. 
IOWA The plants are medium tall with the 
HYBRID 939 ears at medium height. The ears are 
medium long, medium slender and 
have about 16 rows of medium deep grain, 
OHIO Is adapted to Central, Western and 
HYBRID W i 7/ Southern Ohio areas. Used for silage 
in Northern Ohio. Plants are leafy 
with short shanks and the ears are low, medium long, 
thick, large at butt, smooth, 16 to 18 rows of thick ker- 
nels. 
U. S. Tests show it one of the best for 
HYBRID 52 silage in North and Northeastern 
Ohio. Its plants are tall and very 
lodge resistant. Its ears are long, thick and smooth, 
having 16 to 18 rows of deep grain. 
PRICES ON HYBRID SEED CORN: 
Large Flat Grade and Medium Flat Grade, $6.00 per 
bushel, Small Flat Grade, $5.00 per bushel. Thick or 
Round Grade, $4.00 per bushel. 
FREIGHT PAID to your station to points in Ohio, 
Pennsylvania, West Virginia and Kentucky. 
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