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Offline jimwrench

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Dekalb sign
« on: July 22, 2016, 10:49:51 AM »
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.
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Offline Bill Houghton

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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #1 on: July 22, 2016, 01:08:28 PM »
Nice.
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Offline Nolatoolguy

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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #2 on: July 22, 2016, 05:54:42 PM »
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.
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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2016, 05:09:03 PM »
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.
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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #4 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.
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Offline Guido Salvage

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« Reply #5 on: July 26, 2016, 10:10:38 PM »
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.
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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #6 on: July 27, 2016, 09:09:45 AM »
 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.
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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #7 on: July 28, 2016, 02:02:44 PM »
 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.
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Offline mvwcnews

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Re: Dekalb sign
« Reply #8 on: August 04, 2016, 11:41:24 PM »
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.
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« Reply #9 on: August 05, 2016, 10:06:19 AM »
 yes, Monsanto completed it's purchase of DeKalb Genetics Corp. in 1998
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