Show r 1 Iole Korean n L Lespedeza Good Gad G od as Pasture Plant P lant Drought Is J Resistant and Grows vs Ee Readily on Poor Acid Soils Prepared by the Untied United Stator States Department Department Depart Depart- ment of or Agriculture ure A small package of or seed sent scot to the he United United States States Department of Agriculture Agriculture ture from Korea even cven years curs ago has upheld the old su saying ln scud good s come In small packages Sown at nt the time departments department's experimental farm at Arlington Ar Ar- lington Va In to a n row a 1 rod lod long which yielded eight t ounces of se seed d the material proved t to be a species of les- les n new w to the United States Careful handling to increase this small seal seo-J supply nail and m subsequent testing forting at various state experiment stations has hns shown the new new Introduction to be a n valuable rahle addition n to the forage crops ClOp of ot this co country Quite Drought Drought R The Korean lespedeza although closely related to the Japanese species commonly commonly found foun In th the South Is earlier ear ear- lier lIel and adaptable to te rc regions lons farther north It Is Is quite drought resistant amid grows readily on poor acid soils It Is a legume and is recommended chiefly as ns a summer pasture crop ClOp rather than as a n hay crop Its value lies In Iii the lice fact that It will wilt reseed tho the ground and 1111 will grow In In- Inthe the hot months months' when gr grass fl on un poor draughty mail land Is brown and d dead ad Although grown glOwn only on n limited acreage as as' y ot t on on account of an nn Insufficient Insufficient seed supply Korean promises to tp bo he especially Important for fora a section of or the country described as us lying between southern Pennsylvania nail and northern Ohio on the north and the southern border of Virginia and Je Kentucky on the tho south e extending from om the Atlantic coast to town Iowa It has also given Iven promise In Kansas r on the eastern eastern eastern east east- ern border buder of the Great Plains hut how far west It may prove proe valuable 13 Is not lIot yet et known l S Seed d Supply S Inadequate The great grut need at nt present to further the thc establishment of ot tills this new legume legum Is n a sufficient seed supply There 1 I In is isn n demand for nil all the seed that can cnn be be grown for several years yet to come says fays the tile department and the few fow farmers who already have ha a small acreage are ore urged to harvest a U supply of ot seed for tor sale saje Although lespedeza m will grow readily at fit points farther north than the thc zone described It does not mature seed there In iu the thi adapted adapt adapt- d c-d region mentioned the plant produces pro pro- duces m n t plentiful supply of ot seed I t J. J |