T. W. WOOD & SONS 
SEEDSMEN SINCE 1879 
RICHMOND, VIROINIA 
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Early Orange Cane 
SORGHUMS 
Heat and Drought Resistant. Excellent Peed Crops 
for the South 
pLANT 6 to 10 lbs. per acre in 3V^ foot rows, and cul- 
• tivate; or broadcast 50 lbs. Sow 2 weeks later than 
corn. Adapted to any well-drained corn land. Apply 
400 lbs. per acre of WOOD’S STANDARD CORN FER¬ 
TILIZER. Cut or pasture after the flowering stage 
is passed. Makes a better balanced ration when 15 
lbs. per acre is broadcast with Vz bushel of soybeans 
and 1 bushel of cowpeas. Our seed is of highest 
germination and free of Johnson grass. 
—Makes a taller and more 
leafy growth than other for¬ 
age sorghums. It is recommended for fodder, of 
which it yields immense crops, frequently two cut¬ 
tings a season, and stooling out thicker after cut¬ 
ting. Orange Cane is particularly recommended for 
early plantings in Virginia and general plantings in 
the Southern States. Will make a larger growth and 
more saccharine content than Amber Cane. 
Early Amber Cane earliest sorgh- 
•' urns and furnishes a large 
yield of most nutritious forage, which may be fed 
either green or cured. If planted early, it will yield 
two cuttings a season, stooling out thicker each 
time it is cut. A good catch crop when feed is short 
because of its quick growth. 
NON-SACCHARINE SORGHUMS 
Shallu or Egyptian Wheat —special value in 
dry seasons; few 
forage plants are more drought-resistant. It grows 
tall, stools out three to six stalks from a single 
root. Cut when at the dough stage, and a second 
cutting may be had. For cattle, horses, sheep, hogs 
and poultry, the grain may be fed either whole or 
ground. Its long graceful heads make beautiful 
house decoration. 
Kaffir Corn ~ com yields heavy crops of 
the very best forage; it adapts itself 
to a wide variety of soils; a long, dry spell may 
stop its growth, but it starts again with the first 
rain; its deep root growth enables it to stand 
drought and to withstand windstorms. The grain 
as well as the plant makes fine feed for stock, hogs, 
poultry and pigeons. Feed it either whole or ground, 
dry or with water or skimmed milk. 
Milo Maize 
A wonderfully drought - resistant non - saccharine 
sorghum that makes a thick succulent growth of nu¬ 
tritious milk-producing forage. It stools from the 
ground and shoots from the joints. The plant makes 
fine feed and ensilage, especially when mixed with 
soybeans or cowpeas, and the grain is fattening for cattle and 
poultry. For fodder and ensilage 
cut when in the dough state; at 
this stage it has a feeding value 
practically equal to corn. Any 
good corn land will bring milo 
maize either for green feed, dry 
fodder or for the grain. It grows 
on all soils from sandy to heavy 
clay loam. 
SORGHUMS FOR SYRUP 
Also Make Excellent Eoraife 
Sugar Drip Sorghum 
Sugar Drip Sorghum 
P LANT 6 to 8 lbs. per acre. Thin to 10 inches apart in 
3^ foot rows and cultivate. Appiy 600 lbs. per acre 
of WOOD’S STANDARD CORN FERTILIZER. Cut 
just before the head ripens. Strip off the leaves, cut 
off heads, press out the juice and boil down. Dry the 
heads and thresh out the seed. It sells readily. Bushel 
weighs 50 lbs. 
—Since we introduced this 
variety several years ago 
no new sorghum has been brought out that can 
compare with it in yield of syrup. It makes a large, 
juicy and succulent growth. It will yield about 65 
per cent of the weight of the cane in juice when 
extracted by a good farm mill; a stronger mill 
should extract as much as 75 to 80 per cent. Par¬ 
ticularly well adapted for Virginia, the Piedmont 
and mountain sections of the Carolinas and states 
North and West. 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane taiiest and 
heaviest produ¬ 
cing syrup sorghum, frequently yielding 175 to 200 
gallons of syrup per acre, with a bright amber color 
and delicious flavor. Later maturing than Sugar 
Drip and better adapted to the far South. Grows 12 
feet tall with abundance of fodder and is the best 
sorghum for silage. Unfortunately much of the seed 
offered in the South is badly mixed with a similar, 
but non-saccharine variety, rendering the crop 
worthless for syrup. Our seed is of a pure strain 
grown from individual plants, field selected each 
year for tallest growth and maximum syrup pro¬ 
duction. 
— The Iiarge 
Headed, Earge 
Seed Variety. A good grain crop for poultry or 
green feed for hogs. Makes more ensilage than 
corn. A profitable cash crop as it yields 1,000 to 
1,500 pounds per acre of seed rich in oil and protein. 
Plant and cultivate like corn in 2%-foot rows, l^or 
feed or silage, plant 15 to 20 pounds per acre; for 
seed production 8 pounds, planting a foot apart in 
the row. When ripe, cut off the heads. Pile loosely 
under cover. They thresh easily when cured. 
— Fast growing 
and heavy yield¬ 
ing forage plant. Nutritious 
green feed, containing 10% 
sugar, greedily eaten by all 
livestock. One seed grows 
30 or more stalks. 10 to 12 
feet tall. Cut when 4 or 5 
feet high, it immediately 
starts growing and is ready 
to cut again in a few weeks. 
It can be cut 5 times a season. By plant¬ 
ing several rows and cutting part each 
day a continuous supply of nutritious 
feed can be had right up to frost. Adapt¬ 
ed to any soil, but does best on rich 
ground well manured. Resembles corn, 
but leaves are longer, broader, closer to¬ 
gether and grows taller and more rapid¬ 
ly. Makes splendid silage. Plant 2 to 3 
pounds per acre in May or June in SV 2 to 
4-foot rows. Postpaid, oz. 10c; li>‘ 20c. 
Other prices below. 
Mammoth Russian Sunflower 
Teosinte 
Broom Corn —Easily grown 
on any land 
adapted to corn. Plant 6 lbs. 
per acre, on a fine seed bed, iVz 
inches deep in 3%-foot rows, 
when ground is warm. Thin out 
to 6 to 9 inches. Cultivate regu¬ 
larly. 
EAREV JAPANESE —Ready to cut 10 to 15 
days earlier and makes a finer and heav¬ 
ier brush. Grows 6 ’’/^ to 7 feet tall. Pro¬ 
duces a green colored brush if cut early. 
Suitable for parlor brooms, and generally 
sells for more than other varieties. 
STANDARD EVERGREEN— Grows 8 to 10 
feet tall. Yields a long, heavy brush, 
free from heavy center stems and 
crooked brush. Ready to cut in 90 to 100 
days. 
Right—E vergreen 
Eeft—Japanese 
Milo Maize 
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page 3. 
24 Ebs. 
99 Ebs. 
100 Ebs. 
Pound 
5 Ebs 
10 Ebs. 25 Ebs. 50 Ebs. 
Early Orange Cane. 
. 314 c. 
... 314 c 
20c. . 
..50c. 
. . .$ .85. . . . 
$1.55. . . .$2.90 
Early Amber Cane. 
. 31/2 c. 
... 314 c 
20c. . 
..50c. 
. . . .85... . 
1.55. . . . 2.90 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane. 
. 6c... 
20c. . 
..65c. 
. . . 1.15. . . . 
2.15. . . . 4.15 
Sugar Drip Sorghum. 
. 51/2 c. 
. . . 5c 
20c. . 
.60c. 
. . . 1.05. , . . 
2.05 .... 3.90 
Shallu or Egyptian Wheat. 
. 8c... 
25c. . 
..75c. 
. . . 1.33. , . , 
2.65.5.15 
Kaffir Com. 
. 31 / 20 . 
. . . 3C 
20 c. . 
..50c. 
... .85 ... . 
1.55 .... 2.90 
Milo Maize. 
. 31 / 2 C. 
. . . 3C 
20c. . 
..50c. 
... .86... . 
1.55 ... . 2.90 
Teosinte . 
.38c. . . 
. ..37c 
60c. . 
$2.25. 
. . . 4.35. . . . 
10.15. . . .20.15 
Broom Com, Evergreen. 
.13c... 
. . . 1214 c 
30c. . 
1.00. 
. . . 1.85. . . . 
3.90.... 7.65 
Broom Com, Japanese. 
.... 19C... 
.17C... 
. . .16c 
35c. . 
1.20. 
. . . 2.25. . . . 
4.90.... 9.65 
Sunflower, Mammoth Russian.... 
• 8i^C. 
... 8c 
25c. . 
.75. 
. . . 135_ 
2.80. . . . 5.40 
