It is customary for the farmers in the south in cutting Lespedeza for 

 hay to leave now and then a small strip for the purpose of securing seed. 

 The seed being light, it blows over the ground thereby furnishing a 

 sufficient amount of seed to make the crop the following year. If the 

 hay is fed to stock, there is usually enough seed in the manure to re-seed 

 a new field if the manure is scattered on the ground. 



Rotation 



A good rotation is cotton, corn, oats and Lespedeza, or corn, oats and 

 Lespedeza. It has been repeatedly demonstrated that if this legume is 

 grown in any kind of a rotation, or even alternated with any crop that 

 it very materially increases the crop following Lespedeza. 



Harvesting 



If intended for hay it should be cut just as it is coming into blossom. 

 If cut just before the blossoms come, a second crop will mature for 

 seed. When harvesting for seed it should be raked into windrows or 

 made into small cocks as soon as it is cut. If raked when dry, much 

 of the seed will be lost by shelling. It is a good plan to rake or cock 

 when the dew is on. In hauling and handling great care must be taken 

 or a large per cent of the seed will be lost. It is always a good plan to 

 use a tight wagon box in hauling the hay to the thresher. 



Following is the digestible nutrients and fertilizing constituents of 

 cured clovers. 



