b'SINCE 1915 The first issue of Seed World was published in 1915. Here the editors will take you back in time to explore the numbers, news and issues that impacted the seed industryall covered by Seed World.1915191719201923 192519301935194019451950195419551958196019651970197519801985198719901991199520002001200520102015A system for growing modernCommercial hybrid seedLee soybean released; firstFirst 100% soybeanUSDA patents newDNA-based method refined to hybrid corn developed. corn developed. soybean aimed chiefly atink developed insoybean inoculant thatquickly detect the soybean rust disease control. four colors. increased soybeanpathogen.yield.A MOMENT IN TIMEIn this 1958 issue, we looked at several topics including a new corn plant, corn drying, a sorghum variety labeling scandal and a new proposed term sorgrass. On the cover, hybrid seed corn is unloaded from trucks bringing it in from the husking beds set up in the fields at the Northrup King hybrid corn processing plant at Washington, Iowa. The plant was designed to be as efficient as possible, featuring the gravity flow method of operationeliminating the use of multiple elevator legs. The new plant was developed with one thought in mindgentle handling of seed corn.FACTS AND FIGURES FROM THIS 1958 ISSUE:75feet is the height of the Northrup King hybrid corn processing plants processing tower.$3.10is the price for 100 pounds of sudangrass seed in December of 1957.100,000is the number of pounds of Chesepeake red clover seed available to growers in Maryland and surrounding states for 1958 spring plantings.15million is the number of parakeets in America in 1958 that consume an esti-mated $10 worth of bird food every year.25million pounds of popcorn was pro-cessed by the new J.A. McCarty Seed Company popcorn division plant.$6is the average price per bushel soy-bean farmers could expect to get for their 1975 crop.142/ SEEDWORLD.COMDECEMBER 2019'