T. W. Wood & Sons 
Page One 
How to Increase Profits on the Farm 
In late summer farmers are frequently so busy harvesting 
hay and tending summer crops they put off seeding fall crops 
like Crimson and Red Clover, Alfalfa, Oats and Pasture Mbc- 
tures until too late to establish a deep root growth before 
frost. Often they pass up good planting weather in late 
summer to find heavy fall rains or drought makes seeding 
impossible. 
Even if a little extra labor must be hired now, the few 
cents extra seeding cost will return dollars in profits from 
these crops and save dollars in winter feed bills. It is much 
cheaper to graze your livestock from fall to spring by seed¬ 
ing a vvinter pasture mixture than by curing and feeding hay, 
or buying feed. Every year millions of dollars are sent out 
of the South to buy grain and feed which could be grown 
here by labor and on land that is idle all winter. 
You can double the yield per acre of 
your cash crops by planting and turning 
under a soil building legume like Crim¬ 
son Clover. 
Mild Southern winters let us produce 
two crops a year on the same land, or 
graze livestock the year round instead 
of six months, as in other sections of the 
country. Yet most of our fields lie idle 
all winter. President Roosevelt could not 
call the South the “Country’s No. 1 Eco¬ 
nomic Problem’’ if all our fields were 
producing in winter as well as summer. 
Hugh MacRae’s Winter Pasture Chart 
CROPS 
Cold Proof Oats. 
Crimson Clover .... 
Bur Clover . 
Abruzzi Rye . 
Barley . 
Rye Grass . 
Vetch & Austrian Peas 
Black Medic . 
TIME OF GRAZING 
Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apl. May 
SMALL GRAINS 
Oats, Barley and Rye make heavier 
yields, furnish more winter grazing and 
stand freezes better if seeded early, even 
in late August, and the excess fall growth 
grazed off. The seed bed does not re¬ 
quire plowing, but should be disked, har¬ 
rowed and mellow 2 or 3 inches deep. It 
is economical to buy seed, as most seed 
grain saved on farms goes through a 
heat, loses germination and requires 
three times as many bushels per acre to 
get a normal stand. Farm saved seed 
usually is badly mixed and contains dis¬ 
ease and noxious weed, which reduce the 
yields and value of the crop. The small 
extra cost of Certified Seed pays big 
dividends in yield and value of the crop. 
Oats and Biarley only require 2 bus. 
per acre of good recleaned Ceresan treat¬ 
ed seed for grain production; 3 bus. for 
hay or pasture. Ceresan assures good 
stands, eliminates diseases and increases 
the yield. Rye requires l'/^ bus. of good 
seed for grain production; 2 bus. for pas¬ 
ture. 
OATS. Wood’s Improved Lee No. 5 is 
the best oat for hay or pasture through¬ 
out the South, and best for grain in the 
Piedmont and Mountains. It is extreme¬ 
ly winter hardy. In the Southern Coastal 
Section, Wood’s Fulgrain yields more 
grain but not as much pasture or hay. 
Winter Turf is a good old reliable cold- 
proof variety. 
BARLEY produces 
more grain than wheat, 
has a higher feeding 
value than com, and is 
as good as hay for rough- 
age. Beardless Barley is 
the most popular but 
usually contains 25% to 
50% bearded heads and 
is badly infested with 
disease and noxious 
weeds. Wood’s Certified 
Beardless Barley (see 
page 4), is free of beard¬ 
ed heads, noxious weeds 
and disease. Wood’s 
Bearded Winter Barley 
makes very high yields. 
Many farmers object to 
its sticky beards and are 
changing to Wood’s No¬ 
barb Barley, which has 
smooth beards. 
ABRUZZI RYE is attacked by fewer 
insects and diseases than other small 
grains, does better on light acid land 
with less fertilizer, is more winter hardy 
and furnishes more winter pasture in 
cold weather. U. S. Dept, of Agricul¬ 
ture tests show about 45% of the Abruz¬ 
zi Rye sold in the South is misbranded. 
Northern or Rosen Rye, which is un¬ 
adapted and practically worthless. To be 
sure of getting genuine Abruzzi, buy 
W'ood’s Certified Abruzzi Rye or Wood’s 
Super-Abruzzi, an improved strain that 
produces one-half more fall and winter 
grazing. 
PASTURE AND HAY CROPS 
Grasses and clovers should be sown in 
early fall to become established without 
competing with summer weeds. A mix¬ 
ture produces much larger crops than a 
single grass or clover, which frequently 
fails to make a stand. Wood’s Perma¬ 
nent Pasture and Hay Mixtures (page 5), 
are the best for all types of soil. They 
contain a liberal portion of Wood’s Vir¬ 
ginia Northern Neck Red Clover, which 
is resistant to disease that frequently de¬ 
stroy Red Clover brought into the 
South. 
Alfalfa requires rich land, well fer¬ 
tilized and limed. Kansas Grown Al¬ 
falfa is best for the South, and Grimm 
for the colder mountain sections and 
Northern States. 
Inoculate and sow in August or Sep¬ 
tember, on a well prepared firm seed 
bed, with a broadcast seeder, drill or by 
hand, and roll afterwards. Apply 400 
lbs. per acre of Wood’s Super Standard 
Fertilizer. 
To avoid cheap, worthless, misbranded 
seed, buy Wood’s U. S. Verified Origin 
Alfalfa (page 7). 
Mr. Hugh MacRae, nationally recog¬ 
nized authority on Southern Agriculture, 
says: “The South will come into its own 
when its fields are green in winter. The 
only profit expected from cattle comes 
during the grazing period, when cows do 
most of the work by harvesting the crops. 
Mild winters, allowing year round pas¬ 
tures, gives the South a marked advant¬ 
age over other parts of the country 
where grazing is limited to six months. 
The South can be made the best dairying 
part of the country by planting annual 
crops in the fall and spring to furnish 
year round pastures. Winter legumes 
also build up the soil and stop erosion. 
Crops turned back to the soil are as 
profitable as cash crops sold to markets.’’ 
For 25 years Mr. MacRae has search¬ 
ed throughout the world for the best 
winter crops for his farm. He recom¬ 
mends for winter pasture: “Cold Proof 
Oats, Abruzzi Rye, Beardless Barley, 
Crimson Clover, Vetch, Austrian Winter 
Peas, Rape, Black Medic and Bur Clov¬ 
er.” All these are included in Wood’s 
Grain Pasture Mixture. 
Wood’s Grain Pasture Mixture 
Furnishes more grazing in less time 
and at less cost than any other fall 
crop. The grains are balanced with le¬ 
gumes to provide proteins for growth 
and v/armth during cold weather. In¬ 
cludes every ingredient for continuous 
grazing throughout fall, winter and 
spring recommended by Hugh MacRae. 
Contains the ideal proportions of Hairy 
Vetch, Austrian Winter Peas, Bur, 
Black Medic and Crimson Clover, Rape, 
Abruzzi Rye, Winter Barley, Lee Cold 
Proof Oats and Beardless Wheat. 
Wood’s Grain Hay Mixture 
Contains Lee Cold Proof Oats, the 
tallest and best of all oats for hay; 
Smooth Wheat, Certified Beardless Bar¬ 
ley, Hairy Vetch, Austrian Winter Peas 
and Crimson Clover. The best winter 
grain hay mixture possible to make. 
Drill 100 lbs. per acre. 
VrOOD’S GRAIN PASTURE MIXTURE furnishes an 
and poultry dvrring' winter months 
abundance of nutritious grazing 
when green feed is most needed. 
for all livestock 
