Beaver Press | 1924-04-11 | Page 2 | New Legume is Fine for Pastures in Middle West

new legume Is fine for pastures in middle an west abt A new variety of lespedeza imported recently from korea by the bureau of plant industry united states department m ent of agriculture wis was tried out at purdue university last year this variety v a biety lias has a great deal of promise for use in seeding with pasture crops according to purdue crop specialists it grows large and matures seed two weeks earlier than other varieties so can be used in every part of the state it stays green during dry weather and produces ft a lot of feerd when other crops are dried up this characteristic together with the fact that it has a tough fibrous root system and the ability to reseed itself and spread fer er thin pasture lands makes it a valuable legume for the middle west