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Mainly Devoted to 


The operation of the Pioneer 
farm is for the primary purpose 
of producing parent seed corn. 
A dairy herd of 80 high produc- 
ing Jersey cows and other ani- 
mals... 250 feeding cattle .. 
and 300 hogs, produce ample 
manure to furnish a liberal sup- 
ply on every acre under culti- 
vation . . . every second year. 
Pioneer Hy-Line poultry farm 
produces hybrid chicks... fast 
becoming as popular as Pioneer 
corn. 
The need for continued Pioneer expansion . . . since 1926 . . . has been almost 
unbelievable .. . until today, these activities and departments are centered 
around the Johnston farms: 
A modern plant for commercial seed corn. 
General offices of corn breeding department. 
Experimental corn breeding department. 
Parent corn production and drying plant. 
Cold and warm germination testing laboratory. 
Planter plate calibration laboratory. 
Corn disease laboratory. 
Department of testing palatability and feeding qualities of corn 
(hogs, cattle and rats are used for testing purposes). 
Offices of J. J. Newlin and Wilmer Newlin (in charge of 
farming operations). 
Dairy (herd of Jerseys). 
Hy-Line Poultry Farm. 

