Been watching for a metal Dekalb seed corn sign for a while. Got one  at a Summer pickers auction yesterday. Itis two sided and 16 by 24. Made in 83 and has registered trademark symbol. Not a sign collector so don't know if its a repro but its purty pretty. Got 4 wrenchs but nothing special. one in vinegar bath is only possiblle slleeper.

Nice.

Looks good. I don't know much about signs.

I got a reproduction of a 1930s John Deere sign. A real one would be nice. If I came across another sign I would put it up. Just sort of cool to hang on the wall.

jimwrench,

I see that sign almost weekly down here in central TX.  They grow a lot of feed corn here and those signs (don't know what they are made of) are prominently displayed between the fields and the roads.  Next time I see one, I'll get a photo and see what they are made of.

 I see the modern Dekalb signs every day but they are made of some kind of plastizied cardboard. The steel ones are a thing of the past.

Quote from: jimwrench on July 24, 2016, 12:58:08 PM
I see the modern Dekalb signs every day but they are made of some kind of plastizied cardboard. The steel ones are a thing of the past.

I tried to post a response the other day but my ISP would not cooperate. I agree, most that I have seen are a corrugated plastic.

 there are people that think that when they are driving by a corn field and see a sign, they are free for the taking.

a farmer can not watch his huge crop field all the time,  and plastic is cheaper.

  even street signs disappear.

 Yes even highway signs designating name of town have been known to disappear. Nearby village of "Boody" have had to weld signs to post to retard rate of disappearance.

Highway 69 signs disappeared at an alarming rate a few decades back.  Not so much now as times changed.  The big seed corn production plant at the intersection of highway 69 & 34 northeast of Waco (NE, not TX) has a very large DEKALB sign about 8 stories up on the side of the conditioning building.  The sign at ground level says MONSANTO.

 yes, Monsanto completed it's purchase of DeKalb Genetics Corp. in 1998