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WOOD’S CERTIFIED No. 23 SUDAN 
GRASS 
THERE IS NO EQUAL FOR A QUICK EARLY HAY CROP 
Produces about 25% greater growth than regular sudan, finer 
quality hay. Excellent for grass silage. Developed by selecting 
a large number of superior plants from ordinary sudan grass. 
These were tested many years under extreme conditions of heat 
and drought on different types of soil. Strain No. 23 proved 
superior to all others and produced 4 more hay or pasture than 
regular sudan It has a stronger, more vigorous growth. It is 
more heat and drought resistant than most summer forage crops. 
It is an annual and cannot become a pest. It costs more than 
regular sudan, but is more economical to sow, requires less seed 
per acre. 20 lbs. broadcast or 8 lbs. cultivated rows, or sow with 
soybeans, cowpeas, etc. Our seed is State Sealed and Certified. 
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 perm- 
anent pastures were parched, two yearling steers gained 1% lbs. 
per day on sudan, a total of 287 lbs. in 92 days. They pro- 
nounced it the best of all dry weather grasses for the South. 
A state experiment station says: ‘In our tests throughout the 
state Sudan No. 23 has given an average yield of forage 18 per 
cent higher than common sudan. It matures a little later but is 
amore robust plant with broader leaves. The value of the extra 
yield to the grower is illustrated by the yield test: 
Green Weight Hay Per Acre, 

Per Acre 10% Moisture 
STEC CUTER IN Ob 2 Gi eee Gee aieicptie ene wees ans 75,973 lbs. 17,725 lbs. 
Common Sudan ..... 2.5.2 55. ects 65,921 lbs. 15,165 lbs. 
Gain of No. 23 over Common........ 10,052 lbs. 2,560 lbs. 
Another experiment station says: “Your No. 23 Sudan Grass 
looked wvery attractive and gave good grazing over quite a long 
season.” 


We have at this time approximately 3,500 acres of seed 
_ grain grown under contract for our fall trade. For this en- 
tire acreage we supplied our growers with the very finest 
Certified Strains of Seed Grain. Every acre will be field 
rogued to prevent mixture—a great percentage of which will 
pe field inspected by the Va. Crop Improvement Assn. 
_ By this method only, our customers are assured of obtain- 
ing the very best true to type strains of seed grain for their 
Wood’s Certified No. 23 Sudan Grass Produces 3 to 5 Tons of Hay to the ‘Acre 
CRIMSON CLOVER 
BEST WINTER LEGUME AND HAY CROP 
Before the war ap- 
proximately %4 of the 
Crimson Clover used 
in this country was 
imported from France 
and Hungary. Under 
present conditions this 
supply will be entire- 
ly cut off and we will 
have to depend upon 
what Domestic seed 
there will be availa- 
ble. Crop prospects 
are good at this time, 
but even if a bumper 
crop is produced it 
hardly looks if there 
will be enough seed to 
cover anything like 
the normal demand. 
If you intend to plant 
Crimson Clover this 
fall it appears as 
though it will be good 
judgment to cover 
your needs earlier this 
year than usual. 

WOOD'S 
PEDIGREE | 
SEED GRAINS 
GROWN FROM 
CERTIFIED SEED 
CAREFULLY 
FIELD ROGUED 
INSPECTED BY VA. 
CROP IMP. ASSN. 
HEAVILY RECLEANED 
TESTED FOR PURITY 
AND GERMINATION 
TREATED WITH 
CERESAN 
PACKED IN NEW BAGS 
They Will Produce 
Larger and Better 
Grain Crops 
LARGEST GROWERS OF CERTIFIED SEED GRAIN IN THE SOUTH 
fall planting. Every growers crop is carried entirely sep- 
arate and we keep complete records of every inspection—only 
using the best for our Pedigree or Certified Seed. : 
After new grain is received at our warehouses, it is kept 
sweet and in condition by cleaning several times before fin- 
ally packing to be shipped. This procedure enables us to 
supply the very best quality seed grains obtainable—true to 
name, and seed that will produce profitable crops. 
