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sts ear dropping: 
y in the husker § 

WEEK 
EARLIER 
THAN 322 
Yields and Stands 
Like Corn that Matures 
a Week Later 
High Yield 
Excellent Standing Ability 
Early Maturity 
Corn growers of the northern corn belt have always faced the problem of either planting early 
corn and sacrificing high yield or planting late, high yielding corn and running the risk of getting 
soft, immature corn. 
Pioneer 353, when grown in its recommended area, meets this problem. This one superior 
hybrid combines three important qualities: early maturity, extra high yield and excellent standing 
ability. Its deep kernels and small cobs dry quickly in the fall, become ripe and ready for the 
crib when harvest season starts. Its yield records in Pioneer tests and in the 1940 Minnesota 
Corn Yield Trials show that it averages as much or more yield than hybrids maturing a week later. 
HIGHEST YIELDING CORN IN OFFICIAL 1940 MINNESOTA 
CORN YIELD TRIALS — 91.1 BUSHELS PER ACRE 
Pioneer 353 produced the highest yield—91.1 bushels per acre—among all corns tested by 
the University of Minnesota in the 1940 Minnesota Corn Yield Trials. This record was made in 
the Winona County test field. (See Minnesota University Bulletin No. 75) 
IN WINONA, NOBLES, MOWER COUNTY FIELDS 
@ Among hybrids in Group II (adapted corn), this high yielding corn ranked first in yield in 
the Winona, Nobles and Mower County test fields with records of 91.1, 74.2 and 61.6 bushels 
per acre respectively. In Group I (early corn), it ranked third in Nicollet County and fourth in 
Martin County with yields of 81.3 and 67.7 bushels per acre. 
The Agricultural Extension Division of the University of Minnesota planted the test fields, deter- 
mined yields, and released results. 
HIGH YIELD, EXCELLENT STANDING ABILITY, EARLY MATURING 

FOR NORTHERN IOWA, SOUTHERN 
MINNESOTA, AND SOUTH DAKOTA 





