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Photographed in August. Note the height, 9 feet in 9 weeks growth. This field is to 
he planted in Cantaloups in December. 
May 
A Spot In 30,000 Acres of 
Imperial Valley Lettuce 
Known 
Note the ease and thorough method of turning under Sesbania, averaging nine feet 
in height. 
A Spot in 35,000 Acres 
of Imperial Valley 
Cantaloupes 
S ESBANIA has changed the method of melon growing in Imperial Valley. 
Previously it was customary to plant melons only on soil, which had 
been in alfalfa, for three years. After three years of melons, alfalfa 
was again planted, and this necessitated higher rents, expense of moving, 
and uncertainty of soils. Many large growers have proven, after several 
years of tests, that by planting Sesbania, melons can be grown, on the same 
soil, indefinitely. After the melon harvest, plant 40tb Sesbania to the acre, 
in June or July, plow under after eight or nine weeks, obtaining ten to 
twelve tons of green fertilizer. Allow the soil to dry and summer fallow, 
in time to bed in November. 
CITRUS growers have found Sesbania superior to all other fertilizer crops, making more 
tonnage, quicker growth and shading the young trees during the hot weather. By drilling 
301b seed to the acre, between the trees in May, discing under in July, and irrigating a second 
crop can be grown without resowing, as it will sprout from the joints. However, it is an 
annual in all climates, so it cannot become a pest and can be eradicated by not allowing it to 
go to seed. 
COTTON growers of the Southwest have found Sesbania the solution of keeping up their 
soils. One of the largest growers of cotton, in the world, has secured Sesbania seed, enough 
to plant 6,000 to 10,000 acres this coming summer. 
O NE of the largest lettuce growers, in the world, has proven that two 
months growth of Sesbania is equal to three years in alfalfa, for 
lettuce fertilization. He will plant about 2,000 acres of Sesbania, 
next summer, in Imperial Valley alone. Wc believe every lettuce grower of 
the Valley will plant a large acreage. 
A Best-30 Caterpillar, drawing nine disc plows makes a perfect turn- 
under. The disc carriage mashes down the growth of Sesbania, which will 
be turned under the next trip around the field. Sesbania should be turned 
under before it starts to form pods. The stalks decay very readily, and cause 
no obstruction to the planting and cultivating of the following crops. 
IT IS a fast growing plant, frequently 
making a foot of growth per week after 
germination in excessive hot weather. It re¬ 
quires from eight to ten weeks from time of 
germination to time of plowing under. It 
should be plowed under when the seed is in 
the dough. Usually, it is broadcasted similar 
to wheat and we recommend inoculating with 
Humo-germ, as the Earp-Thomas Culture 
Company, advise this. 
J. C. ARCH IAS pioneered the introduc¬ 
tion of Sesbania to the trade and spent sev¬ 
eral years of experiments at the Riverside 
Citrus Station, State Agricultural College of 
New Mexico, Southwestern Texas and sev- 
Sesbania Root S ICeeks Growth Measuring About 3 
Feet Across, Note the Nodules. 
eral of the Southern Atlantic States as well as Argentine, Italy, Palestine and many other 
foreign countries. We have booked orders for many car loads of Sesbania for next season’s 
planting, on the strength of these experiments. Three years ago we induced a customer to 
plant one ton and he has been increasing until his present order being for 50 tons. Another 
firm sowed one ton last season and has placed an order with us for a car load next season. 
Grower’s name and quotation given upon request. 
A cl os cup in a Citrus Grove planted in Sesbania. 
