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Carefully recording: Early progress, start, vigor, 
cold-resistance. 
Closely watching behavior while growing .. . 
checking stalk-quality, earing, leaf-percentage 
——many traits. 
Hoffman-Funk-G Corn-men 
first— 
Dig out the Facts 
then— 
Work out Remedies 
to Fulfill the Need 
Just as simple as that. But it hasn't been easy. 
Takes lots of time, patience, money, and tire- 
less effort. But how well it has paid so many 
farmers who really did need help with their 
corn! 
This vast program helps Funk-G breeders 
to develop corn-combinations best suited to 
each corn-area. It all started in 1937, when 
Hoffman conducted tests which revealed that 
Funk-G seemed farther ahead than other 
hybrids’ then known. But none had all the 
qualities needed. Hence the birth of this pro- 
gram—to develop strains of corn to meet the 
needs of these eastern and northern areas. It 
still goes on—in every kind of soil and ma- 
turity. Under the same conditions farmers 
face today . . . by the same methods you use. 
The knowledge from this Hoffman proving- 
ground program has put Funk-G_ hybrids 
years ahead. It was this program that first 
defined the peculiar qualities necessary to get 
good corn in the hill-sections and valley loca- 
tions, long seasons and short seasons, good 
soils and poor soils. Conditions that make the 
east a big puzzle to faraway breeders not 
acquainted with all such needs. 
It was this program that developed brand 
new hybrids carrying inbreds brought out of 
the old favorite Lancaster Sure Crop strain. 
It was this program that developed Funk-G 
hybrids that matured good crops in areas 
where corn was once a big gamble. And it 
was this program that developed what so 
many dairymen needed . . . special silage va- 
rieties with higher-feed-value per ton of en- 
silage. 
And it is in this Hoffman-Funk proving- 
ground program, that the still-BETTER 
Funk-G corn of tomorrow is now in process 
of development. 
