WOOD’S YELLOW SOYBEANS showing heavy 
set of pods and strong stalks. Part of 120 acres 
of W. H. Pointer, near Richmond, who says: 
“This crop of Wood’s Yellows planted June 25 
after barley is as good as any we ever saw 
despite the dryest season on record here. We 
have been well pleased with them for many 
years. Their large beautiful yellow beans have 
always brought us a big premium on the 
market. They do not shatter like most varieties. 
They stand up despite severe storms and are 
easy to combine.” 
WOOD'S YELLOW, Late, 150 days. 
The most profitable full season bean for the 
Southeast as it makes top yields, resists drought, 
storm and shattering; is ideal to combine and 
has the most beautiful large bright yellow beans 
which bring a big premium for human food 
over ordinary oil beans like Ogden. It is the 
most popular edible soybean, never enough to 
satisfy the demand here and abroad. It is 
recommended by the Virginia Experiment Sta- 
tion for Eastern Virginia where it has made 
top yields of highest quality beans in their tests, 
often over 40 bushels per acre; has the largest 
beans of any variety, 2,400 beans per lb.; has 
the highest protein content, 44.2%; and the 
highest iodine number, 134. High yields in 
North Carolina tests, with 18.9% oil and aver- 
age maturity Oct. 30. 
OGDEN, 135 days. High oil and yield. 
Branches and pods clustered close around a 
small stem, easy to combine. N. C. Experiment 
Station recommends it for heavy rich black 
lands. Ogdens do not pop out on rich soil like 
they do on light sandy soil where Early Wood's 
Yellows do better and don’t pop out. We grew 
400 acres of pure seed from Registered or 
Certified strains, 
$-100, 120 days. Extra Early. 
Virginia Experiment Station recommends it for 
combining and hogging in East and South Vir- 
ginia. Small yellow beans, 3,400 per Ib. 19% 
oil, 42.2% protein; seldom shatters. Plant last 
half of June. If sown early, grass bothers it. 
TOKIO, 150 days. Brings premium. 
Similar to Wood's Yellow but large oval beans 
are green and pop out when dead ripe. 
LAREDO, 140 days. Ideal Hay Bean. 
Vigorous growth, fine stems and leaves, best 
quality hay, easily cured. Small thin black seed. 
58 Ts. 
W. WOOD & SONS . 
SOYBEANS 
WOOD'S YELLOW 
Late, Early and Extra Early 
In 1947 a field of Late Wood’s Yellow Soy- 
beans was planted, using our best stock seed, 
and left in the field until the following February. 
Then 100 plants were selected for yield and 
non-shatter ability. These were planted in in- 
dividual rows the following spring left in the 
field until January when further selections were 
made. These selections were entered in tests 
and put in increasing plots. We hand-harvest 
the seed from our breeding plots for our in- 
creasing plots to assure no mixing. Our fields 
of stock seed are carefully rogued then inspected 
by the Crop Improvement Association. Similar 
work is being done on other varieties in addi- 
tion to making hand crosses. Hundreds of acres 
of our beans pass field inspection by the Crop 
Improvement Ass’n. and are offered to our 
trade each year. To be assured of the best per- 
formance and purest stock of our varieties make 
certain they were grown by us. 
EARLY WOOD’S YELLOW, 125 days. 
The ideal soybean for hogging down or com- 
bining. It yields with the best late varieties, 
yet it is 10 days earlier than Ogden and will 
keep its good sound seed qualities weeks after 
S-100 and some other varieties are seriously 
weather damaged. It can be planted after small 
grain and harvested in time to follow with 
small grain. It has a small but strong upright 
stem, 36 inches tall, and easy to combine. Al- 
most no shattering even on light soil. The stalks 
have pods from the ground up, some having up 
to 300 pods. Plant early a field using Early 
Wood's Yellow Soybeans and Wood's V-26Y yel- 
low hybrid corn for hogging down feed in 
July. A County Agent, while looking at a 
demonstration field of Early Wood’s Yellows 
and Wood's V-26Y on the farm of Mr. Fronis 
Strickland, Tabor City, N. C., during the first 
part of last July stated, “It’s the best I’ve seen 
for hogging down and it is ready for hogging 
right now.” 
in a 
45.7 
than 
with 
It far outyielded other early varieties 
Virginia Experiment Station test, making 
bu. per acre at Petersburg, 30% more 
S-100. Its medium large yellow beans 
good oil content bring a premium. 
VIRGINIA BROWN, 125 days. Fine Hay 
Thin viny stems, full of beans. Top quality hay 
for hogging in Virginia and the North. 
PLANT SOYBEANS 1 or 2 weeks after corn, an 
inch apart in 24 to 36 in. rows, 2 pecks per acre 
of small seeded or 3 of large varieties. Use 400 
Ibs. of 0-12-12. Cultivate 3 times. For hay, 
broadcast 3 times as much with grain drill and 
cut when pods begin to fill. Treat seed with 
1 oz. per bu. of Arasan, page 67. This gives up 
to 1/3 better stands and yields, eliminates 
purple stain on the beans and crops bring 
higher prices. It does not interfere with inocu- 
lation if planted within 2 hours. Inoculate with 
Group 4. 
Other Varieties, see Prices in front of catalog. 
Seedsmen Since 1879 . 
NEW WOOD’S YELLOW STRAIN I, 
145 days. 
Introducing a new strain of full season Wood's 
Yellow Soybeans. A plant selection of what ap- 
peared to be a field hybrid or mutation. Brownish 
copper colored pubescence (fuzz) on the pods and 
stems gives the crop a different appearance from 
the late Wood’s Yellow but the beans are of the 
same big yellow high quality type. The leaves and 
leaf stem shed early allowing the beans to dry 
quickly yet take advantage of a full growing sea- 
son. Their deep roots and strong stalks made them 
stand well and produce high yields under dry con- 
ditions. They have produced over 50 bu. per acre 
under regular farming conditions. They are more 
shatter proof than Late Wood’s Yellow, yield more, 
are 5 days earlier, have better oil and iodine con- 
tent, shorter stalk, and stood up best in a Va. test, 
easiest to combine. We recommend this new strain. 
The supply is limited. 
“WOOD'S. 
SEED INOCULATION 
GROUP 1—SPECIFY GROUP Nof postpaid Postpaid 
Alfala, Sweet Clover, Bur 1 bu. $ .50 $ .70 
Clover and Black Medic 2V2bu. 1.00 25 
GROUP 2—CLOVERS 
Red, Crimson, Mammoth 1 bu. 50 70 
Alsike, Ladino, Dixie 2Y2bu. 1.00 in25 
White and White Dutch 
LADINO CLOVER 10 lbs. 25 
GROUP 3—LESPEDEZA 100 Ibs. .50 70 
GROUP 4— 2 bu. .30 .50 
Soybeans, all varieties 5 bu. aet5) WS 
25 bu. 2.50 2.90 
GROUP 5— 30 bu. 3.00 3.40 
Cowpeas, Peanuts, Limas 2 bu. .30 .50 
Beans, Velvet Beans, Cro- 5 bu. 155 HO) 
talaria, Kudzu, Sesbania, 25 bu. 2.50 2.90 
Beggarweed 30 bu. 3.00 3.40 
GROUP 6—BEANS 
Field, Garden, Wax, Navy, 1 bu. <35 aa}s) 
Snap, Kidney, Pole 
GROUP 7—VETCH, PEAS 
Austrian, Canada, Gar- 1 bu. R05 LOO) 
den, Sweet and Canning 100 lbs. E55 TAS 
GROUP 8—GARDEN 
Combination Peas, Beans, 5 lbs. ols .20 
Sweet Peas, Lupine 
BIRDSFOOT TREFOIL 10 Ibs. 25 .30 
1 bu. 90 1.10 
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 
