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T. W. WOOD & SONS, Seedsmen, Richmond, Va 
Alfalfa 
Red and Sapling* 
Clover Seed 
Guaranteed Origin 
WOOD'S VERIFIED ORIGIN CLOVER SEEDS 
The U. S. Government established the Verification Service 
as a guarantee to farmers the use of adapted known origin 
clover seed. This service does not add to the cost, but is a 
protection to buyers in securing seed from sources that have 
proven to be hardy, adaptable and giving high yielding crops. 
Demand TJ. S. Verified Origin clover seeds for your own 
protection. 
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Genuine Kansas Grown Alfalfa 
Dong lasting Clover Crops can only be secured by 'using adapted seed 
The Most Popular Strain in the East 
It stands the severe winters of Kansas, and will 
come through our winters splendidly, rarely ever 
winter-killing. In a test of alfalfas from many 
sources made by the Virginia Agricultural Experi¬ 
ment Station, four plantings of Kansas alfalfa stood 
the winter better than any, and yielded more than 
41 tons per acre. It makes a quick spring growth 
and gives several cuttings each season. 
CROTALARIA 
A legume that makes four times the leafy growth 
and root nodules as cowpeas or velvet beans, fre¬ 
quently 40,000 pounds per acre. When turned un¬ 
der the cash value of nitrogen is estimated at 
$20.00 per acre, besides the untold value of humus 
which prevents erosion, holds water in sandy soil and 
opens up heavy soil. Yields of following crops are 
frequently doubled. Completely smothers our sum¬ 
mer weeds. Grows well on any soil. Requires no 
lime, fertilization or cultivation, although early cul¬ 
tivation pays. Sow at corn planting time 15 to 20 
pounds per acre broadcast or 5 pounds in rows. Our 
seed is scarified and germinates readily. Inoculate 
with Nitragin E. 
Crotalaria Intermedia 
The only crotalaria relished by animals. Furnishes 
two cutting’s of fine quality hay. Two weeks earlier 
than Spectabilis. 
Crotalaria Spectabilis INOCULAl E^ALLLEGIMES | 
Although not edible, it makes 11 i — i 1 
about a foot more growth than I I |7>\n t'l 
any other Crotalaria, averaging v * l VJ 
7 feet high, and will yield 15 or ~ ^ "’■’“'‘'Q’ ^ 
more tons of green manure per 
acre. 
INOCULAl E ALL LEGUMES 
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NITRAGIN 
V The Original Legume Inocutator 
American Grown Red Clover 
Grown in the best clover producing sections of Ohio, Michigan 
and Indiana. Very winter hardy and highly recommended for 
use in the piedmont and mountain sections of Virginia, North 
Carolina and states west and north. In field tests made by the 
Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station at Blacksburg, Va., 
seed from the above localities made the largest yields of hay 
than that from any of the other northern and western states. 
Also found to be less resistant to anthracnose. 
Our seed stock of exceptional fine bright quality, plump berry 
and testing 994% to 994% purity and over 90% germination. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
Sow 25 lbs. per acre. 
The Most Popular and Widely Adapted of All the Lespedezas 
The abundant growth, deep penetrating roots, covered with 
nodules make Korean Lespedeza an outstanding grazing and 
soil-building legume, especially for the mountain section. It 
makes a larger growth than ordinary Japan clover, 15 to 24 
inches, single plants having a spread of 3 feet; has larger leaves; 
furnishes pasturage about three weeks earlier. 
The strong root growth makes it highly drought resir ant 
and ihiives on poor, worn-out soils where alfalfa and c*’.overs 
would fail. 
Iu feeding value it is about equal to alfalfa; has no woody 
'em; holds its leaves well and produces a full crop the first 
eason. It is an annual, reseeds indefinitely although closely 
grazed. For a year-round pasture sow a mixture of Korean 
Lespedeza, hairy vetch, orchard and herds grasses. 
It is quite a general custom to sow in grain crops about the 
middle of February or early in March. A light harrowing before 
sowing is th only preparation necessary. When sown alone, 
seeding can be made from March until June. Giv- the seeds 
only a very light covering—not over 4 of an inch. 
WARNING ABOUT LESPEDEZA —Dodder or love\ ine as well 
as Johnson grass are very serious pests, and thrive lo a greater 
extent in Lespedeza than in any other crop. We do not handle 
cheap Lesnedeza containing those noxious weeds-—our stock 
testing 98% to 994% pure. 
LESPEDEZA SERICEA—Perennial 
Adapted to any type of soil, wonderfully resistant to drought, 
large yielding hay crops, good pasture, and a fine soil improver. 
Like alfalfa, it requires one year to get set, after the first 
year it will prod ;ve two to four tons of field-cured hay per acre 
annually. Actual feeding trials have proved that Lespedeza Se- 
rica hay is equal to that of alfalfa. Sericea enjoys many ad¬ 
vantages over *. he annual lespedezas; it will thrive on much 
poorer land, cones back year after year from the roots, furnishes 
two to three cuttings per season and yields much more abund¬ 
antly. During the most severe drought years Sericea, due to its 
deep, vigorous root system, maintained a beautiful rich green 
color, when other forage crops were completely burned up. 
Sericea is generally at its best during July and August, when 
other forage crops are considerably off. 
Game Preserves will find Sericea affords splendid cover and 
f< cfi for birds, far superior to other lespedezas in this respect. 
Don’t become alarmed if your stand is apparently crowded 
out by grass or weeds the first year. Mow the crop once or 
twice to keep the weeds from seeding and to give the Sericea 
plants the benefit of more sunshine and moisture. The second 
year from two to twelve or more main stems will arise from 
each crown, increasing from year to year. 
Cut when 12 to 14 inches high to make tender hay. When sav¬ 
ing the crop for seed, cut and rake the crop before 10:30 in the 
morning to prevent shattering of the seed, and then house the 
Same afternoon. Plant Sericea Seed from March 15th through 
June, 20 to 25 lbs. per acre. Cultivate thoroughly to destroy 
weeds before planting. Broadcast and give the seed as light a 
covering as possible, not over g of an inch. 
HARVESTING LESPEDEZA HAY 
Cut Sericea and other Lespedezas after dew drys off in the 
morning, rake up and haul in before night. It is much easier 
to harvest than- other crops as it does not heat if put in the 
barn immediately. However, if left on the ground overnight, 
dew causes the leaves to fall off. 
