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Lespedeza will make an excellent hay crop 

 on good land in nearly all parts of the South. 



FOUR-YEAR ROTATION 



Lespedeza does not make sufficient growth on 

 poor land to justify planting it as a hay crop. 

 It should be sown the last of February or the 

 first of March on the oat land. Run over the 

 land after sowing seed with a dragtooth har- 

 row, the teeth slanted backward at an angle 

 of 45 degrees. One cutting of hay can be se- 



