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T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va 
Wood’s Hybrid Seed Corn 
“Hybrid Seed Corn, Developed Here, May Revolutionize 
Southern Agriculture as Did Eli Whitney’s Cotton Gin.” 
—Richmond News Leader, October 27, 1938. 
“115 bushels of corn where only 30 grew before—over three times the yield of other 
varieties planted at the same time under identical conditions was harvested by E. L. Bemis, 
Jr., on Brookbury Farm, Chesterfield County, Virginia. He planted 10 acres of Wood’s 
Hybrid Yellow Dent so close in the row his neighbors predicted a failure. 
“Virginia farmers had heard little about the development of hybrids suitable to Vir¬ 
ginia soils and climate. Some have been badly disappointed with hybrid seed developed in 
the Mid-west and sold for use on lands unsuited to corn belt varieties. Only a few heard 
that experimenters of T. W. Wood & Sons have been working for 12 years upon Southern 
Hybrids that already are yielding results even better than those claimed by mid-western 
experimenters. 
“Record yields reported by State experiment stations indicate hybrid seed will free 
Southern farmers from hazards that have kept their average production at about 23 bushels 
per acre, and enable them to go far above the corn belt average of about 35. Already we 
have hybrids with stalks that resist violent storms, with tight shucks that baffle weevil and 
ear-worms, and with roots long enough to protect them from drought. Success thus far 
convinces us the Southern States may take supremacy in corn and hog production away 
from the Corn Belt States.” 
WOOD’S HYBRID SWEEPSTAKES ENSILAGE 
Note greater yield, larger ears and stronger 
stalk of Wood’s Hybrid Yellow Dent 
(left row) 
GREATER TONNAGE, MORE GRAIN AND FEEDING VALUE 
Ideal for the Dairy Farms in the North and Piedmont and Mountain 
Sections of the South 
WOOD’S HYBRID YELLOW DENT 
Highest Yielding Yellow Corn for Middle Atlantic States. 
Matures in 115 days; roasting ears in 85 days. A cross be¬ 
tween Reid’s Yellow Dent and Lancaster Surecrop inbreds with 
the same adaptation. For 4 years it made the highest average 
yield of any yellow corn in Piedmont and Mountain sections. 
Tests indicate it is the best yellow corn for Western North 
Carolina, Kentucky, lower altitudes of W T est Virginia, Maryland. 
Southern Pennsylvania, Delaware, and New Jersey. Heaviest 
yielding early feed corn farther south. Plant J closer in the 
row. Short, stocky stalks, each bearing a large, sound, beautiful 
ear, 11 inches long. 
Big Sound Ear of Wood’s Hybrid Yellow Dent 
“I planted two hybrid corns from different seedsmen and found 
Wood’s most adaptable, disease-resistant and strongest roots. It 
is storm resistant and yields well above all other corns. I have 
placed my order with you for myself and neighbors.”—G. D. 
Dutrow, Frederick Co., Maryland. 
“My regular corn was washed down by heavy rains and didn’t 
do anything. Wood’s Hybrid Yellow Dent came through with a 
good yield. It had the best stalks I ever saw. I am planting my 
entire crop in it next year.” — I. W. Hayes, Lenoir Co., N. C. 
Wood’s Hybrid Extra Early Yellow Dent 
Heaviest Yielding Corn for High Mountains and Northern 
States; Best Extra Early Feed Corn for the South 
95 days to mature; 74 days to roasting ears. Earliest yellow 
hybrid. Tests indicate it is the heaviest yielding corn for the 
Alleghany Plateau in West Virginia and Western Pennsylvania, 
New York and New England. Medium long ears; 16 straight 
rows of thick, sound grains. Ears placed low on a leafy, shocky 
stalks, 8 feet tall, that will stand up all winter in spite of 
storms. Extremely deep roots and drought-resistant. It yielded 
116.6 bushels per acre in one test, compared to 75.7 bushels for 
Clarage. A 40-acre field we were growing for seed averaged 120 
bushels per acre. Plant \ closer in the row. 
After ten years our breeders in Virginia have developed a 
hybrid expressly for ensilage purposes, with the tall stalk and 
heavy tonnage of Southern Ensilage corn and the earliness of 
Northern corn and more grain than either. It is a cross be¬ 
tween the heaviest grain yielding early ensilage corn and Wood’s 
Pamunkey Ensilage, the tallest of all corns. It makes a quick, 
vigorous growth, producing the maximum amount of feed possible 
in a short season. It’s tall, thick, stocky stalks stand up in 
storms that blow other varieties down. Leaves wide, close 
together, and stay green after the ears ripen. Two big ears 
to t.he stalk. Stalks weigh a fourth more than equally tall 
stalks of other varieties, with more grain and higher protein 
content. If left to mature, it makes a wonderful husking corn, 
with heavy yield of big, sound ears and large grain. It yielded 
29.3 tons of silage per acre, 60% more than their leading local 
ensilage varieties in one experiment station test. 
State College, Pa.: “Wood’s Hybrid Sweepstakes considerably 
outyielded our regular ensilage varieties with less than a week’s 
difference in maturity.” 
Delaware Experiment Station: "Hybrid Sweepstakes had no 
barren stalks. 99% of its corn was sound. It outyielded our 
leading local variety and 37 hybrids from all over the country.” 
“For several years about 9£ acres of Hybrid Sw r eepstakes filled 
and refilled my 200-ton silo. It produced from 112 to 120 bushels 
of grain per acre. Many stalks were 16 feet tall.”—Banks 
Hudson, Boyle Co., Ky. 
Large Solid Ear of Wood’s Hybrid Golden Dent 
WOOD’S HYBRID GOLDEN DENT 
HIGHEST YIELDING CORN FOR MID-SOTJTH 
Matures in 120 days; roasting ears in 88 days. It has the 
largest grain and ear of any hybrid corn, ears 12 inches long. 
A hybrid developed from Wood’s Improved Golden Dent, being 
similar in appearance, maturity, adaptation and use, but with 
stronger stalks, deeper roots, and heavier yields. An excellent 
main crop corn for the Mia-South and for early feed and 
roasting ears in the Deep South. 
PRICES 
All Wood’s Hybrid Dent Corns. 
Wood’s Hybrid Sweepstakes Ensilage 
NOT POSTPAID—F. 
J Peck Peck J Bus. 
$1.00 $1.75 $3.25 
.75 1.25 2.30 
O. B. RICHMOND 
Bushel 5-Bus. Lots 
$6.CO $5.75 
4.25 4.10 
Quart 
$ .50 
.40 
BY MAIL POSTPAID 
.1 Peck Peck \ Bus. Bus. 
$1.25 $2.15 $'3.95 $7.25 
1.00 1.65 3.CO 5.50 
All work and no play makes jack—and lots of it! 
Farmer: “Hey, drop that poison ivy!” 
Cityite: “Tut, tut, calm yourself, my good man, this wasn’t 
picked on your land.” 
Visiting Nurse: “And do your children use a toothbrush 
regularly?” 
Bond Parent: “Do they, mum? First thing when they get up 
in the morning, it’s a race to see which one can get the tooth¬ 
brush first!” 
