T. W. WOOD & SONS 
SDDDSMEN SINGS 1879 
RICHIVIOND, VIRGINIA 
59 
SORGHUMS 
Heat and Drougrht Resistant. Dxcellent Feed Crops 
for the South or for Syrup 
P LANT 10 lbs. per acre in 3% foot rows, and culti¬ 
vate. Sow 2 weeks later than corn. Adapted to any 
well-drained corn land. Apply 400 lbs. per acre of 
WOOD’S STANDARD CORxN FKRTILIZER. Cut or 
pasture after the flowering' stage is passed. Makes a 
better balanced ration when 15 lbs. per acre is broad¬ 
cast with % bushel of soybeans and 1 bushel of cow- 
peas. Our seed is of highest germination and free of 
Johnson grass. 
Early Orange Cane —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. 
SYRUP SORGHUMS 
C UT 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 weights 60 lbs. C. E. Edwards, King & Queen 
Co., Va., saj^s: “I made 384 gallons of syrup on two 
acres with Wood’s Sugar Drip, No other variety could 
have produced such a fine crop.” 
—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. 
• c J J r' _ —The tallest and 
exas Deedeci Kibbon L^ane heaviest pro¬ 
ducing syrup sorghum, frequently yielding 176 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 
Sugar Drip Sorghum 
Sugar Drip Sorghum 
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 se¬ 
lected each year for tallest growth and maximum syrup pro¬ 
duction. 
NON-SACCHARINE SORGHUMS 
Shallu or Egyptian Wheat -Jf 
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 —Kaffir corn 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 i)igeons. Feed it either whole or ground, 
dry or with water or skimmed milk. 
Milrk MaiTA —^ wonderfully drought - resistant 
miiu iTiaiAC non-saccharine sorghum that makes a 
thick succulent growth of nutritious 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 and 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. 
. . —Fast growing and heavy yielding forage 
1 eOSinte 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 6 feet high, it immediately starts growing and 
is ready to cut again in a few weeks. It can be cut 
6 times a season. By planting several rows and cut¬ 
ting part each day a continuous supply of nutritious 
feed can be had right up to frost. Adapted to any 
soil, but does best on rich ground well manured. 
Resembles corn, but leaves are longer, broader, 
closer together and grows taller and more rapidly. 
Makes splendid silage. Plant 2 to 3 pounds per acre 
in May or June in %y<i foot rows. Postpaid, oz. 10c; 
^ Ih, 20c. Other prices below. 
Broom Corn Easily 
grown on any 
corn land. Plant 6 lbs. per 
acre on a fine seed bed, 1 
inch deep, in 314 foot rows, 
when ground is warm. Thin 
out to 4 inches; cultivate 
regularly; harvest before 
seeds fill out; thresh im¬ 
mediately, place on racks in 
a shed to cure, which re¬ 
quires 20 days. 
Favlv lananese N'orth— 
nariy Japanese pQ pg 
Mammoth Russian 
Sunflower Large Head¬ 
ed, Large Seed Va¬ 
riety. 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 pro¬ 
tein. Plant and cultivate like 
corri in 2%-foot rows. For feed 
or silage, plant 15 to 20 pounds 
per acre; for seed production 8 
pounds, planting a ft. apart in 
the row. When ripe, cut off the 
heads. Pile loosely under cover. 
days earlier and makes a finer and 
heavier brush. Grows 614 to 7 feet tall. 
Produces a green colored brush if cut 
early. Suitable for parlor brooms, and 
generally sells for more than other 
varieties. 
Cl J J 17 _ —Grows 8 to 10 
Standard Evergreen feet tail. Yields 
a long, heavy brush, free from heavy 
center stems and crooked brush. Ready 
to cut in 90 to 100 days. Best for the 
South. 
■■•••••■■■•■••■••••a ^ 
; In spite of vacuum cleaners and me- ; 
: chanical sweepers, people everywhere : 
: still use brooms. A ton of broom corn, \ 
: which has been made on two acres, or ! 
; even less, will make about 100 dozen ! 
: brooms. • 
Right—Evergreen 
Left—Japanese 
PRICES 
Per lb., 
F. O. B. Richmond 
NOT POSTPAID 
Early Orange Cane. 
Early Amber Cane. 
Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane. 
Milo Maize 
Kaffir Com. 
Milo Maize. 
Teosinte . 
Broom Corn, Evergreen. 
Broom Com, Japanese. 
Sunflower, Mammoth Russian. 
POSTPAID 
5 to 
24 Lbs. 
2S to 
99 Lbs. 
100 Lbs. 
See postpaid prices, page 
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