T. W. Wood & Sons 
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WOOD’S HYBRID 
CORNS INCREASE YIELDS 25% 
A. C. Horton, Charles City Co., Va., says: “For 
2 years Wood’s Hybrid Golden Prolific has 
yielded 70 to 80 bushels per acre on land that 
never produced over 50 bushels before.” 
Deeper Roots 
Stronger Stalks 
Larger, Sounder Ears 
Drought and Storm Resistant 
The only commercial hybrids developed 
in and adapted to the South and East— 
bred 13 years at our own breeding plots 
in different states from Florida to Penn¬ 
sylvania. We have developed and tested 
over 10,000 inbred lines from practically 
every popular com variety in the South 
and East. Wood’s Hybrids are the 
crosses of inbreds which have con¬ 
sistently outyielded all others in nearly 
1,000 tests by state experiment stations 
and county agents from Texas to New 
England. We grow our hybrids in dif¬ 
ferent states to insure correct adapta¬ 
tion. About i/j million acres will be 
planted in Wood’s Hybrid Corns in 
1940. 
Wood’s Hybrid Golden Prolific 
120 Days. Made highest yields in ex¬ 
periment station tests from Virginia to 
Texas The most prolific yellow hybrid. 
It is a cross involving inbreds from the 
highest yielding Southern yellow corns: 
Wood’s Golden Prolific, Jarvis Golden 
Prolific and Indian Chief. It has good 
shuck protection from weevil, deep roots, 
strong stalks and is resistant to heat, 
drought and hurricanes. 
VIRGINIA 1939 Experiment Station 
Tests: It produced 26.9 bushels per acre 
more than local corn at Williamsburg, 
and 22.6 bu. increase at Chatham, the 
greatest increase of any of the 60 hy¬ 
brids tested in the State. 
“For 3 years it has outyielded other corns. 
22 acres shelled out 1,950 bushels. It does 
not blow down or tangle and can always be 
harvested with a corn binder."—A. W. Buhr- 
man, Henrico Co. 
NOBTH CAROLINA Experiment Station 
tests: It made the highest average yield 
in all tests in which entered for several 
years, including all five 1939 tests; 124.5 bu. 
per acre at Swannanoa. 
“156g bu. per acre, highest yield ever made 
by a 4-H boy in this State, was made by 
McRoy Gore, Columbus Co., with Wood’s 
Hybrid Golden Prolific, at a total produc¬ 
tion cost, including seed, of 19c. per bush¬ 
el.”—Roy H. Thomas, State Supervisor of 
Vocational Agriculture. 
“All five Wood’s Hybrid Corns outyielded 
our best local variety. Hybrid White Pro¬ 
lific outyielded it 38%. It has deep spread¬ 
ing roots. 95% of the stalks bore two large 
ears. Wood's Hybrid Yellow Dent is the 
ideal early corn, rich in food content.”-—O. 
E. Evans, Craven, N. C., Co. Agt. 
SOUTH CAROLINA: It holds the record 
yield for all experiment station tests. 
“I have grown it 4 years. It made 850 
bushels on 10 acres, despite a severe drought 
and has gone over 100 bushels per acre. It 
does not blow down like other corns.”—C. 
W. Banknight, Oconee Co. 
GEORGIA: In one test it yielded 50% 
more than Whatley’s Prolific. 
AIiABALIA: For several years it has led 
the 8 State experiment station tests. < 
Wood’s Hybrid White Prolific 
125 Days. Best weevil resistant white 
hybrid for the Cotton Belt. It outyielded 
Whatley’s Prolific and other leading va¬ 
rieties in many southern experiment sta¬ 
tion tests. Developed from Wood’s Dixie, 
Latham’s, Hasting’s and Mosby’s Pro¬ 
lific. Has larger ears, deeper roots, 
stronger stalks and higher yields. Ears 
are well protected with a long tight shuck 
W. E. Beard, Monroe Co., planted i peck 
and harvested 130 bushels, while a leading 
western hybrid only made 50 bu. per acre 
on the same average sandy land. 
B. E. Timmerman, Edgefield Co., S. C., 
says: “All stalks bore two large ears and 
made a third more per acre than my other 
corn. I am well pleased with it and will 
plant my entire crop in it next year.” 
A. L. Traylor, Richmond Co., Ga., says: 
"I planted it next to Whatley’s Prolific and 
find it is more drought resistant and yields 
more than any I ever grew before.” 
“Wood’s Hybrids were outstandingly wee¬ 
vil resistant, being the only hybrids more 
weevil resistant than native varieties.”— 
Mississippi Experiment Station. 
Wood’s Hybrid White Dent 
115 Days. . Largest ear and high yield¬ 
ing white hybrid for Middle Atlantic 
States, or for early feed and roasting 
ears in the South. Roasting ears in 80 
days. Deep grain, good shuck protec¬ 
tion. It was developed from Wood’s Im¬ 
proved White Dent, Southern Snowflake 
and Boone County; similar in appearance 
and adaptation, but more storm and 
drought resistant, higher yield. 
It made the greatest increase over local 
corns of any white hybrid in a 1939 Vir¬ 
ginia Experiment Station test. 
"It yielded 8 times as much per acre for 
J. Gilmer as his father made with ordinary 
corn, and won first prize at the Greens¬ 
boro, N. C., Fair. 
“I bought 40 bushels of your Hybrid 
White Dent seed corn and was well pleas- 
”—W. F. Bulmer, Thomas Co., Ga. 
Left, ordinary corn roots. Right, Hybrid 
White Dent roots so deep a husky farmer 
was unable to pull up a single stalk. 
Wood’s Hybrid Yellow Dent 
110 days to mature. Roasting ears in 
80 days. Best yellow hybrid developed in 
the Middle Atlantic section. Excellent 
early feed com for the South. It is a 
cross between inbreds of Reid’s and Vir¬ 
ginia Yellow Dent is similar in appear¬ 
ance, earliness and adaptation, but has 
sounder ears, higher yield, stronger stalks 
and is more drought resistant. It out- 
yielded local varieties 25% in the Per- 
guimans Co., N. C. test. It has short, 
stocky stalks and should be planted % 
closer in the row. 
E. D. Bemis, Chesterfield Co., Va., says: 
“I planted it so close in the row neighbors 
predicted a failure, yet it produced 115 bu. 
per acre on land that never made over 30 
before.” 
"In a dry season it produced 15 bushels 
per acre more than any corn ever made on 
my land, considerably outyielding hybrids 
from other sources.”—A. M. Wood, Lou¬ 
doun Co., Va. 
Big beautiful ears of Wood’s Hybrid Tel- 
low Dent with deep grains closely wedged. 
Wood’s Hybrid Golden Dent 
115 Days. Best yellow hybrid for the 
Mid-South. It made the highest yield in 
the 1939 Edisto, S. C., Experiment Sta¬ 
tion test, and 24% more than leading 
local varieties in the Delaware test. 
The ideal corn to fatten hogs for early 
market. Roasting ears in 82 days. A 
cross between inbreds of Wood’s Improv¬ 
ed Golden Dent and Jarvis Golden Pro¬ 
lific, similar adaptation and use, but 
stronger stalks, deeper roots, heavier 
yield and larger, sounder ears. Big 
flinty grains, long tight shuck. 
Wood’s Hybrid Red Cob Prolific—130 Days 
The highest producing corn with red cob and white grain 
for the South. It was developed from Whatley’s Prolific, the 
highest yielding variety in Georgia and Florida; Douthit’s Pro¬ 
lific, the best variety in South Carolina; and Tennessee Red 
Cob and Neal’s Paymaster, the leading corns in Tennessee, 
Alabama, and Mississippi. This gives it the widest adaptation 
of any hybrid in the South. It inherits prolificacy, long tight 
shuck, round flinty grain and resistance to weevil from 
Whatley’s Prolific. It outyields all these varieties; has deeper 
roots, stronger stalks, is more drought and storm resistant 
and has a higher shelling per cent. It usually makes 3 to 
4 large ears per stalk. 
Large Solid Ear of Wood’s Hybrid Golden Dent. W. H. Oglin, 
Princess Anne, Va., County Agent: “It produced twice as much 
per acre as white corn for B. Flanagan. All of Wood’s Hybrids 
far outyielded the best local varieties in this county, making 
good yields in a very poor season.” 
