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T. "W. Wood & Sons 
Ideal Winter Soil Improving, Pastnre and 
Hay Crops. In a 13-year Southern Experi¬ 
ment Station test they averaged 8 tons of 
green manure per acre, furnished all of the 
nitrogen needed, and increased the yield of 
corn 18 bushels per acre and seed cotton 590 
lbs. per acre. 
Farmers throughout the south are fast awak¬ 
ening to their great value as winter cover 
crops, as they prevent soil erosion and donble 
the yield of succeeding crops. The U. S. Gov¬ 
ernment Soil Conservation program recognizes 
their absolute necessity to Southern Agricul¬ 
ture. Farmers who depend entirely on com¬ 
mercial fertilizers can not possibly compete 
with those who cut down their fertilizer bills 
by planting Hairy Vetch and Austrian Winter 
Peas each fall. 
When inoculated with NITKAGIN they add 
the equivalent of about 700 pounds of Nitrate 
, • ^ . * . ,.u_ , . 14 - 1 . T 4 . j of Soda per acre — and the humus makes soils 
J. A. Wmslow, Georgia Agricultural Agent, says: “The plot where I stood following crops withstand 
shows what the ‘poorest field in the South’ could do by itself, but the big corn (jj-oughts or wet spells and grows off faster, 
on the right on the same land following Austrian Winter Peas made 49 bushels giving cultivation expenses. They can be 
disked or drilled on top of Lespedeza 
without destroying its growth next sum¬ 
mer. They thrive on nearly all soils in¬ 
cluding acid types. Uncultivated land 
needs preparation but cultivated land 
does not. Sow from September to No¬ 
vember, Hairy Vetch 25 lbs. per acre, 
Austrian Peas 40 lbs. Cover 1 to 3 inches. 
Apply 300 lbs. per acre of fertilizer high 
in Phosphorus and Potash, such as 
Wood’s Standard Grain Fertilizer Turn 
under 2 to 3 weeks before planting the 
following crop. 
Hugh MacRae says: “Vetch mixed 
with Austrian Peas is ideal for winter 
and spring pasture, extending the graz¬ 
ing period to June when summer pas¬ 
ture crops are ready.’’ 
BLACK MEDIC CLOVER 
per acre—eignt: times as mucii. 
LADING WHITE CLOVER 
A mammoth strain of White Dutch 
Clover. The best year round pasture 
crop where moisture is plentiful. Sup¬ 
ports 4 head of cattle per acre. Grows 
luxuriantly, 12 inches tall. Runs on the 
ground, one plant covering two feet. Can 
be pastured in spring and hay cut three 
times in summer. Produces a heavy 
tonnage of rich succulent feed relished 
by all livestock. 12 to 24% protein. 
Lasts 4 to 8 years. Lime, phosphate and 
manure help it. Seed in early fall 5 lbs. 
per acre, followed by light harrowing, 
3 lbs. per acre with red top, meadow 
fescue, Kentucky blue, orchard grass and 
timothy. 
Va. Northern Neck Red Clover 
For several centuries farmers on a 
very fertile isolated peninsula in VirginSa 
called the “Northern Neck” were forced 
to save their own Red Clover seed year 
after year. This seed has become re¬ 
sistant to anthracnose or wilt, which de¬ 
stroys clover brought into the southeast 
from other sections. Repeated tests by 
the Federal and State Departments of 
Agriculture and innumerable farmers 
have proved that Virginia Northern Neck 
Red Clover will consistently give bumper 
hay crops where seed from other sources 
have failed. Every farmer who plants it 
says it is worth twice the price of other 
red clover. Inoculate and sow 12 lbs. per 
acre in late Aug. or Sept. 
Wood^s Hairy Vetch and 
Austrian Winter Peas 
DIXIE WHITE CLOVER 
One of the few plants that furnishes 
abnndant grazing thronghont the year 
under severe southern conditions. The 
hottest dry summers do not stop its 
steady growth. It has no equal for win¬ 
ter and early spring grazing by its vig¬ 
orous growth in the coldest weather. It 
blooms a month earlier than common 
white clover, growing several inches tall¬ 
er with leaves and stems larger. In a 
two-year test at our experiment station 
with varieties from all over the world it 
made by far the best grazing. It was 
the earliest to bloom, made the most lux¬ 
uriant winter and early spring growth, 
10 inches tall and stood the hot dry sum¬ 
mers best. It is a wonderful soil im¬ 
prover. Sow in early fall 5 to 8 lbs. per 
acre alone or 2 to 3 lbs. in grass mixtures. 
Wood’s Va. Northern Neck Red Clover 
makes bumper hay crops, produces perfect 
stands, free of disease and a tall, vigorous 
growth that crowds out weeds. 
Has few equals for late winter or spring 
grazing and makes an excellent hay. Rel¬ 
ished hy all livestock. Sow on every Les¬ 
pedeza field and permanent pasture to 
furnish grazing during the winter and 
early spring. It reseeds itself in spite of 
close grazing, and comes up again the 
next winter. It grows vigorously on all 
soils, except loose sand or water-soaked 
land. A small amount is included in all 
of Wood’s Special Grass and Glover Mix¬ 
tures. It is an excellent cover and soil 
improving legume. Makes a beautiful, 
deep green colored lawn that grows vig¬ 
orously during cold weather. Spreading 
habit. Sow from September through 
March, 10 to 15 lbs. per acre. Liming 
and applying 200 to 300 lbs. per acre of 
Wood’s Super Standard Fertilizer will 
improve its growth. Manure aids get¬ 
ting a stand. 
BUR CLOVER 
Mr. Hugh MacRae says: “Bur Clover is one of the most 
valuable and economical crops that can be raised in the 
South. It gives everything and asks nothing. In the winter 
of 1936 five acres gave 2,000 cow-grazing days, and improved 
the soil by adding nitrogen and humus, causing the following- 
summer crops to grow more luxuriantly. With mixtures of 
other crops it is a splendid foundation for profitable animal 
husbandry. Califoraia Bur Clover is eaten with more relish 
by cows than other strains, is earlier and prolongs the 
grazing season.” 
Wood’s Bur Clover is hulled seed of the California strain, 
which costs less per acre to sow, is easier to get a stand, 
grows off faster and earlier, and withstands dry weather 
better. It is adapted to nearly all soils in the South—clays 
and loams in particular. It does not smother out other pas¬ 
ture grasses or become smothered out itself. It is included 
in all Wood’s Permanent Pasture Mixtures. 
It reseeds abundantly in may, even with close grazing. 
One seed crop will furnish seed for 3 to 5 years with the 
land continuing in cultivation of summer crops. It is ex¬ 
tremely winter hardy. Inoculate with NITRAGIN and sow 
12 to 15 pounds per acre from September to March. 
Hugh MacRae says: “BLACK MEDIC shoidd We used in 
every mixture of annuals for spring grazing. It spreads 
rapidly and matures later than Crimson or Bur Clovers, 
prolonging the grazing It reseeds abundantly in late spring, 
leaving the fields open for summer crops.” 
