STANDARD SEED COMPANY ss KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI 
Korean Lespedeza (Continued) 
Drought Resistant—Deep Rooted 
While severe droughts will cur¬ 
tail growth of plants for pasturage 
and hay, yet Lespedeza will with¬ 
stand droughts destructive to all 
other legumes and thrive on sandy 
soil too dry for other clovers. 
Dependent upon latitude, growth 
begins in April-May. In June-July 
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EXCELLENT 
for Grazing 
Reported from all sections. The 
Missouri Experiment Station re¬ 
ported in 1927 that a seeding of 
Korean Lespedeza in wheat was 
grazed after the grain was harvest¬ 
ed from early in August. A per¬ 
manent pasture with long grazing 
season can be secured by seeding 
a mixture of early maturing grass¬ 
es such as Orchard Grass and Red 
Top with the later maturing Les¬ 
pedeza. It is at its best in the sum¬ 
mer when other grasses and clov¬ 
ers are dormant. No bloating of live 
stock has been heard of. 
the crop is ready for pasturage and 
in August-September for hay, and 
in September-October for seed. 
Korean variety matures two to 
three weeks earlier than any other 
variety. The growth continues un¬ 
til heavy frost. 
BEST of ALL 
Soil Builders 
Lespedeza outranks all other 
legumes. Poor, sour soil, void of 
humus and dead to forage crops is 
not beyond the reach of Lespedeza. 
Alfalfa and Sweet Clover are help¬ 
less on poor, acid soil. Such soil 
must be reclaimed, usually at great 
expense, before Alfalfa and Sweet 
Clover can do their beneficent 
work. Lespedeza will start at the 
bottom and do the reclamation 
work. No lime or careful and ex¬ 
pensive preparation of seed bed, no 
failure from drought and no chok¬ 
ing out by weeds or grass. 
When and How to Seed 
When broadcasting is evenly done 
in early spring (March-April, de¬ 
pending on latitude) on ground 
well cracked or pitted from freez¬ 
ing. When so planted, do not at¬ 
tempt to cover the seed and plant 
late enough to avoid injury by frost 
to young plants. Under other con¬ 
ditions, the soil may be harrowed, 
either before, or- after seeding. A 
disk drill may be used, but the cov¬ 
erage of the seed must be very 
slight, otherwise they will not 
germinate. They may be seeded on 
any small grain (serving as a nurse “ 
crop against weeds) and both crops 
secured on the same land in one 
season. Lespedeza will reseed itself 
in subsequent years. Thin sowing 
of five pounds per acre will pro¬ 
duce a heavy crop of hay the sec¬ 
ond year, but' we believe it more 
satisfactory and economical at first 
to sow 15 pounds of seed per acr% 
and thereby secure a full hay crQp,„ 
or seed for harvest, .the first year 
the seed is sowed. , tv. 
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