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An established field border with shrub lespedeza next to the woodland and 
sericea lespedeza next to the cropland. 
Japonica never needs cutting, as it 
dies back naturally. And cutting back 
natob delays its ripening date too 
much. For beauty, ordinary bicolor 
and strain 101 may be cut down every 
second or third year. This causes 
many stems to sprout from the crown. 
In Florida, every-year-cutting is best 
as it delays blooming to fit the rainfall] 
and daylight hours of this climate. 
o not burn or disk the seed into the 
soil. Your birds will need the seed 
carried over from the previous year to 
feed them in September and October, 
before a new crop falls. 
Field and woodland borders 
Borders between cropped fields and 
woodland are planted the same way as 
This leaflet supersedes Leaflet 248. 
Washington, D. C. 
woodland food strips. Make the 
shrub lespedeza border 15 to 20 feet 
wide. If you need a turnrow and wider 
protection from erosion, seed sericea 
in a 12- to 15-foot strip between the 
shrub lespedeza and cropland. Bor- 
ders should extend the full length of 
the woodland-field junction for good 
land use. The sericea is sown broad- 
cast on top of the ground at a rate 
of 30 pounds per acre, following \ 
thorough land preparation. \ 
These borders are usually more 
eroded than cropland; therefore, they 
will need extra fertilizer at the be- 
ginning. A severely eroded border 
will need a mulch of straw, leaves, saw- 
dust, wood chips, or branches to pro- 
tect the little seedlings through the first 
year of growth. 
November 1 954 ? 
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For sale by the Superintendent of Documents,-U. S. Government,Printing Office 
Washington 25, D. C. 
- Price 5 cents 
U. S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE: 1954 
