Richfield Reaper | 1940-01-04 | Page 1 | Hybrid Corn Yields 20 per Cent Above Common Varieties

hybrid corn yields 20 per cent above common varieties varied ies growers of acres of hybrid corn in 1939 report yields 20 per cent larger than the yields of the common varieties of corn grown by the same cooperators in the corn belt states according to the clip sheet from the U S department part ment of agriculture A hybrid corn is produced by planting alternate rows of two varieties rieti rie ties cs and detas all stocks of one variety thus fertilizing the ed corn with the other variety this same procedure iscol is followed out the next year and thus a double cross is produced and it is this product that gives such enormous yields sevier county farmers testing this hybrid against common corn are generally equally enthusiastic about the yield of hybrid corn for silage it is not recommended for grain in sevier county