T. W. Wood & Sons 
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WOOD’S CERTIFIED No. 23 SUDAN GRASS 
Produces !4 more leaves and growth 
than regular Sud|an. The best sum¬ 
mer hay and pasture crop for the 
South. Extremely heat and drought 
resistant. Yields 3 to 5 tons of hay 
per acre. Developed from ordinary 
Sudan Grass. Tested for many years 
under extreme conditions of heat and 
drought on different types of soil. 
Strain No. 23 proved superior to all 
others and produced ti more leaves 
and yield of hay or pasture than 
regular Sudan. It has a stronger, 
more vigorous growth. It is more 
heat and drought resistant than any 
other summer forage crop. It is an 
annual and cannot become a pest. 
For grazing it is equal to blue 
grass as a milk producer. At one 
Experiment Station one acre per 
cow furnished abundant pasture for 
125 days. The cows made a daily 
average of 3.8 lbs. more milk than 
they ever did on native grass. At 
the Middle Tennessee Experiment 
Station in a very dry summer, when 
permanent pastures were parched, 
two yearling steers gained 1 y 2 lbs. 
in 92 days. They pronounced it the 
best of all dry weather grasses for 
the South. 
The hay contains about 9%% pro¬ 
tein and is equal to timothy in feed¬ 
ing value. The slender leaf and stem 
makes the finest quality hay, easy 
to cut and cure, and relished by all 
livestock. It can be cut in six weeks, 
allowing 3 or 4 cuttings a season. 
Good for silage. It does well on any 
type of soil, but does not rob the land. 
Wood’s Certified No. 23 Sudan Grass makes a vigorous growth, sometimes 100 
stems stooling out from one seed. It is one of the best, quick growing summer pasture 
crops for all livestock, including hogs and poultry. It frequently can be pastured three 
weeks after sowing. Hugh McRae, of Wilmington, N. C., one of the leading Southern 
pasture crop authorities, recommends Sudan very highly for summer pasture: “This 
valuable grass may be sown from April 1st to August, with a grain drill or broadcast, 
but does best when sown in rows and cultivated. It grows faster than soybeans. One 
acre will pasture one cow from June through October.” Sow 20 lbs. broadcast, or 
8 lbs. in cultivated rows, or sown with soybean, cowpeas. etc. 
LESPEDEZA 
Plant in May or June for best stands, 
particularly after small grains are har¬ 
vested. A peck per acre of soybeans 
broadcast as a nurse crop and cut for 
hay or grazed off when the lespedeza 
gets well established, protects it from 
sun and weeds. 
N. C. State College says: “Seed Les¬ 
pedeza on every acre of small grain this 
spring. In 8 field demonstrations turn¬ 
ing under lespedeza increased the next 
year’s crop 22.8 bu. per acre, average. 
It does all the work of other clovers at 
less cost—hay, pasture and soil improve¬ 
ment. It encourages plowing under a field 
each year for soil improvement. Eco¬ 
nomical to plant. Easy to get a stand, 
thrives on all soils, including poor acid 
land. Drought and heat resistant. Broad¬ 
cast 25 lbs. per acre. If land is hard, 
harrow before seeding. Inoculate with 
Nitragen L. 
DODDER FREE KOREAN 
Field Rogued. 99% Pure. Heavily Re¬ 
cleaned. Bus. 45 lbs. Most popular and 
widely adapted of all lespedezas, as it is 
a very heavy seeder, matures early and 
persists even in mountain sections and 
northern states. Its large, vigorous 
growth and deep penetrating roots, cov¬ 
ered with nodules makes it an outstand¬ 
ing pasture, hay and soil building legume. 
It furnishes grazing nearly a month be¬ 
fore common lespedeza, has larger leaves 
and taller growth, 15 to 24 inches on 
light soil, taller on fertile loams. Its 
deep roots make it highly resistant to 
drought; thrives on poor, wornout soils 
where alfalfas and clovers fail. It makes 
the finest quality hay, about equal to 
alfalfa, no woody stems, holds its leaves 
well, and produces a full crop the first 
season. Sow after grain is harvested, 
with Vi bu. soybeans as a nurse crop. 
Thinking lengthens life, says a phy¬ 
sician. That is, if you think quick 
enough. 
KOBE LESPEDEZA 
Bus. 25 lbs. Makes a large growth pro¬ 
ducing more hay and pasture than other 
annual lespedezas throughout the entire 
South. It matures almost a month later 
than Korean and should be seeded with it 
to lengthen the grazing period. Early falls 
prevent it from reseeding in mountain sec¬ 
tions. Makes a spreading growth but stands 
up well in thick stands. 
RHODES GRASS 
One of the best perennial hay and pas¬ 
ture grasses for the Southern Coastal Plains. 
Vigorous, quick growth. Has creeping 
stems that root at the joints. Dense leaf 
growth, 4 feet high, vivid green color. Very 
palatable to all stock. Furnishes several 
cuttings per season. 2 to 3 tons per cutting. 
Hay is highly nutritious, containing twice 
as much protein as other grasses. Animals 
thrive better on it. Stables pay a big pre¬ 
mium for it. Extremely drought and heat 
resistant. Grows well on any soil but pre¬ 
fers loams. Broadcast 8 lbs. per acre after 
danger of frost, on a well prepared seed 
bed. Apply 100 lbs. superphosphate per 
acre. Do not graze or cut until runners 
take root. 
WARNING—Most lespedeza seeds commonly offered at low prices are unfit to 
plant as they contain so much DODDER and JOHNSON GRASS, the most noxious 
of all weed pests. Such seed is a scourge to Southern farmers and we will not han¬ 
dle it. Our seed is carefully selected or field rogued and heavily recleaned 99% pure. 
LESPEDEZA SERICEA—Perennial 
Plant SCARIFIED Seed in May or June for best results. 
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, but after the first 
year it will produce two to four tons of field-cured hay per acre 
annually. Actual feeding trials have proved sericea hay is equal 
to alfalfa. Sericea enjoys many advantages over the annual 
lespedezas; it will thrive on poorer land, comes back year after 
year from the roots, furnishes two to three cuttings per season 
and yields more abundantly. During the most severe drought 
year sericea, due to its deep vigorous root system, maintained 
a beautiful rich green color, when other forage crops were 
burned up. Sericea is at its best in mid-summer when other 
forage crops are off. A wonderful hay crop if properly har¬ 
vested. When 12 to 14 inches cut when the dew is off. Stands 
have lasted over ten years without deteriorating. It is imme¬ 
diately destroyed by plowing. Scarified seed (60 lbs. per bu.), 
produces much better stands than unhulled sericea. 
Korean thrives on run down acid soils where other legumes fall 
