SELECT A HYBRID 
TO FIT YOUR FARM 
SCOTT FARM SEED CO., MECHANICSBURG, O. 
ORN IS the most important crop 
on many farms. Good yields of 
sound corn, stalks that will stand, ears 
that husk easily without dropping off, 
disease and insect resistance, proper 
maturity—these qualities in the corn 
crop that you want do not come by 
making lucky guesses. 
You know better than anyone else 
the variation in soil and fields on your 
farm, how early each can be worked, 
what they will produce, when the crop 
must mature, what diseases or insects 
are most troublesome and what use is 
to be made of the corn and stover. 
Your own judgment should then be 
best in selecting hybrids that are most 
likely to produce a satisfactory corn 
crop for you. 
The hybrid seed used each year has 
back of it years of research, testing and 
corn breeding. However, it is well to 
remember that selection of lines for 
crossing are made for specific reasons 
or qualities. Because of this, some hy- 
brids are much wider in 
their adaptation than 
others and some are 
especially strong in sev- 
eral characteristics 
while a different hybrid 
may surpass them in 
other qualities. Under 
different soil, weather 
and fertility conditions 
hybrids may also vary 
in performance~between 
farms or seasons. Select 
hybrids that have most 
of the desirable qualities 
you want or need in 
your corn crop. 

Seed Selection 
While hybrid selection is of first im- 
portance, certainly the selection of seed 
does affect the crop produced. High 
and strong germination of sturdy, dis- 
ease free sprouts results in a better 
stand in the field, greater resistance to 
adverse weather or soil conditions, and 
quicker, more vigorous early growth. 
Therefore, producers who properly 
grow, harvest, dry and treat seed can 
guarantee healthy, strong corn plants. 
The seed planted may show some 
variation in size but that which has 
been graded for width, length and 
thickness usually plants with less trou- — 
ble and gives more uniform stands of 
corn. Round kernels, flat kernels or 
small kernels will all produce the same 
kind of corn crop and tests indicate 
they produce equally well. The larger 
kernels contain a little more plant food 
and may start more rapidly while the 
smaller kernels will plant more acres 
per bushel. 
We feel that in select- 
ing seed corn, the reli- 
ability of those growing 
it, the care which they 
take in producing and 
processing, and their in- 
tegrity are important. 
Scott customers, whether 
they live near by or at 
a distance, are treated as 
neighbors and _ friends 
whom we respect and 
who in turn have found 
Scotts nice folks to deal 
with and willing to 
stand back of all the 
seed they supply. 
