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WARTIME DEMAND FOR SEEDS CAUSING DELAY 
We wish to advise that all seedsmen have had an unprecedented demand for both Farm and 
Garden Seeds for the past several months. We have been receiving thousands of orders every day 
from farmers, merchants, as well as Victory Gardeners. This tremendous demand has thrown us 
back seriously in filling orders as promtly as usual, causing a complete exhaustion of some items. 
We sincerely hope that this delay has not seriously inconvenienced you, as we have been doing 
everything possible by working night and day to have this volume of orders shipped. This, to- 
gether with the acute shortage of labor is the cause of not filling your order as promptly as usual. 
The enormous demand has necessitated further purchases of seeds at higher prices, and as a 
consequence we have been compelled to withdraw catalog prices on some items, which went to press 
last November—present prices are quoted in this CROP SPECIAL, and we will continue to ship all 
orders received as long as stocks are available, invoicing at present values. We believe this the 
best policy, for if we should hold up your order and advise you of changes, there would be a still 
further delay with the possibility of many items being exhausted before we could receive your reply. 
Many prices quoted in this CROP SPECIAL are below replacement values and our customers 
can be assured that we will endeavor to keep our prices just as low as possible. We appreciate the 
patronage that our customers have given us and your further orders might be delayed slightly, 
but will rush same out at the very earliest date possible. 
Very truly yours, T W. WOOD & SONS. 






SORGHUM and SUGAR CANE 
rows or broadcast. 
Plant about 8 to 10 pounds per acre for forage. 
pounds per acre; thin out to stand 10 to 12 inches apart, and cut just before the heads ripen. Fer- 
tilizer requirements same as corn, 400 to 600 pounds per acre of Wood’s Standard Corn Fertilizer 
(12-2-4). Bushel weighs 50 lbs. 
CULTURE—Plant when the ground becomes thoroughly warm, say two weeks after corn planting, in 
rows 314 to 4 feet apart, and cultivate as you would corn. Will make a satisfactory crop on any well- 
drained soil that will produce a good crop of corn or wheat. May be cut or pastured after the flower- 
ing stage is passed, but not earlier. Sorghum may be grown with cowpeas and soy beans, either in 
When growing sorghum for syrup, plant 6 to 8 
SUGAR DRIP SORGHUM 
a a 

Since we introduced this variety many years ago 
there has been no new sorghum that has been 
brought out that can compare with it in yield or 
Syrup. It makes a large juicy, succulent growth. It 
will yield about 65% of the weight of the cane in 
juice when extracted by a good farm mill, and 
stronger mills should extract as much as 75% to 80%. 
One reason for the great popularity of Sugar Drip 
Sorghum is due to its tremendous yield of seed 
which is equal to corn per acre, and in addition to 
its enormous syrup yield the seed of this genuine 
strain can always be sold at very attractive price 
well above the value of corn. Sugar Drip Sorghum 
also has less tendency to granulate and sugar than 
any other variety, which is a most important factor 
when you offer syrup for sale. 
We are always buyers of seed produced from our 
strain and any customers having seed of this strain 
on hand we would be glad to have samples and quan- 
tity available and we will make an attractive price 
on same. This also applies to our Texas Seeded Rib- 
CERTIFIED HEGARI 
A very similar crop to Kaffir, It 
is alike in height and the grain is 
very similar except that Hegari is 
slightly larger than Kaffir. Hegari 
stools much more than Kaffir, makes 
more heads per acre and conse- 
quently yields heavier. It is semi- 
sweet stalked (about 11% sugar), 
whereas Kaffir is dry stalked. Hegari 
has taken a great portion of the 
acreage that was once planted to 
Kaffir, As a crop, it will make more 
grain, more bundle feed than Kaffir 
bon Cane offered last year. 

this season. 
A tremendous growth of our gar | 
fine strain of Sugar Drip Sorg- to Virginia, all the southern states and middle and 
hum. 
We are unable to offer Texas Seeded Ribbon Cane 
Sugar Drip Sorghum is particularly well adapted 
western sections of the U.S. A 
and is an excellent and heavy yield- 
ing ensilage crop, whereas Kaffir is 
of little value for this purpose. 


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COMBINE WHEATLAND MILO 
This New Strain of the Sorghum Family Shows Special Merit for Grain Production in 
the Southern and Southeastern States. 
Has proven exceptionally well adapted for harvesting with 
a Combine harvester. Grows to an average height of 31 
inches, but has a range of from 24 to 39 inches, depending 
upon seasonal conditions. The stalks are short and sturdy, 
giving it strength to resist lodging to a greater degree than 
any other known variety of commercial importance. Heads 
vary in length from 6 to 9 inches, depending upon the 
season ,and heads are of uniform height. The kernels re- 
semble yellow Milo in size and color, threshes readily with- 
out cracking. 
In a normal season will mature in about 100 days, but 
if moisture and warm weather prevail during late fall, it 
will continue growing, requiring up to 125 days to mature, 
It is essentially a grain producer, ranging in yield from 25 
to sometimes over 60 bushels per acre. Plant in rows, 4 to 5 
pounds per acre, and only one cultivation is necessary and 
no thinning required. 
Combine Wheatland Milo has been grown quite extensively 
in Louisa County, Va., with excellent results. One of our 
customers states: “It is an excellent feed for birds and 
can be easily combined. The seed will stay in the head all 
winter and furnishes fine bird feed, particularly when heavy 


Combine Wheatland Milo—Average Height About 30 Inches 
snows prevail. Well adapted to light or poor soil. On thin 
land will double or treble the yield of corn and will survive 
under very dry conditions and yield well.” 
