Show Korean Lespedeza es e eza Good oo Forage 0 ia e Crop Earliness of Legume Is Its Chief V Value au f for or Pasture in inMany Many Sections Prepared by the United St States tes te's Department of Agriculture A new forage crop has hus been lIeen devel- devel opened by the United States Department Department Depart Depart- 1 ment merit of ot l Ag Agriculture which will serve a useful u field in that part of the United Stat States s wl which ma may be roughly described as a zone one lying between south southern rn Pennsylvania and northern Ohio on the north and the southern so southern th n border of Virginia Vir- Vir Vir Virginia ginia and Kentucky j on the south extending ex- ex ex extending tending from fromm the Atlantic coast t to Iowa Iown It has also given promise JI ii ln Kansas on the time eastern border of or the Gr Great at Fh i Plains and ns t to some some ext extent f tar far tarther farther r I ther west j Differs In Earliness 1 This new new forage crop Korean Koran an n st le Is ISn isa a legume and nd Is a u close dose rel rel relative el- el alive of ot the common or Japanese or lespedeza lespedeza les les- already widely distributed in the I e southern states but differs from It ItIn In size c coarseness and its its- well as us In In technical cl characters It It Is described In Department Circular ar si Just Issued by the department Its earliness Its earliness Is s Is bell believed ved IV 10 ber be beta a weakness so f fr far r as as Its us use use in th t J South Is con concerned and it seems probable J b-J able that over rr r r ul gr ater part part of f t the f urea area where h It will rep reproduce u e with c t the time common i will bethe be bej the more more valuable form form The rhe n new w variety arle y matures matures io so early earls that In n th the latitude or of Washington of-Washington D D. C C. it is Is' ripe and dead at least n a month before fore forea a a killing kUUng frost ari and so prod produces tice no grazing at at a a time Ume when the common variety Is still sun green green- and fit to graze On the other hand han t the he new y e Korean var variety sty ety starts earU earlier r in In n the spring and grows more rapidly thus furnishing furnishing furnish furnish- sh ing grazing before the common or Japanese Tap Jap anese has attained sum sufficient ent size to be past mired Its earliness Is Its chief value valie for that part of ot the United States outlined above Considered With Favor Included In the bull bulletin are ure several reports from arlo various s experiment stations stations stations sta sta- where the new crop has been tested and It Is s considered with much favor It has done exceedingly wellin wellIn well Avell In Iowa A copy of the circular may maybe maybe maybe be had upon request as long tong as the supply lasts from the United States Department of Agriculture Washington Washing Washing- Washington ton D. D C. C C. C |