10 CIRCULAR 137, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
that the crop will not be ready to cut before the last of September or 
early October, when the best drying weather prevails. Farther 
north the date of planting should be a little earlier, provided it 
is desired to follow the practice of making hay during the drier 
fall period. 
TIGURE 3.—A field planting of Crotalaria spectabilis in rows at McNeill, Miss. 
FIGURD 4.—A field planting of Crotalaria striatd in rows at MeNeill, Miss. 
Crotalaria planted by June 1 in Florida and not disturbed before 
frost will mature an ample quantity of seed to reseed itself. Plant- 
ings made in citrus and pecan groves for soil improvement need not 
be replanted if a seed crop is allowed to mature each year, and 
generally much seed can be gathered for additional plantings or for 
market. The land should be disked lightly some time before March 
1 in order to cover the seed scattered by the bursting pods. 
