Papago is a new variety that grows well under irrigation and is 

 more productive than other varieties in the Southwest, its known 

 area of adaptation. It is being grown for seed increase in Arizona, 

 and seed supply is still limited. 



GUAR 



Guar is a drought -resistant summer annual that can be grown in most 

 of the States southof Virginia, Kentucky, Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Utah, 

 and Nevada, and in southern California. Commercial acreages are confined 

 to southern Texas, Arizona, and California. 



Guar grows best on sandy loams but it does well on a wide range of 

 soils. It is an excellent green-manure crop for cotton lands infected with 

 root rot, to which guar is highly resistant. Guar also possesses moderate 

 resistance to the root -knot nematode. The plants are too coarse and woody 

 to use for forage, but the beans can be fed as a protein supplement to live- 

 stock or processed to produce a vegetable gum, mannogalactan, which has 

 a variety of uses for food, paper, and textile products. 



HAIRY INDIGO 



Hairy indigo is a summer annual adapted to the Gulf Coast from 

 Florida to Texas. It grows fairly well on moderately poor sandy soil but 

 does best on fertile sandy loams. It has a low lime requirement. It serves 

 as a conservation or pasture crop, and hay can be harvested if cut before 

 the plant reaches a height of 2-1/2 to 3 feet. Hay from taller plants is 

 usually woody and unpalatable. It is a heavy seed producer and is resistant 

 to the root-knot nematode. Two types are recognized: a large late -maturing 

 strain and a smaller type which matures about 1 month earlier. 



KUDZU 



Kudzu is a rapid -growing, viny, perennial plant, adapted to Virginia, 

 Kentucky, Arkansas, eastern Oklahoma, and States to the south. It can be 

 grown in the irrigated sections of Arizona, New Mexico, and southern 

 California as well as the coastal sections of Washington and Oregon. 



Kudzu grows best on well-drained loams of good fertility, but it will 

 grow on soils of almost all types except very light sand and poorly drained 

 heavy clay. 



Kudzu excels as a conservation crop, but it is also used as a pasture 

 and hay crop. Stands may be lost if they are clipped closely or overgrazed. 

 Most stands are established by planting crowns. Very little seed is avail- 

 able. 



LESPEDEZA 



The lespedezas are legumes whose areas of adaptation vary with the 

 species. They will grow on almost any type of soil, including those too sour 

 for clover, but they make their best growth on fertile, well-drained loams. 

 There are three commonly grown species: two annuals --striate and 

 Korean- -and one perennial- -sericea. The annuals are usually spring sown 



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