RBICHMOND, 
20 -:. 
Ww. WOOD &® SONS 
- SEEDSMEN SINCE 1879 -~ 

-LESPEDEZA 
“LEADING SOUTHERN 
LEGUMES 
For hay, pasture and soil improving. 
Economical to plant. Easy to get a 
stand. Thrives on all soils, even poor, 
acid. Drought and heat-resistant. 
Broadcast 25 lbs, per acre from Feb- 
ruary till May, usually seeded with 
small grains. If land is hard, harrow 
before seeding. In a state test inocu- 
lated lespedeza produced 2,260 lbs. of 
hay to 681 lbs. for uninoculated. 
Use WOOD’S LESPEDEZA INOCU- 
LATION. 
. N. C. State College says “Seed Les- 
pedeza on every acre of small grain 
this spring. In 8 field demonstrations 
turning under lespedeza increased the 
next year’s corn crop 22.8 bu. per acre, 
average. It does all the work of other 
clovers at less coSt—hay, pasture and 
soil improvement. It encourages plow- 
ing under a field each year, for soil 
improvement. 
N. C. Dept. of Agric. warns: “Most les- 
pedeza seed is sold on a price basis re- 
gardless of quality, and contains so much 
Johnson grass and dodder it may lead to 
disaster. These noxious weeds in les- 
pedeza often feduce its value 50%. Fly- 
by-night peddlers fool farmers into buy- 
ing such worthless seed. It is against the 
N. C. law to sell seed containing Johnson 
Grass.” Wood’s lespedeza seed is of the 
highest quality, field rogued, free of nox- 
ious weeds or carefully selected, heavily 
recleaned 98 to 99% pure, and complies 
with state and federal seed laws. 
ANNUAL LESPEDEZAS—Korean, Kobe, 
Common and Tenn. 76 reseed each fall, 
are dormant in winter, come up again 
in spring if not pastured or cut too close 
in fall, and last many years. Small 
grains can be disked in on top of them 
and harvested, without damaging the 
lespedeza. As Korean comes up and ma- 
tures a month before the others, it is 
more popular in the Mid-South and 
North. Kobe is preferred in the deep 
South. A mixture of the two furnishes 
more pasture and extends the grazing 
period. For year round pastures add 
winter legumes. Ladino and Dixie 
White Clovers are best on moist or acid 
soils, black medic and bur clover on 
well drained soil. All are included in 
Wood’s Permanent Pasture Mixtures, 
page 44, 
KOREAN $814% Pure. Bus. 45 lbs. 
Most popular and widely 
adapted of all lespedezas, very heavy 
seeder, matures early and persists even 
in mountains and the North. Large vig- 
orous growth, deep penetrating roots 
covered with nodules, an outstanding 
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, worn-out soils 
where alfalfas and clovers fail. It 

- Korean thrives on run-down acid soils where other 
legumes fail. 
_makes the finest quality hay, about equal 
to alfalfa, no woody stems, holds its 
leaves well, makes a full crop the first 
season. 
SERICEA Perennial Lespedeza 
Most drought-resistant legume. Adapted 
to any soil. Heavy yielding lespedeza for 
hay, pasture, soil building or feed and 
cover for game birds, and thrives on poor- 
er land. Gives 2 to 8 cuttings a year, 2 to 
4 tons of hay per acre, equal to alfalfa in 
feeding value if properly harvested. When 
12 to 14 inches tall cut when the dew is 
off, rake and haul in before night. Dew 
causes leaves to fall off. In a Miss. state 
test it made twice as much hay and pro- 
tein than cow peas: Sericea 2.2 tons hay 
and 510 lbs. protein per acre, cowpeas 1 
ton hay and 198 lbs. protein. In a severe 
drought when other forage crops burned 
up, its deep vigorous root system kept it 
a rich green color all summer. 
SOW unhulled seed (30 Ibs. per bu.) in 
winter, or scarified seed (60 lbs. per bu.) 
in spring. Cultivate before planting to 
destroy weeds. If it is crowded by weeds 
the first year mow them off. The next year 
12 or more main stems will rise from each 
crown, increasing each year. Stands have 
lasted 10 years without deteriorating. It 
is destroyed by plowing. 
KOBE Bus. 25 lbs. Makes a large 
growth, producing more hay 
and pasture than other annual lespedezas 
in the South. Matures almost a month 
later than Korean and should be seeded 
with it to lengthen the grazing period. 
Early falls prevent from reseeding in 
mountains. Makes a spreading growth, 
but stands up well in thick stands, 
BLACK MEDIC CLOVER 
Has few equals for winter and spring 
grazing, soil improvement and hay. Rel- 
ished by all livestock. Though closely 
grazed it reseeds itself abundantly in late 
Per Pound 
PRICE 
Alyce Clover...... Sepeis 
Va. Northern Neck 
Red Clover.... 
Black Medic ....... oe 
Clover, Bur 
F. O. B. Richmond 5 to 
U. S. Red Clover..... salen stele 
Mammoth or Sapling.... 
Alsike Clover........... 
espedeza, Kor., 9814% pure 
Lespedeza, Korean Certified. 
Ihespedeza, Kobe ......... 
Lespedeza, Com. & Tenn. 76. 
Lespedeza, Sericea, scarified 
Lespedeza, Sericea, unhulled 
Clover, Crimson......... 

VIEBGINIA 

“The giant upright plant and ease of cutting makes KOBE well suited for hay.”—Ga,. Expt. Sta. 
spring and returns each fall, materially im- 
proving the yield of Summer crops grown on 
the same land, It Spreads rapidly and matures 
later than crimson and bur clovers, prolonging 
the grazing. Sow on every lespedeza field or 
permanent pasture. Makes a beautiful, vigor- 
ous, deep green colored lawn in cold weather. 
Grows well on all soils if not water soaked or 
loose sand. Inoculate and sow 15 lbs. per acre 
from August to March. Lime,manure or 300 Ibs. 
per acre of Wood’s Grain Fertilizer improves it. 
CRIMSON Clover 4 winter legume for 
hay, pasture and _ soil 
improvement. Inoculate and sow 20 lbs. acre 
from August till October on all idle lands. 

Though closely grazed it re- 
BUR Clover seeds each May and returns 
each fall, adding nitrogen and humus increas- 
ing the yield of other crops on the same. land 
in Summer, Excellent winter and spring pas- 
ture, Inoculate and broadcast 15 lbs. per acre 
from Aug. to March. 
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