
WO HUNDRED years ago the Mandan Indians, after more than half 
| the tribe was taken by smallpox, were under constant threat of extinc- 
tion by the Sioux. Reasonably safe within their fortified villages, they were 
beset constantly when they ventured outside. Hunting parties had to be large 
and always on the alert. Even in the fields, close to the village, it became 
necessary to keep armed men posted at strategic points to protect the 
women hoeing or harvesting. | 
The Mandans showed both preparedness and courage in their struggle 
against a foe who outnumbered them ten to one. Just so has there, also, 
come to us people of the United States an urgent need to be always prepared 
and courageous, to cherish our crops and produce them to the best of our 
ability, just as did the women of the old Mandan Villages and to keep ever on 
_ the alert, armed but not aggressive, prepared but not pugnacious. 
Let us all enter this new year with the prayer that things may go well 
_ with our Country and with the rest of the World as well. Let each of us 
_ shoulder his burden without complaint and help to raise thereby, the World 
out of the deep pit in which it has fallen. 
May you all prosper during 1949. 
_WILL'S HYBRID ‘D' 

Pioneer Hybrid Corn rg ces 
iA hybrid of our own breeding. A pure yellow oe oe: : eee 
dent single cross pollinated by a pure Falconer corn LES 
single cross. 
Combines the height and upright habit of the 
early dent with the drouth, heat and cold resistance 3h 
of Falconer and carries also the Falconer factor for ae 
very heavy yields. | 
An 80 Day—Heavy yielding corn with ears | 
borne high on sturdy stalks. 
Price F.O.B. Bismarck. 7 Ibs. (enough for 1 acre), $1.50; 
bu., $5.50; bu., $10.00, larger not @ $9. 50 per bu. for the ae 
and medium flat. 
Large and medium round, 7 Ibs., $1.25; 1% bu., $3.75; bu., $7.00. 

Hybrid D Corn 
