Show hybrid coin leads again four states announce in one of the worst drought years this country has known hybrid corn scored a knockout victory over ordinary varieties according to reports to the united states depar department ament of agriculture from four corn belt states operating cooperating co corn breeders bleeders bre eders at the agricultural experiment stations in iowa illinois indiana and ohio aft er r going goin over their tables on last years field tests find two important conclusions clu good hybrids continued to the best open pollinated varieties as they have done every year since the tests began more surprising the percentage margin in favor of the hybrids was twice as great in 1934 as in 1933 where the drought was bad last year the yields were far below those for 1933 but the signia significant icart point Is that the hybrids not only held their percentage lead under such adverse conditions but actually doubled that lead explains dr merle T jenkins who is in charge of corn breeding for the department in iowa for instance the open pollinated varieties planted at ames dropped from frodi 60 66 bushels per acre in 1933 to bushels per acre last year the hybrids dropped from 62 82 to 25 |