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Ww. WOOD & sons - 
SEEDSMEN SINCE 
1872 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

ALYCE CLOVER 
A fine Southern Summer Legume for Hay, Pas- 
ture, Soil Improvement or Quail Feed. Heat and 
Drought Resistant. U. S. Dept. of Agriculture: 
“Alyce Clover, like soybeans and lespedeza, was 
introduced from Southern Asia (in 1910) and 
seems well adapted to the South. Has made good 
growth in Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas, Georgia, 
and Florida. It makes excellent hay, pasture and 
cover crops. A low spreading, branched, leafy 
plant, 3 feet tall in thick stands. Cattle are fond 
of it both green and dry. It is a Summer annual, 
maturing seed in October and November, and vol- 
unteers a good stand the following year, When 
cut early for hay a second growth will produce 
a seed crop, 350 to 600 lbs. per acre. Cut hay in 
early bloom. Rake as soon as drying permits. 
Dries readily and can be baled the day following 
harvest. Prefers sandy loams, but has done well 
on all better grades of general farming lands ex- 
cept very light or wet. Use 200 to 400 ibs. of 
superphosphate on poor soils. Not sensitive to 
lime. Plant from spring to July, May or June pre- 
ferred. Broadcast 10 lbs. of hulied seed per acre, 
on well prepared ground and cover lightly. New 
seed, unless scarified, gives low germination for 
several months. Although susceptible to root- 
knot, it is not seriously damaged by any disease 
or insect.” 
» We sent samples of Alyce Clover seed to all 
southern experiment stations. They are enthusi- 
astic over its possibilities. South Carolina Expt. 
Station: “Your Alyce Clover did very well and 
looked promising for this section.” 
DROUGHT RESISTANCE — Missouri Expt. 
Station: ‘Planted it June 1st, had no rain until 
Aug. 15th, and the driest September on record, 
yet it made a fine growth, starting to bloom the 
last of September. We will continue to grow this 
promising new legume.” 
SOIL BUILDING—Its root nodules furnish a 
tremendous quantity of nitrogen, enriching the 
soil, turned under, grazed, or cut for hay. A fine 
summer cover crop for Southern orchards, or af- 2 
ter early truck crops, potatoes, small grains, etc., aS It reseeds 
itself every summer, unless destroyed by cultivation, and fur- 
nishes feed, a big advantage over Crotalaria. A popular cover crop 
in Florida tung groves. Many get more returns from its pasture or 
hay than from their cash crop. Mississippi Expt. Station: “It made 
a good growth in our tung groves and we will continue to uSe it. 
‘'PASTURE—Recommended for succulent nutritious summer and 
fall grazing when most pastures are off. Not injured by trampling 
or grazing due to its deep spreading root system, sometimes 6 feet. 
Starts growing after rye grass, black medic, bur, crimson, white 
clover and other winter crops go to seed, making a permanent year 
round pasture. Grows well with other pasture plants. Seed 5 Ibs. 
per acre on every pasture in the South. North Carolina Coast Expt. 
Station: “We planted it June 15th, germination was good, growth 
excellent, and it matured seed. We like it for grazing dairy cattle 
and to establish on dead carpet grass sod.’’ 
HAY—Equal to alfalfa in palatability and nutrition. 15% pro- 
tein. Easily cured, low in moisture, dries quickly. Can be hauled 
in the day cut without risk of spoiling. Hay is sweet scented, ten- 
der, with fine leaves and stems. Retains its leaves, green color 
and fragrance over a long period. There is a tremendous cash de- 
mand for it. Bowling Green, Va., Expt. Station: ‘‘Alyce Clover grew 
quite thick and made a good yield of fine quality hay.” 
Sow Scarified Seed—Unless hulled and scarified, it germinates 
poorly; unscarified seed causes many failures. We use the best 
scarifying and cleaning equipment. Our seed germinates over 90%, 
purity 99%. Alabama Coast Expt. Station: “Planted it July 1, 1939, 
for hay, on top a pasture sod. It promntly germinate? about 100%. 
Both crops made excellent growth. All kinds of livestock liked it. 
In 1940 we tried poor unscarified seed. Not over 1% came up. 
Aug. 18St we planted good seed, it germinated quickly and made 
good crops of hay and seed by Oct. 15th. We will let it volun- 
teer in this field after early potatoes next summer. Will also plant 
it at the last cultivation of corn.” 
PLANT from Spring to July—Sowing right after small grain 
harvest does well. Try sowing on small grain next spring. J. D. 
Parker, Wilson Co., N. C.: “My field planted about May 15th is 
the finest hay crop I ever grew, 4 tons per acre, 2 feet tall. Another 
field planted in June did not do as well, but made good pasture 
and is reseeding abundantly.’’ 
SOW in narrow cultivated rows if land is weed infested. Once 
established it returns the next summer despite weeds. Georgia 
Coast Expt. Station: ‘Alyce Clover makes a fine quality hay and 
a good yield under proper conditions, Planting in 24 to 80-inch 
rows and cultivating twice gives best yields.” 
INOCULATE—Kentucky Expt. Station: “I think Alyce Clover 
should be scarified and inoculated and will plant it that way next 
year.” Use Wood’s Seed Inoculation for Alyce Clover. 

An experienced grower inspecting part of the many acres of ALYCE CLOVER 
we are growing for seed. This field volunteered from last years crop, made 4 tons 
per acre of highest quality hay in late August, and 600 lbs. seed in October. A big 
price for the hay. Quail and other game birds relish the seed. 
VIRGINIA NORTHERN NECK RED CLOVER 
For several centuries farmers on a very fertile isolated peninsula 
in Virginia 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 destroys 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 seed. We have never had 
enough of this strain to supply the demand. 
U. S. RED CLOVER —Grown in Ohio, Michigan and Indiana. 
Made larger yields of hay than seed 
from other northern or western states in field tests by the Vir- 
ginia Experiment Station. Adapted to the Piedmont and moun- 
tain sections of Virginia, North Carolina and northern states. 
Never use foreign grown seed. Red Clover is the ideal biennial 
legume for crop rotations, furnishes an abundance of highly 
nutritious hay or pasture and adds nitrogen and humus to the 
soil. Cut it just before full bloom for best quality hay and the 
largest amount of leaves and nutrients. This lets the second 
crop get an earlier start and larger yield. Does well on any well 
drained, limed and fertilized soil. Inoculate and broadcast on 
small grain from February to April or in August; 12 lbs. per 
acre alone, or 8 lbs. in grass mixtures. Apply 300 lbs. of Woed’s 
Standard 4-12-4 Fertilizer. 
MAMMOTH or SAPLING CLOVER ;-S¢e4, is identicat 
clover 
growth is similar, but larger, is longer lived, and matures hay 
two weeks later, at the same time as timothy. Makes one cut- 
ting a year. Cut in early bloom state. Superior for pasture or 
soil improvement. Seeding rate and culture same as red clover. 
For hay on strong loam or clay soils use 8 lbs. sapling, 10 lbs. 
timothy, and 5 lbs. red top. 
ALSIKE CLOVER —Sow 5 to 8 Ibs. per acre. Culture same 
: as Red Clover; but has more leaves, grows 
thicker, has finer stems, makes better quality hay and more and 
better grazing. Grows on soils too acid, poor or wet for other 
clovers, is hardier, hay contains a higher per cent of digestible 
protein, stands longer uncut without deterioration, and is adapt- 
ed to a wider variety of soils. Succeeds on light uplands. loam, 
clay or wet bottoms. Sow it where other clovers fail. An ideal 
substitute for white clover in pasture mixtures, makes a thick 
undergrowth, greatly increasing the yield, is highly nutritious 
and palatable. Use it in every permanent pasture or hay mix- 
ture. We put it in all of ours, é 
INOCULATE all Clovers with Wood’s Seed Inoculation, page 63. 
ALL CLOVER PRICES ON PAGE 50 
