OD’S V-51A YELLOW DENT 
125 days. Improvement on V-51. 
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W. P. Tunstall, of Charles City County, says 
this is as good a corn picker type corn as a 
man could expect. According to the 100 Bu. 
Corn Club officials this field yielded 140.56 bu- 
shels per acre. 
V-51A is used more and more as a full sea- 
son corn in eastern Virginia, and in eastern 
North Carolina by commercial corn growers; 
outside of the rice weevil areas in the pied- 
mont and western part of North Carolina, South 
Carolina and Georgia as a main crop cribbing 
corn, especially where grain is to follow the 
corn, due to its earliness. 
Farmers and commercial growers prefer V-51A 
because of the exceptionally high yields, high 
grain quality, medium size plants, low ear place- 
ment; earliness in drying, drying down to where 
it is safe to crib or artificially dry while the 
stalks are still green enough to prevent excess 
breakage; and easiness to handle mechanically. 
Under most conditions the picker husks it al- 
most 100% with practically no shelling off. 
Mr. G. H. Sifford of Rowan County, N. C.,, 
says that his V-51A in 1954 made an excellent 
crop of corn, although he had a severe drought. 
It doubled fairly well with cobs well filled with 
grain. The corn picker averaged husking 95% 
of the ears. He also stated that he had a severe 
wind one week before harvest which caused 
some of the stalks to break over, but the picker 
picked them up almost 100%. 
WOOD'S V-50A YELLOW DENT 
125. days. An improvement on our V-50 
which has won many prizes for highest yields 
in 100 Bu. Corn Club contests, 212.6 in one; 
181 bu. per acre in another. Bumper crops of 
sound nutritious yellow feed corn. Has green, 
broad foliage and stands up well. Ears are 
heavy, rich in color and contain good food 
value. Adapted to all areas where V-50 has 
done well. Very similar to V-51A. 
WOOD'S V-44 EARLY YELLOW DENT 
114 days. Superior for Piedmont and Moun- 
tains, or in the South for hogging or early har- 
vest to sell when feed corn is short and high. 
Ripens and dries out fast. Short strong stalk, 
ears low, ideal for picker. Planted 1/3 closer 
than prolific full season varieties. 
WOOD’S V-125W WHITE DENT 
118 days, roasting ears 78 days. Best early 
milling corn. New corn brings big premium in 
late summer. Dark green vigorous plants, grow 
off fast, mature and dry quickly. Low sturdy 
stalk. Excellent picker type. 
V-125W won many 100 Bu. Corn Club con- 
tests in eastern Virginia. It is used extensively 
by commercial growers in the deep South 
where artificial drying of corn is used. It is 
semi-prolific, has low ear placement, high yield- 
ing, excellent roasting ear type, good grain 
quality, and easy to handle mechanically, mak- 
ing this one of our most popular corns. 
Mr. Jay R. Smith of upper Virginia writes 
“\/-125W has outyielded other hybrids by 25%. 
This white corn is much the best for dry years 
like this year. Didn’t have a good rain from the 
time of planting until now.” 
V-125W big beautiful ear, pure white, deep 
sound flinty grain, small cob. 
Hundreds of bushels of this variety are 
planted for early roasting ears for the market in 
the deep South. The shuck cover is ample 
enough in most cases to protect against insects 
except the rice weevil. In the upper South, 
Mountains and where a short season corn is 
needed we recommend it highly. 
WOOD’S V-42 EARLY YELLOW DENT 
118 days. Similar to V-51A. Has made ex- 
ceptionally high yields in tests, 123 bus. per 
acre in one test, and in 1954 yielded 114 bu. 
per acre in a Virginia county 100 Bu. Corn 
Club Contest. It is early, dries quickly, and its 
low ears make it easy to harvest. Yielded 129 
bus. per acre in a northern experiment station 
test, with few broken stalks. 
WOOD’S V-38 EARLY YELLOW DENT 
112 days. High yields of top quality feed 
corn in the Upper Piedmont and Mountains or 
in the South for early feed and hogging or 
late planting after early potatoes. Short sturdy 
stalks, ears low, ideal picker type. Grain dries 
very rapidly. 
WOOD’S V-30 EXTRA EARLY YELLOW 
110 days. A new hybrid in the Ohio C-54 or 
V-26Y class. Similar in many respects to V-26Y 
with more accent on quality, with a few days 
of earliness sacrificed. We suggest trying some 
of this in comparison with other early hybrids. 
WOOD’S V-26 EXTRA EARLY YELLOW 
Similar in most respects to V-26Y. Recom- 
mended by North Carolina and Virginia for 
southwest Virginia and western North Carolina. 
WOOD’S V-26Y EXTRA EARLY 
YELLOW DENT 
110 days. Roasting ears in 72 days. A better 
shuck than most early corns. Very good grain 
quality, excellent standability and ear place- 
ment. Almost no broken stalks if harvested at 
15% moisture as the stalks are still green. Very 
good seedling vigor, strong roots; in our ex- 
tensive tests has consistently surpassed Ohio 
C-54. Popular in the deep South for early hog- 
ging off. Many farmers reported V-26Y stood the 
drought better than other varieties. 
Many demonstrations. of hogging off corns 
with soybeans have been conducted through- 
out the Eastern Carolinas and Virginia. All 
farmers who have worked with us have been 
highly pleased with V-26Y, especially in tobacco 
growing areas where hogging off corns elimi- 
nate feeding chores during tobacco harvest time. 
Different planting schemes were used, but the 
method receiving the most praise was two rows 
or corn, then two rows of Early Wood’s Yellow 
Soybeans. This allowed the farmer to apply 
nitrogen to the corn, only; it allowed more sun- 
light, permitting corn planting as close as 8 
inches in the drill. Depending on the planting 
and seasons, most fields were ready for hog- 
ging off from July 1st to Aug. 15th. In the deep 
South much earlier. 
In Central Carolina we have continued breed- 
ing and testing operations for 9 years on B. C. 
Mayo’s farm. He has closely observed hundreds 
of varieties and since V-26Y was introduced has 
steadily increased his acreage until in 1954 he 
planted approximately 400 acres as a commer- 
cial crop. By planting early he can start the 
picker sheller the last of Aug. selling corn at 
15% and 16% moisture from the field, which 
enables him to turn his cattle in the field im- 
mediately for grazing, with plenty of time to 
follow this with winter crops. 
In high altitudes or short growing seasons, 
we recommend V-26Y for a main crop corn. 
“\/-26Y is as good a yielding corn as you can 
plant,” thinks Ben Mayo, Edgecombe Co., N. C. 
Virgil Burnett, his foreman, shows its tremend- 
ous yield of big sound ears placed low on 
short stalks that stood much better than many 
other corns. Despite the terrible drought this 
14-acre field yielded 99 bu. per acre of dry 
shelled corn Spaced 10” in 38” rows. 
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