FRED ARBOGAST DEKALB "WINGED EAR" FLYING CORN COB Fishing Lure • ADVERTISING BAIT

FRED ARBOGAST DEKALB "WINGED EAR" FLYING CORN COB Fishing Lure

• "The DEKALB Winged Ear Logo is One of the Most Identifiable Agriculture Symbols Anywhere in the World." (Dekalb County Farm Bureau)

• Marvelous Little Advertising Bait Made in the Early to Mid 1970s for DeKalb Genetics Corporation (DeKalb Hybrid Corn) by Arbogast

• This Lure was Not Commercially Available in Stores but was Given Directly to Farmers from DeKalb Seed Reps
  
• "Winged Ear" History: "The 1st DeKalb Advertisement Appeared in Prairie Farmer Magazine in 1936. The Ad Featured a Mortgage Being Lifted by Wings, & the Slogan "Let DeKalb Quality Hybrids be your Mortgage Lifter"
• We Live About an Hour North of DeKalb, Illinois & You Can See the "Winged Ear" Signs on the Edge of Many Cornfields Here in Illinois & Throughout the Midwest

Condition: VG to Ex-; Some Vintage Aging; Crack on Tail from Tail Screw Being Driven in Too Far; see pics

Length: Approximately 2 1/4"

Action: Topwater

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