Posted 12/6/2014 08:19 (#4222942 - in reply to #2098587) Subject: Re: Funk's seed corn
You pretty much have nailed it. You will find this link interesting. Nice little 36 page history. The last I knew there was a small museum type thing in a place called Funk's Grove. It's just south of Bloomington, Ill if I remember right and it might still be there.
Here's the booklet. https://archive.org/stream/funkfarmsbirthpl00funk#page/n3/mode/2up