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Show A NEW FORAGE. KxperimenU conducted by the gov-ernmeut gov-ernmeut with kudui, a native forage plant of Japan, warrants the anuouuee-meuL anuouuee-meuL that it merits extensive use in certain cer-tain sections of this country. It thrives especially' well on tho heavy clay hill-si hill-si dos and oi herwie neglected land of the southern states. Kiuhu prospers in the eastern part of the L'niled States, particularly southward, south-ward, a ! taintn;T UiMU'ious growth where t he summers are warm and moist . It lis largely used for ornamental purposes Jin most of the southern states, the .decorative vines often climbing to a height of sixty .feet or more. Tl: Japanese utilize kudzu on rough, rocky hillsides which are too steep (o be cultivated, the fiber of the stems being' be-ing' used to make "grass cloth' an article ar-ticle of commerce, while portmanteaus lare also manufactured from this filxr. The kiuUu roots are rich in starch, which is used extensively, in making cakes and noodles. They also make hav I from the kudr.u vine, it being- a grcai i de'icacy for sick horse?, as thev w ill cat knd.u readily when they refuse other feed. ! l'ic:ds in northern Florida, when well , e s t a Id i s h e d . have y 1 e M e d 1 1 1 re; c u t -lings of hay a season and .is high as if" tons an acre. Under favorable con- d'tions kud -.u is a prof5 table crop, not-! not-! v. ithst:.vd:u; r:e fact that its perennial raturc doc not pcrtnu of its being used i '.n rota! ion. |