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W. B. McDaniel, Faceville, Ga. : 
Beggar-tick or beggar-lice grows well in the southwestern part of Georgia, is an 
excellent plant for forage, both green and cured, and is splendid as a fertilizer, build- 
ing up land very rapidly. From the Ist of July it will entirely cover the ground the 
same season. 
Rk. J. Redding, Atlanta, Ga.: 
Introduced from Florida and cultivated in southern Georgia for hay and as a reno- 
vator of the soil, especially the latter. It is not hardy against cold, and is not grown 
in middle and northern Georgia. 
Whitfield Moore, Woodland, Red River County, Tex.: 
That which I cultivated was from seeds from the Department of Agriculture, and ap- 
pears somewhat different from the native. It has to be seeded annuaily. It will not 
stand much grazing, but is a good fertilizer, and drought seems not to affect its growth 
in the least. It is best adapted to light, sandy land, and will grow a heavy crop from 
4 to 6 feet high on the poorest sandy land we have, and in the driest seasons. The 
hay is very sweet and nutritious, and all stock eat it more greedily than anything else 
I have ever fed. The only objection to itis the trouble of saving and cleaning the 
seed. 
LESPEDEZA. 
Lespedeza striata (Japan Clover). 
This plant was introduced in some unknown way, over forty years ago, 
from China into the South Atlantic States. It was little noticed before 
the war, but during the war it extended north and west and has since 
spread rapidly over abandoned fields, along roadsides, and in open 
woods, and now furnishes thousands of acres of excellent grazing in 
every one of the Gulf States, and is still spreading northward in Ken- 
tucky and Virginia, and westward in Texas, Indian Territory, and 
Arkansas. It is an annual and furnishes pasture only during summer 
and until killed by frost in the fall. The small purplish blossoms are 
produced singly in the axils between the leaf and stem, and the seeds 
ripen, a few at atime, from about the 1st of August until the close of the 
season. It reproduces itself from seed on the same ground year after 
year, andon this account has been erroneously called a perennial. It 
will grow on poor soils, either sand or clay, but prefers the latter. It 
is better adapted to poor soils than Bermuda grass, both trom giving a 
more certain and perhaps larger yield, and from being more useful in 
restoring their fertility. On poor upland soils it is seldom cut for hay, 
growing only from 6 inches to 1 foot in height, and being incliued to 
spread out flat upon the surface. On rich bottom-lands it grows thicker, 
taller, and more upright, and is largely cut for hay. It has been sown 
artificially only to a limited extent as yet, but seed is now offered inthe 
market, and its cultivation is likely to be liberally extended, especially 
on lands too dry or poor for alfalfa and where the true clovers do not 
succeed. Japan clover is remarkable for holding its own against other 
plants. It will run out broom sedge and other inferior plants, and 
even Bermuda in some localities. It does not withstand drought as 
well as either Bermuda or Johnson grass, but soon recovers after a 
