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The above “before” and ‘“‘after’’ photographs were supplied by the United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation 
BEFORE 
gullied land before and after planting Kudzu. 

View of critical slope planted to Kudzu on which hogs are grazing. 
plied by United States Department of Agriculture Soil Conservation Service. 
Plant Kudzu on your non- 
productive, rough, hilly ground 
and transform it into one of the 
most profitable portions of your 
farm. 
Kudzu is proving to be a God- 
send to owners of poor land. It 
is a perennial legume, contains 
more protein than alfalfa or 
wheat bran, and succeeds on 
land too poor for alfalfa. It is 
perfectly hardy as far north as 
southern Indiana, but the South 
is where it thrives to perfection. 
Most of the research work on 
Kudzu has been done in the 
southern states so too little is 
known of its performance north 
of Kentucky or on the west 
coast. If you live in 
the north, we recom- 
mend that you purchase 
Kudzu in limited quan- 
Photo sup- 
tities until you determine its 
adaptability to your climate. It 
is adapted to all kinds of well- 
drained soils, and will succeed in 
practically any land not water- 
soaked and not a desert. It is our 
honest opinion that Kudzu en- 
riches non-productive, barren hill- 
sides more rapidly and more per- 
manently than they can be im- 
proved in any other way. 
As an indication of the popularity of 
this fast-growing legume for erosion con- 
' trol, grazing and hay production, farm- 
ers cooperating with the Soil Conserva- 
tion Service in its erosion control pro- 
gram, have planted Kudzu on thousands 
of acres of eroded land not suitable for 
row-crop production. The manner of 
growth prevents the soil from washing, 
and the roots penetrate so deeply as to 
make it proof against dry weather. 
Kudzu rapidly improves the soil by 
drawing nitrogen from the air. Poor, 
worn-out land soon regains its fertility 
the great Forage Crop 
and. SOIL BUILDER 
AFTER 
and becomes richer every year. 
Kudzu makes a good permanent pas- 
ture. As a hay crop, one or more cut- 
tings can be made each year in the 
North, and from two to four in the South. 
Instances. are known where four cuttings 
of hay, averaging 214 tons per cutting, 
have been made, making a total yield of 
ten tons per acre in a single, season. 
Kudzu does not have to be cut at any 
certain time to save it, and may await 
the convenience of the farmer. It cures 
quickly, retains its bright green color, 
and the leaves do not drop off. A shower 
of rain does not ruin the hay. It can be 
harvested when weather conditions are 
unfavorable for other hays and will yield 
a fine quality of hay, often when contin- 
ued showers and dampness would ruin 
any other legume hay. 
KUDZU FOR COWS 
Growers report that when fed to cows, 
Kudzu produces more milk than from 
any other one feed. 
KUDZU FOR HORSES 
It is not injurious to horses and is 
perfectly safe for all stock, when fed 
either green or dry. Does not cause 
sickness of animals even when overfed. 
KUDZU FOR POULTRY 
When moistened, Kudzu hay becomes 
‘almost like fresh foliage again and makes 
an excellent green ration for poultry, 
rabbits, etc., in the winter. 
Prices of Kudzu 

Service, and show the same severely 
Kudzu should be given cultivation 
the first season. A full crop of corn, a 
good crop of potatoes or any other 
similar crop may be raised on the same 
land the first year, so the farmer does 
not lose the use of the land. After the 
first year no cultivation is needed, as 
the plants will cover the ground and 
take root at the joints after the man- 
ner of strawberries, growing so rapidly 
as to choke out weeds and other plants. 
In spite of be manner of growth, it 
is an easy matter to get rid of Kudzu 
if desired, for it has a peculiar habit 
of neither blooming nor bearing seed 
under field culture and the plants will 
sprout only from the crowns and can 
be killed by cutting off these crowns 
with a disk plow in hot, dry weather. 
When the crowns of Kudzu roots are 
cut off and exposed to sunshine for 
half a day or so they are killed, and 
the roots decay. Another method of 
eradicating Kudzu in case one desires 
to put a field back into intertilled 
crops, is to plow late in the fall, and 
plant the following spring te corn, 
beans, potatoes, or any other crop that 
can be given careful cultivation. While 
Kudzu will stand more abuse than 
almost any other plant, it is much 
more easily eradicated than alfalfa if 
one wants to get rid of it. Kudzu 
absolutely cannot become a weed pest. 
Growers are now propagating it al- 
most entirely by transplanting young 
plants from old Kudzu fields. They 
prepare the ground the same as for a 
crop of corn and set plants 5 to 10 feet 
apart each way. Setting the plants ten 
feet apart calls for only about 450 
plants to the acre. This is a job not 
nearly so expensive aS seeding an acre 
of alfalfa; especially is this so when 
we take into consideration the fact that 
lett does not have to be fertilized or 
ime 
KUDZU PLANTS—Plants should be set out in the early opened 
Send your order as soon as possible ‘and we will keep the plants for — 
you until planting time. (We cannot ship Kudzu plants to Califor- — 
nia.) Strong, self-inoculated field grown roots. (12 for $1.50) (25 — 
for $2.50) (50 for $4.00) (100 for $7.00) (250 for $15.00) (500 for 
$27.50) (1,000 for $50.00), prepaid. © 
KUDZU SEED—If you want to start your own plants, we ce 
supply seed. For best results, Kudzu seed should be inoculated. Su 
ficient NITRAGIN for inoculating is supplied free with all se 
ders. (Pkt. 25c) (3 pkts. 60c) (Oz. $1.20) (14 Ib. $3.50) (Lb. ee 
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