Woods WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN BLACK-EYE PEAS 

A Fine Crop of Early 
Wilt-Resistant Peas 

The Earliest and Longest Yielding Edible Peas 
WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN BLACKEYE PEAS are large 
size, very uniform in shape, smooth skin, bright color and excep- 
tionally fine flavored. Have long pods (7 to 8 inches and some oc- 
easionally 10 inches), with many more pods to the vine and con- 
siderably larger yields are obtained over ordinary blackeye peas. 
Resistant to wilt, nematodes, charcoal rot and other diseases that 
materially reduce the growth, yield and quality of other peas. 
Reports from all sections of the South for the past three years 
indicate that they will thrive and yield much better in wet or dry 
seasons than any other varieties. A leading southern experiment 
station reported: “Both Wood’s Early and Giant Wilt-Resistant 
Ramshorns made an excellent vine growth and put on a good crop 
of peas.” In the test the Early Wilt-Resistant peas’ yield in green 
weight was 18,200 lbs.—Giant Wilt-Resistant 20,400 lbs., against 
Black Peas 16,900 lbs., and Karly Ramshorn 15,200 lbs. 
EDIBLE PEAS—They should be in every garden. Economical 
to plant, make a delicious dish when green, besides furnishing 
peas for winter when vegetables are scarce and high in price. 
Both dried and green peas are a profitable crop to market, and 
usually bring good prices. Plant after the ground gets thoroughly 
warm, 2 inches deep, 1 lb. to 200 feet. Do not plant after tobacco 
as too much nitrogen causes an excess vine growth which reduces 
the yield of peas. 
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Note Long Runners of 
Giant Wilt-Resistant Peas 
EARLY WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN PEAS 
The earliest of the wilt-resistant peas, maturing green peas in 
about 60 days, and dried peas in 70 to 75 days. Are erect growing 
bush pea, very compact, with least vine growth, making cultivation 
easy. Matures very early so that it can be either used for a quick 
crop when planted early, or can be planted late as a double crop. 
Yields in excess of 4,000 pounds per acre of dry seed have been 
reported. The most satisfactory pea to plant on very fertile soils, 
where the Giant strain will have a tendency to too much vine. 
In a test plot, grown on a wind-blown sandy hiil, it yielded 23.7 
one hundred pound sacks per acre. 
GIANT WILT-RESISTANT RAMSHORN PEAS 
About a week later than the early strain. As the name indicates, 
they are much larger than any other edible pea. A very heavy 
fruiter, prolific, and generally command quite a premium whether 
sold green or dried. It is a dual purpose pea, producing a tre- 
mendous yield of green and dried peas, yet makes more vine growth 
and better for green manure or hay than other cow peas. The Giant 
strain has runners 8 to 10 feet long and the pods are not carried 
as high above the plant as they are in the early type. Makes a 
Strong plant and does well on weak soil where the early strain 
would not produce a heavy crop. Has the largest pods and seeds 
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EDIBLE PEAS ARE IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS YEAR 
SWEET SUDAN GRASS 
Produces a More Palatable Feed for Livestock 
SWEET SUDAN is a greatly improved sudan grass from 
a hybridization of Leota Red Sorghum and common sudan. It 
has great palatability, livestock eating it to the ground be- 
fore touching common sudan or other forage sorghums. 
SWEET SUDAN has broader leaves, larger stems and makes 
taller growth, stooling heavier than common sudan. It isa 
truly great improvement over common sudan and in our 
opinion will completely replace common sudan in a few years. 
Because of its sweetness, which livestock relish, they eat it 
faster and consume more of it in a given period of time than 
they do common sudan. This increases both milk and meat 
production. Sweet Sudan matures later, which makes the 
pasturing last longer than common. Do not pasture until at 
least 24 inches high, as the sugar does not start setting be- 
low that height. 
Agricultural authorities in many sections of the country 
emphasize the superiority of Sweet Sudan Grass after com- 
parative experimental production tests. New York State 
College showed in an eight-time replicated test that Sweet 
Sudan outyielded common sudan by a margin of 525 pounds 
per acre (oven dry basis). The University of Maryland re- 
ports: “Sweet Sudan made an excellent growth and was 
quite free of leaf disease.’’ Clemson, S. C., Agricultural Col- 
lege reports: ‘Well adapted to this section. Succulent and 
juicy.” Montana State College says: “Sweet Sudan yielded 
2% tons per acre compared with 1.87 tons of regular sudan.” 
In general, it has the same adaptability to soils and climates 
as Sudan Grass, which has been so generally used through- 
out the country. 
WHAT A FEW DAIRYMEN SAY: 
“Cattle and sheep both prefer Sweet Sudan in preference 
to common, You just can’t keep them away from it where 
an option is given them.” 
“My dairy cattle have invariably eaten Sweet Sudan into 
the dirt befort touching alfalfa or any other grasses and clov- 
ers in the permanent pasture. There is an immediate in- 
crease in milk flow when cows are moved from alfalfa to 
Sweet Sudan. It recovers very quickly from pasturing.” 
LADINO CLOVER 
The Wonder Pasture Clover 
It is primarily a pasture plant, and as such produces a 
heavy tonnage of rich succulent feed relished by all kinds of 
livestock. Ladino Clover also furnishes hay of excellent qual- 
ity, beine very rich in protein, and is consumed readily by all 
kinds of livestock. When used for both pasture and hay, the 
spring growth is used for pasture, early summer growth for 
hay, and later growth for either hay, pasture or seed.’ When 
seeded for pasture Ladino fits in well with other grasses as 
companion plants. When seeded alone 5 to 6 pounds per 
acre is recommended. 
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WOOD’S No. 23 SUDAN GRASS 
A Decided Improvement Over Ordinary Sudan 
Produces about 25% greater growth than regular sudan, 
finer quality hay. Uxcellent 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 23 proved superior and produced one-fourth more hay 
or pasture than regular sudan. It has a stronger, more vig- 
orous growth. It is more heat and drought resistant than 
most summer forage crops. It is an annual and cannot be- 
come a pest. Sow 20 Ibs. broadcast or 8 lbs. in cultivated 
rows. Our supply was grown from certified seed; strictly 
fancy quality and free from Johnson Grass. 
For Grazing it is equal to blue grass as a milk producer. 
At one experiment station one acre per cow furnished abund- 
ant pasture for 125 days. The cows made a daily average of 
3.8 Ibs. more milk than they ever did on native grass. 
A state experiment station says: “In our tests through- 
out the state Sudan No. 238 has given an average yield of _ 
forage 18 per cent higher than common sudan. It matures a 
little later but is a more robust plant with broader leaves. 
Sow Sudan Grass after the ground becomes thoroughly 
warm, preferably broadcast, at the rate of 20 to 25 pounds 
per acre. A grain drill may be used, set to sow two pecks 
of wheat. Cut when in bloom, for at that stage the feeding 
value is highest. 
LESPEDEZA SERICEA—Perennial 
Sow Scarified Seed During April and May 
Adapted to any type of soil, wonderfully resistant to 
drought, large yielding hay crops, good pasture, and a fine 
soil improver. 
Like alfalfa, it requires one year to get set, but after the 
first year it will produce two to four tons of field cured hay 
per acre annually. Actual feeding trials have proved that 
Lespedeza Sericea hay is equal to that of alfalfa. Sericea 
enjoys many advantages over the annual lespedezas; it will 
thrive on much poorer land, comes back year after year 
from the roots, furnishes two to three cuttings per season and 
yields much more abundantly. During the most severe 
drought years Sericea, due to its deep vigorous root system, .. 
maintained a beautiful rich green color, when other forage 
crops were burned up. Sericea is generally at its best during 
July and August, when other forage crops are considera- 
bly off. 
Cut when 12 to 14 inches high to make tender hay. When 
saving the crop for seed, cut and rake the crop before 10:30 
in the morning to prevent shattering of the seed, and then 
house the same afternoon. 
