SEEDSMEWN SINCE 
T. W. WOOD & SONS - 
41 
1879 - RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

WOOD'S HAY AND PASTURE GRASSES 


KENTUCKY BLUE GRASS—The best permanent lawn or pas- 
ture grass for well drained rich heavy soils containing lime and 
phosphate in the Piedmont and mountains. It makes the richest, 
Sweetest nutritious pasture, spreading and growing better if close- 
ly grazed. It grows vigorously in spring and fall; less vigorously 
in summer and winter. 30 to 40 lbs. per acre for pasture, or 1 lb. 
to 200 square feet of lawn. Sow in early spring or fall to get a good 
start before summer weeds, 
DALLAS GRASS—Paspalum dilatatum, Imported. The splendid 
permanent grass for year round Southern pastures, as it comes 
nearer growing the year round than most other grasses whether in 
mild winter or hot dry summer. Stock prefer it, it fattens, stops 
erosion, and furnishes fine grazing. At the Florida Everglades 
Experiment Station it fattened 10 steers per acre. Unlike Carpet 
Grass, it allows clovers, lespedezas and other pasture grasses to 
grow freely with it, but chokes out objectionable weeds. Close 
grazing is recommended. Once established it lasts indefinitely, 
but it is not a pest as cultivation kills it. Grows rapidly even after 
killing frost, except in extremely cold weather. It furnishes green 
pasturage in mild weather in mid-winter. Although best on heavy 
moist soil, it does well on all types, including dry hillsides, acid 
soils, ete. It is fairly good for hay. Sow 6 to 8 lbs. per acre in 
early spring, but can be sown the year round. Our supply is extra 
fancy imported seeds, free from weed seeds. Sow only imported 
Australian grown seeds. Domestic seeds are generally of too low 
quality and germination, besides having a heavy weed seed content. 
For sowing grass seeds use one of the seed sowers described and illustrated on page 67. 
POSTPAID 
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PRICES 
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Dallas Grass or Paspalum, Imported....$1.25.... 4.00.... 7.85... 
mmmuncky Blne Grass. i6 0b. . se o ee e 5.75....11.45... 
Reed LOp OY ELerds Grass... 2.5.5 cece U.580. 6. 2950. « 
Super-Grade Red Top or Herds Grass.... 1-6 5rrere Sel Sarees « 
Bermuda Grass, Extra Fancy, Unhulled.. a0). et Ose Ons 
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Carpet Grass, Super Grade..............- 7 tee cd eens « 
Italian Rye Grass, Domestic............ Nee BP 
Perennial Rye Grass, Certified.......... PeBB ge 2e0 85 0 oe 
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ALTA FESCUE 
An improved strain of tall fescue, and is closely related to 
Meadow Fescue, but is longer lived and a better forage producer. 
Alta Fescue is becoming an extremely popular grass, chiefly be- 
cause of its excellence in pastures. Its outstanding qualities are: 
high yields of forage, a long growing season, deep roots by which 
deep subsoil moisture is utilized for green growth throughout the 
summer, wide adaptations, very hardy, and long life. Alta Fescue 
is adapted to growing on heavy lands and will tolerate poorly 
drained conditions. It thrives on quite acid soils and is tolerant 
of moderate alkali concentrations. It is an excellent soil improver 
because of the organic matter supplied by the extensive root 
system. 
Alta Fescue in old stands develops a uniform sod. The roots of 
the plant are numerous, coarse, and normally penetrate to a depth 
of 5 feet or more in soils that are moist throughout their entire 
depth during at least a portion of the year. Winter growth is 
almost continuous in milder climates. Recovery is particularly 
rapid in the spring and after the first fall rains. Alta Fescue is also 
a high yielding hay grass, particularly on fertile bottom lands 
where leaf growth is extremely heavy. Hay yields have ranged 
from 1 to 2 tons an acre. In Eastern Oregon for six-year period, 
Alta Fescue had the highest average hay yield of all forage grasses 
tested, including timothy, tall meadow oat grass, orchard grass, 
meadow fescue and perennial rye grass. It grows slowly in the 
seedling stage and usually requires one full growing season to be- 
come fully established, 
Alta Fescue has been used to excellent advantage in the Eastern 
and Southern States, having a wider adaptation than many other 
grasses. Sow 15 to 20 lbs. per acre alone, or in mixture with other 
plants about 5 lbs. per acre. 
ORCHARD GRASS—One of the best long-lived, deep-rooted 
grasses for year round pasture or hay or to reseed on old alfalfa 
sods. It does well on practically every type of soil, including acid 
soils, thrives in the shade, grows vigorously and produces large 
crops of nutritious hay relished by all livestock. It recovers quick- 
ly when cut or grazed. It grows the year round with maximum 
growth in the spring and fall. It should be used more in Southern 
pastures as it furnishes winter grazing when most crops are dor- 
mant. As it grows in bunches it should be seeded with other 
grasses and should be included in every hay or pasture mixture. 
Sow 14 lbs. per acre with other grasses or 30 to 35 lbs. alone, in 
early spring or fall. Our extra fancy seed is strictly onion free. 
BERMUDA GRASS—Extra fancy seed, testing 99% pure. The 
blue grass of the South. Makes a vigorous and persistent growth 
in every part of the South; lasts for years; stands a long, hot sum- 
mer without injury; grows well in any soil that is not too wet; 
bears heavy grazing and trampling with little injury; recovers 
quickly when grazed down, and as a grazing and fattening grass, 
has few equals. If grown with bur clover, japan clover, carpet 
grass and vetch, all-the-year-round grazing may be had. For 
lawns, golf courses and athletic grounds it makes a tough, even 
turf without clumps, end recovers quickly after cutting. Sow 
when the ground is thoroughly warm. Hulled Bermuda grass 
germinates at least 50% quicker than unhulled seeds. Sow 12 lbs. 
per acre; for lawns 1 lb. to 200 square feet. 
CARPET GRASS—The grass that thrives on close grazing. One 
of the most valuable permanent grazing grasses for that section of 
the South extending from the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf and ap- 
proximately 125 to 150 miles inland. It is remarkable for its ability 
to grow on poor sandy soils; it may 
be grazed considerably later than 
Bermuda grass in the fall, and earlier 
in the spring; it does better on sandy 
F.0O.B.RICHMOND or sandy loam soils, particularly 
5 to 25to 100 where the moisture is near the sur- 
25 Lbs | 24 Lbs. 99 Lbs. Lbs. face most of the year. It is strictly 
- $5.15 20c....18c....174%¢ a pasture grass and stands close 
4.65 18c....16¢c....154%20 grazing and heavy trampling. It 
4.15 16c....14c....134%¢ thrives best and spreads more rapid- 
.18.65 75C,. ... 420.1» 540C ly when closely grazed. It does splen- 
.27.40 | $1.10. . $1.07. . $1.05 didly sown with Japan clover and bur 
6.65 26c....24¢....23%C¢ clover, giving an all-the-year pas- 
7.15 28c....26¢....25€ = ture. Sow from early spring till sum- 
Sard at a0 foe a apn mer. 12 lbs. per acre, 1 lb. to 250 sq. 
7.15 28c....26c....25¢ feet of lawn. 
7.65 30G.o 2 W28Creie7e CERTIFIED ASTORIA or CO- 
3.90 15c....13c....120 JTONIAL CREEPING BENT—Makes 
6.65 26c....24C....23C the best lawn sod or golf putting 
hel bee ose Mice green in the Eastern States. Similar 
10.15 rrae : anot ; rs in growth, persistence and wide soil 
7.40 29c....27c....26¢ adaptation to its cousin red top. Has 
21.15 85c....82c....80c shorter, finer upright leaves and 
.17.65 700....68c....67¢ creeps underground. Sow 1 lb. to 200 
.21.15 85c....82c....80C square feet in spring or fall. 
