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T. W. WOOD &®& SONS - SEEDSMEN 
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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

Wood's American Grown ALFALFA 
The Crop That Pays Constant Dividends 
Alfalfa is one of the few crops that cannot be overproduced, It 
stands for years, yields several cuttings a season and makes a hay 
about as high in protein as wheat bran—it more nearly approaches 
perfection as a forage crop than any one other crop. When fed 
with a grain ration, it supplies the protein necessary for a balanced 
food. For dairy, breeding and fattening cattle, hogs and sheep, it is 
the ideal hay. As a soil builder one of the experiment stations 
claims that it adds more than twice aS much ammonia to the soil 
as red clover. Alfalfa does not ask the farmer to buy expensive 
nitrogen, but gets all it needs from the air and stores it in the land 
to make bigger the crops that follow it. 
Kansas Alfalfa 
KANSAS GROWN ALFALFA over years of testing and actual 
field results has proven the best adapted for the middle and south 
Atlantie states. Winter hardy, growing vigorously from early 
spring till fall, starts its growth earlier than alfalfa grown in more 
northern climates. Our Grimm Alfalfa, also Kansas grown, is 
recommended only in high mountain altitudes. 
Sow on well prepared land; kill the weeds by several cultivations 
from plowing to seeding time. Adaptable to deep, rich, well drained 
seil, high in organic matter for best crops. A heavy user of phos- 
phoric acid and potash—at seeding time use 600 to 800 pounds of 
2-12-6 Fertilizer per acre, and on old stands a top dressing each 
spring with 300 lbs. superphosphate and 75 to 100 lbs. of potash 
will be very beneficial. If soil is acid, uSe one to two tons of lime 
per acre. Sow from March 1st to April 15th, 20 to 25 pounds per 
acre on firm compact seed bed. Be sure and inoculate seed. 
Alfalfa will produce two to three cuttings per season—first should 
be made when starting to bloom, and last cutting sufficiently early 
to allow 6 to 12 inches growth before first killing frost. 
LADINO WHITE CLOVER 
Sow it for a year round pasture. U.S. Department of Agricul- 
ture says: “Ladino is the largest growing form of white clover. 
It is similar to White Dutch but grows about twice as large. 
Introduced from South Europe, where climate is similar to ours in 
the Southeast, it is widely grown throughout the United States, is 
very popular in the West and is becoming important in the Hast 
where fields are properly managed. Do not graze it below two 
inches. It is grazed either alone, or with grass to avoid the risk of 
bloating. Many farmers cut it for hay in the summer and graze it 
the rest of the year. The hay is most nutritious and palatable.” 
It is a long lived perennial. Its tap root goes down one to three 
feet. The stems run on the ground, taking root. One plant covers 
two feet. A sparse stand soon thickens into a dense even growth. 
The only parts available to grazing are the highly nutritious leaves 
and flowers which rise 12 to 20 inches in great profusion from the 
numerous joints. It outgrows Bermuda, Johnson grass and many 
weeds. It is not subject to alfalfa diseases and is ideal to plant 
after alfalfa. It does not bloat livestock as readily as other clovers 
but is safer to plant with paspalum, timothy, red top, meadow 
fescue, Kentucky blue, orchard, carpet and rye grass. It is included 
in all Wood’s Permanent Pasture Mixtures, see page 44. 
It grows on any soils, even shallow hardpans, but does best on 
loam or clay where moisture is plentiful. The seed is so small 
it requires a firm hard seedbed, planted shallow and covered very 
lightly. Unscarified Ladino germinates only about 45%. Our 
seed is scarified, germinates over 90%, requiring one-half as much 
per acre. Inoculate and sow in spring or fall, 5 lbs. per acre alone, 
or 3 lbs. in mixtures. Don’t pasture until plants spread and start 
sending up shoots from the joints. 
Wocd’s Dixie White Clover 
One of the few plants that furnishes abundant grazing through- 
out the year under severe southern conditions. The hottest dry 
summers do not stop its steady growth. It has no equal for winter 
and early spring grazing by its vigorous growth in the coldest 
weather. It blooms a month earlier than white dutch clover, 
growing several inches taller with leaves and stems larger. Ina 
two-year test (except Ladino) with varieties from all over the 
world, it made by far the best grazing. It was the earliest to 
bloom, made the most luxuriant winter and early spring growth, 
10 inches tall and stood the hot dry summers, 
White Dutch Clover 
Include it in all lawn or pasture mixtures on all types of soil, 
even sandy, acid, or in shade, although it grows most luxuriously 
in limed moist lowland. It furnishes winter and spring pasturage, 
preferred by all livestock, is not easy to tramp out, restricts 
washing, adds fertility, and aids growth of companion grasses, 
Inoculate and sow in spring or late summer, 5 to 8 lbs. per acre 
alone, or 2 to 8 lbs. in mixture. 
FACTS ABOUT ALFALFA 
Once established, it lasts for years. 
Yields 3 to 5 cuttings nutritious and palatable hay each season, 
Feeding value high—contains as much protein as wheat bran. 
Does not exhaust the soil: it enriches it. 
Claimed to add twice as much nitrogen to the land as Red Clover. 
Requires but little care and attention. 
One of the farm’s most profitable crops. 

WOOD’S KANSAS ALFALFA gives several cuttings each season 
and lasts many years. In the Virginia State test 4 plantings of 
Kansas Alfalfa stood the winters better than from any other 
source and adveraged 4% tons per acre. 
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White Sweet Clover 
A wonderful pasture, hay, soil improving and honey plant. 
Adapted to all well drained soils if inoculated and limed. It isa 
good crop to condition land for alfalfa, which it resembles. It is 
biennial, growing from a deep root system the second year, and 
will reseed if allowed to. It makes an enormous vigorous growth, 
allowing several cuttings a year, but should be cut before blooms 
appear. It is a splendid pasture crop, relished by all livestock and 
will not cause bloating; will grow on very poor soil provided it is 
well limed and the seeds inoculated. If these two conditions are 
neglected the crop may prove a failure. Inoculate and sow pref- 
erably on small grains 15 lbs. per acre from February to April. 
1 1 1 Apply to Va., N.C., W.Va., 
Postpaid Prices of Field Seed Mite heeonnwt and peas: 
POSTAGE TO OTHER STATES: To S. C., Ga., Ky., Tenn., 
Ohio, Ind., N. Y., New England and Mich., add 2c per pound 
to postpaid prices. 
To Ala., Ark., Fla., Ill., Iowa, La., Miss., Mo. and Wis., add 
4c per pound to postpaid prices. 
To Texas, Okla., Kansas and Neb. add 6c to postpaid prices. 
To Cuba add 10c per pound. 
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PRICE Per Pound BY MAIL POSTPAID 
F. O. B. Richmond See Postpaid Prices Above 
5 to 24 25to99 100 5 10 25 
Lbs. Lbs. Lbs. Lb. Lbs. Ibs. Lbs. 
$1.00. . $4.60. . $9.05. .$21.90 
Ladino White 
Clover’. ...i... 870)... .85¢.....<83¢ 
Wood’s Dixie ’ 
White Clover ..82c....80c....78c 1.00.. 4.45.. 8.35.. 20.65 
White Dutch 
Glover ey... S0C 40s. Ce C.en cae 9560. 4,529..075.50 47 20.15 
White Sweet 
Glowveré. <~ wik-t 15c....1314¢. .13¢ 300... 1,005). 1 85.5 44.15 
Alfalfa, Kansas..37c....35c....34¢ , 50c.. 2.10.. 4.05.. 9.40 
Alfalfa, Grimm... 40c....38c....37¢ 55c. ., 2.26.. 4.35.. 10.15 
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