Show set great value on new lespedeza experts extol its drought resisting qualities prepared b by the th united states department of 0 A 9 service woe A new W hardy r uj drought rou it resistant early strain of korean lespedeza leap edeza I 1 introduced n trod from manchuria and und dundei e f trial by the department promises to fill filla a big gap in new england and other northern pastures and to push the american i lespedeza belt miles or more north forage specialists or of the department say many new england pastures become brown and bare tn in summer and the new lespedeza i makes its best growth them although i ordinary korean les do not mature north of the southern boundary ot of michigan the new strain has matured at middlebury vt VL and at augusta mich it grows readily in sour soil such as many new england pastures have bay the department has also been working on a new fall and winter pasture plant tor for the gulf coast region to keep beep pastures there green after the commonly grown grasses die down in the fall A new clover named cluster clover and known locally as mcneill Mc Nelll clover received from hungary slows shows surprising ability to grow on poor soil oll in that region and to make fall fail and winter pasture A third pasture plant under observation Is the finger fanger i grass brought here from south africa it does well on poor hilly land in such states as alabama georgia and florida and thrives where other grasses can scarcely grow although these three crops ire are n not ot yet available for general use federal experimenters are optimistic over their possibilities |