

Paul H. Peabody, holder of the world 10-acre corn yield record, also specializes in raising Herefords like these. 
Mr. Peabody believes that feeding 200 head of White Faces on a paved feed yard that saves all the manure 
is essential, along with good Funk’s G Hybrid seed and good weather, in producing world record corn yields. 

Paul Peabody 
The New World Record Holder... 
Paul Peabody, Christian Co., Ill. 
The 1,916 bushels of corn (figured on No. 2 shelled 
corn basis) from 10 acres is some yield. Here are some 
interesting facts about how it was obtained. 
Mr. Peabody planted his rows 28 inches apart, 
dropping kernels about every ten inches. ‘This means 
that the number of plants per acre was tremendously 
increased over the normal rate. For seed he mixed 
equal parts of three-full-season Funk’s G Hybrids 
adapted to his area. This seed was not special—it 
was the regular seed of the same quality and grade 
purchased by thousands of farmers. Mr. Peabody 
used commercial fertilizer and a liberal application 
of manure. 
They Have What It Takes 
Says Dr. Holbert: “Such a yield would have been 
impossible in the days of open-pollinated corn, or 
even with the hybrids of five or six years ago. ‘Top- 
notch hybrids of today will stand thick planting and 
still produce a good ear to every stalk. Equally 
important, today’s good hybrids can take advantage 
of higher fertility levels to produce higher yields. 
But not so with the open-pollinated strains and early 
hybrids. No matter how much fertilizer was used, they 
could not use the extra plant food advantageously.” 

WILLIAM WOODS, 
McLean County 

EVERETT LOFFTUS, 
Warren County 
3rd Highest Yield 
157.29 bu. per acre 
New Official World Yield 
Record 191.6 
This new yield record was made with Funk’s G Hybrids and it was official— 
not a private record. It was made in the 1942 Illinois Corn Yield Test, open 
to all farmers in the state and all hybrids. The yield was officially measured 
and rechecked by inspectors from the Illinois Crop Improvement Association 
and the University of Illinois Agriculture Experiment Station. 
BUSHELS 
AN ACRE 
Funk’s G Makes Sweep 
In most localities in the United States and Canada 
where corn is grown, Funk’s G Hybrids have helped 
establish yield averages that were considered impos- 
sible to attain a few years ago. In the 1942 Illinois 
yield contest, for instance, farmers who grew G- 
Hybrids not only made a world yield record but they 
made second, third and fourth highest yields as well. 
Although scores of other hybrids have been entered 
in this contest each season, last year was the sixth 
straight that the top yield has been produced with 
Funk’s G Hybrids. ‘The winners have been as follows: 
1942 Paul Peabody, Christian Co........ 191.64 bu. 
1941 William Woods, McLean Co. ...... 174.3 bu. 
1940 Everett Lofftus, Warren Co........ 125.56 bu. 
1939 Richmond Robison, ‘Tazewell Co. . . 155.41 bu. 
1938 Richmond Robison, Tazewell Co....137.96 bu. 
1937 Richmond Robison, Tazewell Co....131.1 bu. 
2nd Straight Indiana Win 
Herman Barrett of Gibson County, Ind., has used 
Funk’s G Hybrids for the past two seasons. In both 
years he has had the highest yield in the 5-acre Contest 
sponsored by the Indiana Corn Growers’ Association 
and Purdue University. Mr. Barrett’s yields were: 
1.94: [Seen errant eal, ores 190.1 bushels per acre 
1042 ee ee eee OL.O bushels per acre 
JOHN SCHRAUF, 
Logan County 
4th Highest Yield 
155.37 bu. per acre 
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