Virginia Crop Improvement Association Warns Farmers 
Wood’s Forward Wheat 
Not to Plant Scabby Wheat 
Blacksburg, Va., July 7, 1937: “The past spring was favorable 
for the development of scab and kindred diseases of wheat. 
“There will be many small shriveled grains in this year’s seed 
crop penetrated by the scab parasite. Even where this is not true, 
there will be grains of weak germination and low vitality. If in¬ 
fested grains are sown they will produce seedling blight and a poor 
stand, as many grains will die during germination. Others will die 
later. Those that do not die will make a weak growth, fail to tiller 
and finally send up a single stem with a small head or none at all. 
“The crop sown this fall may be very badly damaged if many 
diseased grains find their way in with the seed. It is highly im¬ 
portant that all seed wheat be rigidly cleaned before sowing, to 
remove the small diseased grains. This will go a long way toward 
preventing seedling blight this fall, even if weather conditions are 
favorable for it.”—S. F. Grubbs, Secretary. 
Do not risk losing your Wheat Crop by planting your own seed. 
Plant Wood’s Plump, Triple Cleaned Seed, free of shrivelled scab in¬ 
fested grains. Treated against disease. Recleaned over the most complete ma¬ 
chinery in America. Free of weed seed. 99 l / 2 % pure, over 90% germination. 
W OOD’S Wheat Cleaning and Treating Equipment has no equal. Other seed 
houses can fan wheat, removing straw and dust. But who else has 
shaker machines that will remove shrivelled, scab infested grains, wild onion 
bulblets, and swollen damaged grains that will not germinate, thus increas¬ 
ing the germination f the cleaned seed 5 to 10% ? Who else has rotary cylin¬ 
ders that eliminate cockle, vetch, and half grains of wheat? Our loss in 
cleaning seed wheat this season is from 15 to 25%. Everything is removed 
but the heavy, plump grains that produce vigorous plants and bumper crops. 
Wood’s Certified Redheart No. (Smooth) 
Loose Smut Resistant. Rust scaping. Earliest Maturing 
Wheat. Best Wheat for Southern Coastal Section. 
It is much earlier than Leap’s Prolific, Fulcaster, 
or any other variety of wheat, maturing before hot 
weather and rust damage. It makes a quicker, 
more abundant fall growth and makes twice as 
much winter growth as bearded wheats and a 
fourth more than other smooth wheats. It is the 
best wheat for winter grazing, cover crop or early 
spring hay. It is winter resistant. Stools well. It 
has a stronger stalk than most wheats, is storm re¬ 
sistant, and did not lodge during the very wet spring 
when other wheats fell down badly. Yellow straw 
when ripe. Heads held erect. Long, heavy, com¬ 
pact heads. Does not shatter. Grain large, plump 
and well filled out. Good milling qualities. It is 
the heaviest yielding wheat for the Coastal Plains 
section of Virginia and the Carolinas. 
A HORSE ON HIM 
• “How do you like that new mare of yours?” 
"Oh, fairly well. But I wish I had bought a horse. She’s 
always stopping to look at herself in the puddles.” 
NO TRICK 
The one-ring circus was visiting a town in the hills. The 
folks there recognized all the instruments of the band except 
the slide trombone. 
One old settler watched the player for quite some time, then, 
turning to his son, said: 
“Don't let on that you’re watching him. There’s a trick to 
it, he ain’t really swallowin’ it.” 
TWO KINDS OF SMUT, LOOSE and STINKING, cause 
heavy losses to wheat. Frequently 10 to 15% of the heads 
are blasted by Loose Smut. Most farmers are not aware 
of this loss, as wind and rain soon clean off the blasted 
heads. Dust treatment does not eliminate Loose Smut. The 
best cure is to plant a loose smut resistant variety, like 
Wood’s Forward or Redhart No. 3. 
ALL WOOD’S SEED WHEATS ARE TREATED WITH CERESAN WITHOUT COST 
