with stand and season. As much as 1,200 pounds per acre has been 

 harvested, but 500 is a fair crop. 



Commonly Korean lespedeza is cut with a mower, and not until 

 the plants are brown. If the cutting is done too early much of the 

 seed is immature. Cutting should be done when the plants are wet 

 with dew, and windrowmg in late afternoon when they again ire 

 somewhat damp. Threshing can be done with a grain separator. 



Dodder 



Dodder is the great weed pest of lespedeza. and where seed 

 is produced it is important to remove the dodder from the field 

 before it blooms, which may be done by cutting out the lespedeza 

 on the infected spots, by burning, or by spraying with 3 percent 

 sulphuric acid or with a commercial weed killer. TVnen a field 

 is badly infested a good plan is to graze it heavily so that the 

 lespedeza is eaten down. Cattle eat the dodder readily, and after 

 a field is heavily grazed the new growth will generally be free from 

 dodder. If it is not, the remaining dodder should be cut out by 

 hand or the field grazed the entire season. 



Dodder seed cannot be completely separated from lespedeza seed, 

 especially Korean, but much can be done by skillful and repeated 

 cleaning. 



Annual Varieties 



Common. Kobe, and Tennessee Xo. 76 belong to the same species 

 and are distinguished chiefly by size. Tennessee No. 76 has a more 

 erect habit of growth than the other annual lespedezas. is late in 

 maturing, but is a heavy yielder of excellent hay. Kobe plants are 

 larger and coarser than those of the common lespedeza, the leaflets 

 are broader and longer, and the seed is large and distinctive. Kobe 

 matures usually a little earlier than Tennessee Xo. 76. 



Korean lespedeza belongs to a different species and is a larger, 

 coarser plant than any of the others, with broader leaflets. The 

 seed is distinctive, and the seeding habits are markedly different 

 from those of the other varieties. In Korean the seeds are borne in 

 the axils of the leaves on the ends of the branches. At maturity the 

 leaves turn forward, and the tips of the branches resemble small 

 cones. Korean matures much earlier than the varieties mentioned 

 above: in fact, its early maturity is a disadvantage in the South as 

 it is an advantage in the North. 



The extra early dwarf variety of Korean lespedeza resembles the 

 standard in all characters but is lower growing and matures very 

 much earlier. It may have some value as a late summer pasture 

 plant in Xew England and other northern sections, but it should 

 not be introduced where the standard Korean is grown. The seeds 

 of the two varieties are exactly alike, and the presence of the early 

 variety can serve only to reduce the value of the standard Korean. 



Lespedeza Sericea 



The perennial species, Lespedeza. sericea* is so new in the United 

 States that much is still to be learned about its use and value. Once 

 established, it comes back year after year from the crown, as in 



