CROTALARIA, A NEW LEGUME FOR THE SOUTH 29 
The seed ripens over a long period of time, making seed harvesting 
somewhat difficult. 
Most of the seed used in the Southern United States in the last 
three years (1927-1929) has been imported from Porto Rico. Some 
seed is grown in Florida. 
Crotalaria is immune to nematodes and has been free from any 
serious fungous disease. 
The pumpkin bug and the bella moth have been somewhat serious 
at times on the seed crop. 
The organism that inoculates crotalaria is widely distributed, and 
it has not been found necessary to inoculate artificially. 
The forage and green-manure yields of crotalaria on poor sandy 
lands in the South have been heavy, and it would appear that this 
crop has a real place under such conditions. 
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