—- AND PROVE — TH 
TYPICAL BENEFITS TO HOFFMAN CUSTOMERS 
One classic example of how this vast 
research program has benefited the 
corn grower has been published on 
a nation-wide basis. It covers the 
combined Funk-Hoffman work to de- 
velop a hybrid that assures farmers 
of northern Pennsylvania and New 
York of a corn crop in their short sea- 
sons—something they never had be- 
fore. This story is told in pictures at 
the bottom of these pages. 
But there is available an even more 
striking instance of benefits—one 
that affects all corn growers in this 
territory. Before offering any hybrids 
to customers, Hoffman tested them 
in test plots in all areas, and quickly 
discovered that most of the hybrids 
—good as they might be in the Mid- 
West—were wholly unsuitable here. 
Funk research then built hybrids to 
Hoffman specifications—and those 
early hybrids produced astounding 
records in the fields of customers. 
But a good research organization is 
never satisfied. While these early 
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Funk G Hybrids were causing a fu- 
ror all over the East, our research 
plots were full of new hybrid combi- 
nations. These early Funk G Hybrids 
out on your farms had performed 
better in some soils than others. Hill- 
side corn fields needed special hy- 
brid combinations. A new Funk G 
Hybrid was creating exceptional 
yields in the northern-western corn 
belt of the United States. What 
would it do in the East? In a few 
short years Hoffman was able to tell 
customers, ‘Don't be satisfied with 
your first hybrid yields, good as they 
have been. We have a better Funk 
G Hybrid for you.” This process of 
improvement continues today. For 
certain sets of conditions we can of- 
fer hybrids (new ones and improved 
ones) whose performance represents 
as great an improvement over early 
hybrids as those hybrids did over 
open-pollinated corn. 
Now do you see how.the benefits 
of this nation-widesrésearch program 
Up-to-the-Minute 
Hoffman Research 
HOFFMAN'S HYBRID 
CORN MANAGER, “LES” 
HUG, is approaching 100% 
Jap-beetle-killing success 
in his airplane dusting re- 
search. Among newest de- 
velopments are atomizer- 
equipped planes to apply 
DDT spray or mist, using 
1 gallon liquid per acre. 
Progress is also being 
made in airplane dusting 
for corn borer control... . 
6. These strengthened types were fur- 7. Growers who never could count on 
ther tested—proved themselves a corn crop now get excellent yields 
under actual growing conditions in of husking corn every year—thanks 
all kinds of weather. to Hoffman-Funk research. 
Here is tireless, unending 
effort—toward ‘STILL BET- 
TER CORN.” 

