KOREAN LESPEDEZA 
The most popular and widely adapt¬ 
ed variety of all the lespedezas. 
This earliest maturing giant var¬ 
iety of lespedeza was obtained a few 
years ago by the U. S. Department of 
Agniculture from Korea, where for 
hundreds of years it has reseeded and 
perpetuated itself under climatic con¬ 
ditions similar to those in the Cen¬ 
tral States. Its large growth and re¬ 
liability in making stands since its 
introduction has won for tit more and 
lasting friends among the farmers than 
any crop ever won in so short a time. 
Every farmer in the central, east¬ 
ern and mid-western states in interest¬ 
ed in Korean Lespedeza—that wonder¬ 
ful legume that will grow abundantly 
on land without lime or fertilizer— 
that has never yet been killed by 
drouth —that will always come up to 
a stand, and perpetuate itself indef¬ 
initely until plowed—that will double | 
the carrying capacity of any pasture i 
by producing its best during the dry 
late summer — and that makes hay 
equal to or better than alfalfa. 
RALPH KENNY, pictured at left, Kentucky Agronomist, and Charles Helm, cen¬ 
ter, Missouri Agronomist, observing Korean lespedeza growing vigorously in a 
20-year-old Blue Grass pasture on Korean dale farm, August 22, 1932. 
KOREAN LESPEDEZA requires no 
preparation of the soil bed; it is sown 
in any small grain like red clover is 
sown. 
Only ten pounds per acre are need¬ 
ed tin mixtures for pasture, or 20-25 
pounds when sown alone. 
Can be broadcasted, 5-10 pounds per 
acre, on old, thin, spotted pastures 
of any kind and makes a stand with¬ 
out stirring the land. 
It matures earlier than other les¬ 
pedeza, thus insuring reseeding and 
permitting hay harvest before the 
fall rains begin. 
It will carry 1,000 to 2,000 pounds, 
live weight, of stock per acre from 
June to October. 
It has a rich feeding analysis for 
either pasture or hay. 
It reseeds itself, thus requiring no 
expense or labor for a second year’s 
crop. 
It must be inoculated on fields 
where other lespedezas or cow peas 
were not recently grown. 
KOBE LESPEDEZA is most popular 
throughout the cotton belt, especially 
east of the Mississippi river. 
Kobe Lespedeza should be seeded 
as recommended for korean and in 
the eastern and central cotton states 
is frequently the preferred variety be¬ 
cause of its continued growth late in 
the fall. 
Kobe is frequently used in pasture 
mixtures with Korean throughout the 
central states because of its continued 
growth for two to three weeks after 
Korean has matured. 
TENNESSEE 76 is a variety developed 
by the Tennessee Experiment Station 
by selection from common lespedeza. 
It grows larger than common lespe- 
