NON-STOP RESEARCH 
pays big dividends to 
corn growers in the east 
Pick any state in the East from 
Virginia to Massachusetts; select 
a farm of any size on any type 
of ground; and you can truth- 
fully say to the owner of that 
farm, “Today you can have a 
corn crop on your farm that is 
20, 30, perhaps up to 50% 
greater than you got 10 years 
ago, because of the continuous 
research which Hoffman and 
Funk G research men are con- 
ducting.” 
Many people are not aware of 
the great significance to corn 
growers in this territory in the 
vast program for better corn 
that Hoffman has been operat- 
ing since 1936. 
Yet thousands of corn growers 
have benefited. With no more 
effort in the planting. With—in 
many cases—less effort in the 
harvesting, with less cultivation, 
they have gotten huge increases 
in yield. They no longer have 
to wait every third or fourth 
year for a satisfactory corn crop 
—they get it every year! They 
no longer need fear those Au- 
gust storms that used to level 
the corn field, or those long dry 
spells that used to shrivel the 
stalks ‘n the field. These ele- 
ments -nay still affect their 
cror nut through this Hoffman 
Fur! ¢: research. their effects 
has» been minimized. Look at 
the bottom of pages 12 and 13 of 
the Hoffman 1947 Catalog. See 
how few years since 1938 could 
have been called good corn 
years. Yet in each of those years 
the users of Funk G Hybrids 
were rightly bragging about 
their crops. 
WHAT'S BEHIND THIS 
RECORD? 
First, the basic breeding pro- 
gram behind these Funk G Hy- 
brids has produced certain char- 
acteristics to combat all the sit- 
uations—short of catastrophe— 
that it will meet. Great, heavy 
root systems, thick food-carry- 
ing stalks, a great food-manu- 
facturing leaf structure. Second, 
continuous research by Hoffman 
has paved the way for the se- 

lection of the right Funk G 
Hybrid for each grower. This 
research extends to every sec- 
tion and benefits every section. 
Hoffman experiments succeeded 
in developing a hybrid that as- 
sured a corn yield for Northern 
Pennsylvania and New York, 
something they could never be 
sure of before. This may not 
interest the grower ia the 
“heavy” sections such as South- 
eastern Pennsylvania *'\* Mary- 
land. But he has benetited, too. 
The first Funk G Hybrids he 
planted were better than any 
corn he ever had before. The 
Funk G Hybrid he plants today 
beats his first hybrid by just as 
much. 
This effort is going on contin- 
uously. The better Funk G Hy- 
brids that will be used five years 
from now exist today only in 
the specifications established by 
research. 
Thus, the man who grows 
Funk G Hybrids is always sure 
of getting the latest benefits of 
intensive corn research in his 
corn field every year. 
TIME FOR YOU TO ORDER 
THESE BENEFITS NOW! 
If you want the benefits of this 
great research effort, time to act 
is now. If you want high yield 
and safe maturity in your crib 
corn or extra feed value in your 
silage, don’t wait. 
Assure yourself of standability 
agemst the storms this summer, 
of disease resistance, of easier- 
to-husk, short-shanked ears by 
having experienced corn men 
select your Funk G Hybrid now. 
Les Hug, chief of Hoffman research effort, 
examines results in a Proving Ground harvest. 

Wealth of 
Grass Mixtures 
(Continued from page 1, col. 4) 
now playing an even bigger role 
in starting grass stands and in 
extending their useful life for 
pasture purposes. 
SHORTAGES NEED NOT HURT 
Good Blue grass is short this 
year. But you needn’t delay 
starting a field this year because 
of this shortage. Consider some 
of the other grasses available. 
Orchard grass, Brage Orchard 
grass, Brome grass (of the right 
type) offer new possibilities. 
And for emergency pastures, 
to take care of a bigger herd, 
one of the types of Sudan grass 
(see page 22 of the 1947 Cata- 
log) offers a quick—and highly 
nutritious—answer. b 
With a wealth of new possi- 
bilities available today, Hoffman 
has made a special study of 
combinations, consulting with 
Experiment Station and County 
Agents. The starting point of 
any combination is good seed, 
well cleaned, vigorous and high 
in germination. Careful atten- 
tion to sources has secured this 
seed. Equipment to produce a 
thorough mix is in operation at 
Landisville. 
If you want a good grass for- 
mula, write us about your pur- 
pose and the kind of land avail- 
able. Hoffman is ready to help 
you in any way—either with 
your own formula or one we 
recommend — delivering your 
blend mixed and ready to sow. 
This service costs you no more 
than you would pay for good 
seed from any source. 

Manuring Pastures 
Hundreds of acres of old per- 
manent pastures now produc- 
ing poorly could nearly double 
in their production—by ma- 
nuring. Good practice to put 
barnyard manure to about a 
fourth of the old pasture each 
year. Stock won’t graze there 
until the manure has disinte- 
grated. This gives the grass a 
chance to come along. One 
recommendation is about 6 
tons per acre. Excess straw 
could be raked off with a hay 
rake after drying. 
Drilling Fertilizer 
Deep drilling of fertilizer has- 
tens solution by putting the 
fertilizer in moist soil, it’s be- 
low the seeds and _ plants, 
therefore can’t injure them; 
it’s not disturbed by shallow 
cultivation. 
Liming Helps 
Benefits of liming—more vig- 
orous growth of legumes—cor- 
rects soil acidity and increases 
amount of available calcium 
and magnesium—increases pop- 
ulation of desirable soil bac- 
teria—makes possible better 
rotations, improving soil or- 
ganic matter and tilth—greatly 
increases capacity to produce 
protein feeds. 
Cut Silage Corn When? 
The Indiana Experiment Sta- 
tion finds the right time to be 
“when the kernels are dented 
but not hard.” If cut earlier 
when ears are in the milk 
stage, their analyses showed 
only 69% as much dry matter 
present ... only 66% as much 
crude protein . . only 43% 
nitrogen, free extract ... only 
23% as much fat. Since dry 
matter is the part that carries 
the feed, the rest is simply 
water. 
SCIENCE 
Benefits Farm 
—and Farmer 
The farming industry is awak- 
ening to the close partnership 
between its production and mar- 
keting problems and develop- 
ments in the scientific world. 
Every reader is familiar with 
the legume inoculants which 
spur growths and build nitrogen 
in the soil. The new develop- 
ments of DDT and poison ivy 
killers that help him eliminate 
age-old enemies are harbingers 
of other farm aids science has 
in store to take some more of 
the gamble out of crop raising. 
Not so visible to many readers 
today is the tremendous market 
science is building for farm 
products. Latest development, 
for instance, is Rutin—a mate- 
rial used today in treating cases 
of high blood pressure. Once se- 
cured in small quantities from 
flue-cured tobacco, it can now 
be obtained more cheaply and 
easily from green buckwheat. It 
is estimated about 50,000 acres 
will be required yearly to supply 
the need. 
Plastics, born in the chemical 
laboratory, are taking more and 
more farm products, and this 
need could triple overnight as 
scientists find new ways of uti- 
lizing these products. 
Soy bean meal—once grown 
wholly for feed—now has a big 
plastics market. Should wood 
pulp continue to diminish, the 
whole acreage of soy beans to- 
day might not be great enough 
to meet the plastics need. 
Corn cobs—once burned—are 
today being ground and used in 
plastics and in removing carbon 
and oil deposits from airplane 
engines. 
The time is coming when 
there may be no peaks and val- 
leys in marketability of farm 
products. With a waiting mar- 
ket to take up supplies, con- 
sumer prices will likely hold up, 
with surpluses representing an 
extra dividend for good weather 
or expert farming. 
When this day comes, the de- 
struction of thousands of bushels 
of potatoes to maintain a price 
level will be looked upon as a 
ridiculous procedure. 
Borer Control 
Clean up the corn fodder and 
stalks. Best to disc it down in 
fall or early spring. Fodder 
should then be plowed under 
so not one part of it protrudes 
from the soil. It is in the stalk 
-and cob that the corn borer 
lives during winter. If com- 
pletely covered by _ several 
inches soil, it is eliminated. 
Corn left in the crib should be 
put through the hammer mill, 
or immediately after shelling 
in the spring burn the cobs. 
_ Clean-ups should be organ- 
ped on a community-wide 
asis. 
Cutworm Poison Bait 
Twenty pounds or so per acre. 
Scatter late afternoon or eve- 
ning. Mix about 5 pounds bran 
with % pound Paris green. Di- 
lute about a pint cheap molasses 
with a pint of water. Then 
mix all together. Add enough 
more water to make mixture 
crumbly moist. 
Is also effective against fall 
army worms. 
