FUNK’S G-HYBRID 
The man who sells Funk’s G-iHybrid seed corn in. 
your neighborhood is a good fellow to know. He~ 
can give you a lot of help in choosing the correct ‘~ 
hybrid to make you the most profits—whatever 
your needs. He can give you facts on performance 
FUNK’S G-HYBRIDS FOR THICK PLANTING MAKE GOOD 
A number of Funk’s G-Hybrids have been 
developed especially to make higher yields 
if planted thickly where fertility and mois- 
ture are good. These hybrids give top payoff 
yields to farmers who follow sound soil man- 
agement and conservation practices. In fer- 
tile soils, 50-75% more plants can be grown 
per acre, with a substantial increase in yield. 
AND NOW—WIDE ROW PLANTING 
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Going one step further, the Funk Research 
Staff has developed a new use for these 
special G-Hybrids which flourish under 
crowded conditions... WIDE ROW PLANT- 
ING. These new hybrids are planted thickly 
in the row, and row spacings are wide enough 
to raise a cover crop between them. 
Various legumes and grasses are planted 
to be either plowed under in the spring, or 
carried over for hay and pasture. While in- 
terplantings of legumes and grasses have 
been made at different times, seeding after 
the second cultivation now appears most de- 
sirable. North and south direction of the 
corn rows seems to favor the interplantings. 
Results of these summer seedings under 
many conditions show that such seedings 
are not only possible, but practical. 
Machinery modifications required to use 
60-inch rows in large operations can be ex- 
pected once this system is appreciated by 
farmers. Good weed control can be secured 
by mechanical weed clipping between the 
wide rows and above the top of the new 
seedings. 
On good soil wide row plantings of corn, 
up to 60 inches, have produced as many 
bushels per acre as conventional 40-inch 
rows... provided plant populations per acre 
are kept the same and G-Hybrids are used 
which thrive when planted thickly in the 
row. 
At Research Acres near Bloomington, II- 
linois, 60-inch rows produced 110 bushels 
per acre in 1951. Adjacent 40-inch rows pro- 
duced the same results. In 1952 and 1953 
these results were duplicated at Research 
Acres near Bloomington, Illinois, at Traer 
and Belle Plaine, Iowa, and at many other 
locations. Wider row widths, up to 80 inches, 
may result in yield reductions even though 
plant population per acre is maintained. 
Thus the way is now open for combining 
good crops of corn and better soil conserva- 
tion. If you’d like more information about 
wide row corn, and G-Hybrids for thicker 
planting, write Funk Bros. Seed Co., Bloom- 
ington, Illinois or your local producer of 
Funk’s G-Hybrid seed corn. 
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DEALERS ready to help you 
and yields of various hybrids. He follows the trial 
, plots and talks to many farmers. Regular meet- 
\ings and reports help him keep up to the minute 
on corn problems and research that affects you. 
Ask your Funk G-Hybrid dealer to talk 
over your corn farming problems—from 
planting time thru harvest 
Merlin Sprecher, Funk’s G-Hybrid Dealer, and Myron Klotz of Plain, 
Wisconsin, in Klotz’s wide row field on Oct. 1, 1953. Seedings were 
made the first week in July. Corn in picture is Funk’s G-6, planted in 
72-inch rows. It produced one of the highest yields in the county .. . 
nearly 100 bushels per acre for the entire farm. 
For best results, legumes and grasses should be seeded in wide-row 
corn in late June-early July. Note height of plants and firm seedbed. 
Rows are 60 inches apart. 
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Sec. 34.66, P. L. & R. 
PAID 
Bloomington, Ill. 
Permit No. 4 
FORM 3547 REQUESTED 
