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The Funk staff of corn breeders i 
VERY farmer should know the type of research 
back of the hybrids he plants. All the deter- 
mining factors of inheritance are tucked inside but 
completely hidden from view in each kernel of his 
hybrid seed. 
Where do these determiners come from? How is it 
possible to spread them so uniformly through an 
entire G-Hybrid strain? What do they mean in terms 
of vigorous field performance and high yields? The 
answers to these questions can be found in the com- 
plete pedigree and performance records maintained 
by the famous corn-breeding staff at Funk Farms, 
the cradle of commercial corn. 
From the high altitudes of the Rocky Mountain 
foothills to the Atlantic coast; from the short growing 
season areas of Canada to the deep South—trained 
research men of the nation-wide Funk hybrid corn 
research organization are constantly gathering out- 
standing native strains of corn. The sensitive fingers of 
this Funk research staff reach into the most remote of 
America’s corn-growing communities in an eternal 
search for improved corn germ plasms that will make 
G-Hybrids better. These native strains form the mass 
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s headed byDr. J. R. Holbert, who has developed 
more inbreds now used in commercial hybrids than any other corn breeder 
in America. Upper right, Leon Steele, associate corn breeder, is seen checking 
a new hybrid for abundance of pollen in the nursery at Bloomington, Illinois. 
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RESEARCH 
PROGRAM 
ofraw materials with which Funk corn breeders work. 
Gone is the old idea that stems from the days of 
open pollinated corn that good strains will do well 
only in a very restricted area. New world yield 
records are being made with hybrids that draw their 
drouth resistance from a native strain of Nebraska; 
their exceptional field performance from a strain in 
Pennsylvania; their high yielding ability from a 
strain in Jowa; their exceptional ear type from a 
strain in Indiana; their sturdy root systems from an 
Illinois corn. These are a few actual examples that 
illustrate the wide range of original sources to which 
world yield record hybrids trace their ancestry. 
Truly Funk’s G Hybrids are “All-American.” 
Progressive corn breeding today can no longer 
depend upon one single locality with a limited selec- 
tion of strains and growing conditions. It speeds the 
processes of improvement by drawing new and 
precious corn germ plasms from many localities, 
many states. Thanks to Funk research, thousands 
of farmers who plant G-Hybrids today are getting 
benefits now which might not have been gained for 
years without these nation-wide resources and 
facilities. 
The constant search for improved strains of corn, started more than 50 years ago by E. D. Funk, now president 
of Funk Bros. Seed Co., began the work that has led to the present development of G-Hybrids. The map shows 
the nerve centers of the nation-wide Funk research organization and the lines of influence extending out from 
them into every corn-growing area of the United States. Importance of this program is described on these pages. 


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