Show frostproof frost proof corn Is grown in illinois tests indicate new variety will yield largely frostproof frost proof corn which will withstand a temperature of 27 degi degrees degiers ees has beeta successfully produced in mclean county 1111 illinois by dr james R holi bert expert in charge of the funk ex ei j peri mental farms I 1 in addition to being highly resistant to cold weather the new new strata strain has shown itself to be less susceptible to the corn borer and flourishes during drought when other strains die preliminary tests indicate indica tp that the new kind of corn will yield an average of 0 33 3 bushels to the aire acre more than ordinarily dina rily good corn while the new seed seea has hag not yet been produced la 1 sufficient quantities to be marketable doctor holbert told an interviewer 1 i from the farm and fireside that he h la Is makla every effort to perfect it IL lie ile recommends that when sufficient eed Is available that whole town be plan planted teil so that there can be no cross from inferior 1 I 1 elds the cold resisting corn was wait grown only aly af after t er years of experiments in which more than was wag spent I 1 to hasten the experiments holbert invented a refrigeration which can be lowered over four hills 0 f corn at one time and the desired temperature secured cold tests are viade node both at the beginning of the leeds i growth and at ripening time doctor holbert declared that corn does not necessarily have to be frosted to be stopped from ripening or killed some corn crops he be added P were found to be unable to resist a tern tem I 1 grature Iera ture of 42 degrees |