Wood's Permanent Hay and Pasture Mixtures 
More economical, productive, nutritious and palatable than Ladino with Orchard 
grass or Tall Fescue. Sow 25 lbs. per acre in early spring or fail. Experiment station 
tests show yields of pasture and hay increase as more seed per acre is sown, up to 
25 |bs., and as more different compatible clovers and grasses are added. Mixiu.es of 
many grasses and clovers, including Ladino, Orchard, Alfalfa and Red Clover yielded 
about a third more than one clover and one grass. Ladino with KY. 31 yielded 5,435 
Ibs. dry weight in 1750 but only 1,561 Ibs. in 1951 as the Ladino winterkilled, leaving 
no legume to furnish nitrogen to the grass. The quality and feeding value was also 
cut. They concluded: ‘Using more than one legume in a mixture appears to be a 
good insurance investment because species differ in adaptability to soil, climatic 
and biological growth factors.’ Thousands of prize cattle have died bloating when 
only one grass was planted and disappeared, leaving only Ladino to graze. 
Our mixtures, proved superior for 4 generations, contain 9 legumes and 9 grasses, 
with Ladino, Orchard and Tall Fescue as a base, Disease Resistant Red Clover and 
Alfalfa, Dixie White Clover, White Dutch, New Zealand Wild White Clover, Reseeding 
Crimson Clover, Alsike, Lespedezas, Paspalum, Ky. Blue, Red Top, Meadow Fescue, 
Perennial and Domestic Rye Grass. They grow off faster and flourish in dry 
summers, crowding out weeds that retard Ladino, Orchard and Tall Fescue sown 
alone. They bear abundantly many years, minimizing the seeding cost. They are well 
balanced, high in protein, extremely nutritious and palatable. Animals eat more and 
grow faster or produce more milk, saving feed bills. 
Ben Mayo (right), a booster for Wood’s Permanent Pasture 
Mixtures, shows our Bill Wood a 55-acre pasture in Edgecombe 
Co., N. C., last August after one of the worst droughts. 135 
cattle could not keep it grazed down. Although seeded 25 
years ago, it is much more productive and palatable than a 
nearby pasture seeded 3 years ago with Tall Fescue and 
Ladino Clover, which is about gone. The many grasses and 
clovers in the old pasture still furnish a balanced diet of grasses 
and clovers that have never caused bloat. The clovers furnish 
nitrogen keeping the grasses dark green and vigorous. 
Wood’s Permanent Pasture Mixtures 1 to 3 have grasses and clovers whose maxi- 
mum growth is at different times throughout the year for abundant nutritious year- 
round grazing. No one variety makes its best growth all year. They cannot cause bloat 
No. 1. For light gravelly or sandy soil. 
No. 2. For good loam soil. 
No. 3. For moist bottom land. 
Wood’s Permanent Hay Mixtures 6 to 8 contain grasses and clovers 
that mature at the same time, making bumper hay crops, easily cured. They 
recover quickly, giving several big cuttings of the finest hay every year. 
No. 6 for light gravelly or sandy soil. 
No. 7. For good loam or clay soil. 
No. 8. For moist bottom land. 
Wood's Southern Permanent Pasture and Hay Mixture No. 12 produces 
tremendous yields of the finest pasture and hay on both light and heavy 
soils in the Southern Coastal area from Virginia to the Gulf. 
Williamsburg Alfalfa, in center plot, has recovered from cutting much 
quicker than other alfalfa varieties, shown by H. M. Camper, Jr., Superin- 
tendent of the Eastern Virginia Experiment Station at Warsaw where the 
foundation field of Williamsburg is maintained, and for 3 years it has 
outyielded 11 alfalfa varieties, averaging 4/2 tons of hay per acre, over 
ton more than Atlantic, Kansas and Buffalo. 
WILLIAMSBURG ALFALFA, Certified. 1-bu. bags. 
The new disease resistant variety that has considerably outyielded other 
alfalfas in Virginia and Maryland experiment station tests, and is recom- 
mended by ihem. For 4 years it averaged 20% more than Kansas at V.P.I. 
It was selected from an old field of Kansas Alfalfa that had persisted 
many years under the humid diseased conditions in Eastern Virginia where 
most alfalfas soon perish. It resists stem rot that kills most alfalfa varieties. 
It quickly recovers after cutting enabling it to compete with summer 
weeds that smother out many varieties. For 5 years it averaged nearly 5 
tons of hay per acre at the Orange, Va. experiment station to 4.2 tons for 
Kansas Common. It was highest in the Charlotte C.H., Va. tests, averaging 
434 tons per acre. Put 5 lbs. in every permanent pasture mixture. 
48 PRICES IN FRONT OF CATALOG 
ATLANTIC ALFALFA, Certified. In 1-bu. bags. 
Vigorous. High Yielding. Resists leaf spot and other foliage diseases that 
often kill alfalfa stands in 3 years in the Southeast. Winter hardy: fairly 
resistant to bacterial wilt. A stand lasts more years, producing more hay 
per acre, higher in’ protein and feed value, even on poorer soils, in the 
South and East. It was developed here for resistance to leaf diseases and 
for high yields on poorer soils, by selections from 12 highest yielding most 
vigorous, disease and winter resistant varieties. They were planted on low- 
fertility soils. Only plants that persisted and produced well were saved 
for further breeding. Atlantic has made top yields in tests throughout the 
Southeast. In N. C. it made 12 to 24% more than other varieties. Its fast 
growth and rapid recovery produces maximum hay and pasture yields. 
BUFFALO ALFALFA, Certified, Improved Kansas. 1-bu. bags 
Highly Resistant to Bacterial Wilt. A selection from Kansas Common, the 
most popular alfalfa in the Southeast. It is similar in adaptation, growth 
and yield for the first three years, then Kansas often dies out. Buffalo 
usually lasts 6 or more years as it is more winter-hardy and wilt resistant. 
It was developed by the U.S.D.A., and Kansas Experiment Station and is 
replacing Kansas. Those who like Kansas Alfalfa should buy Buffalo, 
recommended by the U.S.D.A., Virginia, and other state experiment 
stations in the Southeast. Greater winter resistance makes it far superior to 
Kansas in the Mountains. More vigorous and high yielding than Grimm. 
KANSAS and OKLAHOMA APPROVED ALFALFA 
Premium Quality. U. S. Verified Origin. Recommended for years by the 
U.S.D.A. and Southeastern experiment stations where they have made top 
yields, more resistant to diseases; stands have persisted longer than seed 
from other sections, and been winter hardy, as Kan. and Okla. have 
climates like the Southeast. They have found no difference between the 
two as Okla. Approved is from Northwest Okla., separated only by the 
state line from where Kansas seed is grown. Both have a common origin. 
Ohio, Indiana and Illinois tests prove they are identical in winter-hardiness, 
yield and growth. We have sold seed from this section many years. 
ALFALFA lasts for years, improves soils and produces the greatest yields of 
hay, pasture and silage, higher in protein, minerals, and feed value, 
essential, to the growth and productiveness of all livestock, than most 
other plants. Pasture yields are increased up to 3 times by adding alfalfa. 
At V.P.I. the first cuttings of Ladino-Orchard Grass was 657 lbs. of good 
fosage and 375 lbs. of weeds. When alfalfa was added good forage was 
1,825 lbs. and weeds 35 Ibs. The minerals and plant food for this growth 
come from the soil and must be put there. Alfalfa uses twice as much 
phosphorus and calcium and 3 times as much potash as Lespedeza. Put 
alfalfa on deep well drained soils. Use 1,000 Ibs. of borated 2-12-12 at 
seeding and 800 lbs. borated 0-14-14 each spring. Inoculate and sow April, 
August or September on firm seedbed; cover 1% inch; cultipack or drag; 
25 \bs. per acre or 20 lbs. with 5 Ibs. orchard grass for hay. Add 5 lbs. 
to every pasture mixture. Use Wood’s Inoculation, page 58. 
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