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 
grasses such as Orchard Grass and 
Red Top with the later maturing 
Lespedeza. It is at its best in the 
summer when other grasses and 
clovers are dormant. No bloating 
of live stock has been heard of. 
Best of All 
SOIL BUILDERS 
Lespedeza outranks all other le¬ 
gumes. Poor, sour soil, void of hu¬ 
mus and dead to forage crops is not 
beyond the reach of Lespedeza. Al¬ 
falfa and Sweet Clover are helpless 
on poor, acid soil. Such soil must 
be reclaimed, usually at great ex¬ 
pense, 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 expensive pre¬ 
paration of seed bed, no failure 
from drought and no choking 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 it¬ 
self in subsequent years. Thin sow¬ 
ing of five pounds per acre will 
produce a heavy crop of hay the 
second year, but we believe it more 
satisfactory and economical at first 
to sow 15 pounds of seed per acre 
and thereby secure a full hay crop, 
or seed for harvest, the first year 
the seed is sown. 
Quick Pasture Mixture 
Quick pasture mixture, combination 50% Rye Grass and 50% Hardy 
Northern Lespedeza, which may be sown early without any nurse crop. 
Rye grass, is very fast growing, and serves as a nurse crop. 
The Lespedeza Clover carries on in midsummer to add to production, 
should be sown at the rate of about 15 lbs. per acre. 
MISSOURI 
KANSAS CITY. 
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