
Research Produces Better Crops 
It was a beautiful ear of corn—no mistake about that. But no one 
could have told then that it was going to be responsible for putting 
thousands upon thousands of extra dollars into the pockets of 
southern corn planters ... 
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GREAT HYBRIDS are the product of human efforts—and some of them 
begin with interesting personal experiences. This story of the beautiful ear 
of corn began several years ago. A southern experiment station worker was 
visiting with a friend, H. H. Miller of the Funk Staff. And, of course, they 
were talking about corn—southern corn in particular. 
This experiment station worker, with a twinkle in his Irish eyes, pushed 
the beautiful ear of corn across his desk and said, “‘If you want to breed 
a hybrid for the South, with better shuck coverage and acceptable weevil 
resistance, here’s something to start on. Tell Jim Holbert to get busy.” 
Kernels from ‘‘the beautiful ear’? grew in Funk nurseries, carefully 
watched and protected with the trained skill of Funk G-Hybrid corn breeders. 
From it was developed a new inbred which, when used in the G-700 hybrid 
combinations, puts weevil resistance into corn—probably better than any 
other inbred ever developed. 
With another new pure line from an open pollinate grown south of 
New Orleans and two other inbreds with high yield factors and prolific ten- 
dencies, Funk corn breeders gave southern corn planters a new kind of 
hybrid. This new yellow corn, in the region to which it is adapted, quickly 
demonstrated that it had acceptable shuck coverage . . . weevil resistance 
. .. superior feeding qualities . . . outstanding resistance to drouth . . . and 
ability to resist stand-destroying insects. It is Funk G-714—produced by 
Funk research done the nationwide way. 

