
This is a Funk Master Research plot, one of some 3,000 test plots scattered across the nation to check the per- 
formance of newly developed G-Hybrids. Here is seen Dr. J. R. Holbert, chief Funk corn breeder (left), checking 
results with other staff members. More than 100 hybrids, many of them new, are tested in these plots. 
G-114 QUALIFIES AS LEADER BY OVERCOMING HAZARDS 
OF COLD SPRING, SUMMER DROUTH AND FALL WINDS 
O BE a successful hybrid in the north corn belt, 
a hybrid must be able to effectively endure and 
overcome three weather hazards—cold spring 
weather, summer drouths and the relentless wind 
blasts that are common during the harvest season. 
The field performance of Funk’s G-114 has been so 
remarkable that it has come to be recognized as the 
“pace setter” in the northern corn belt. [ts high 
yields testify to its ability to grow rapidly even when 
the spring is cold and wet, and to keep right on 
making a crop of corn through hot spells and dry 
weather. Paul A. Goble of Columbiana City, Ind., 
expresses the feeling of many farmers, saying, “‘I 
have grown G-114 for three years and have grown 
it alongside other hybrids of like maturity. G-114 
has been superior in yield, grain quality and resis- 
tance to corn borer. It is excellent in standability 
and my average yield for the past two years has been 
110 bushels an acre.” Another Indiana farmer, Daniel 
K. Lenninger of Akron, says of G-114, “I’ve planted 
Funk’s G Hybrids since 1927, and for several years 
now I’ve used G-114 because of its high yield, fine 
grain quality and stalk strength. My neighbors have 
all remarked how well my corn stood up under corn 
borer infestation.” 
The 4-year Iowa Official Corn Tests reveal the 
ability of G-114 to stand up under high fall winds. 
The percentage of lodged stalks over the 4-year 
period was only 2.9 percent—the lowest for any 
strain entered in the Iowa tests. Ray Banson of 
Inwood, Ia., bears out the results of the Iowa tests, 
saying, “I’ve used G-114 for four years. I like it best 
of any hybrid I have ever used. It stands perfectly.” 
Farmers in northern Illinois, Indiana and Ohio have 
had the same experience with this great hybrid 
—truly the pace setter in the north central area. 

Elmer Folker, Centerville, S. D., farmer, needs a hybrid that will stand up against 
hard fall winds, and he chooses Funk's G-114. He says, “I had G-114 last year and it 
really stands, and the ears stay on the stalk." He is seen feeding G-Hybrid to his hogs. 
E. A. Ely, 85, of Berkey, O., holds G-114 
ears in a field that averaged 100 bushels. 
It was his fifth consecutive G-Hybrid crop. 
