The Monroe journal., 1922-11-17
UNION FARMERS GETTING
A Big LESPEDEZA YIELD
'Alfafa Of the South" As Mr.. Broom
Calls II. Is Rapidly Coming
Into Its Estate
ONCE THRIvED ONLY IN THE
ROADS, DITCHES, GULLIES
II Was So Common That No One Ap-
preciated Its Possibilities - By
Sowing Every Available Acre In
Lespedxa, MIR. Broom Says, the
Corn and Wheat Yield Could Be
Trebled and Bale of Cotton Pro-
duced to the Acre.

The corn and wheat yield of Uniol
county could be doubled and treble,
in five years by sowing every avail
able acre in lespedeza, according t,
I. j. w. Broom. county agent. Tn,
cotton yield, he says, could be in
creased to bale to the acre despit,
the boil weevil.
The "Afafa of the South" as Mr.
Broom calls lespedeza, is rapid,
coming into its own. Its convert.
number hundreds "Lespedeza," Mr.
Broom said, "has been begging fol
recognition for fifty years, strug
Cling for recognition for a feeble ex
istence in the middle of the road, by
the side of fences, in gullies and ole
fields; so common that no one ap.
preciated it.
"But given good cultural methods
in recent years, it has thrived won.
derfully. 1t has convinced the far
mer that it was far superior to red
or crimson clover on poor land and
their equal on good land.
Great Soil Builder
"As a soil-building crop, a good
stand of lespedeza plowed under is
equal to an application of good sta
Bile manure. As pasture crop, it is
worth from S25 to $40 an acre for
grazing for sheep and cattle. As a
hay crop it has produced this year
from one to two and one-half tons
per acre with money valuation of
from $40 to $50. 1t will yield from
five to ten bushels of seed per acre
with value of 81 to So a bushel.
There Is no finer crop grown in
this county to follow with cotton than
lespedeza. 1t will bring the poorer
and early lands that are now run
down, which are more suitable for
the culture of cotton under boil weev-
il conditions, to yield bale of cotton
or thirty-five to forty bushels of corn
to the acre.
These are not mere statement, but
demonstrated facts. On the strength
of what has been accomplished urge
every farmer to SOW every acre seed
ed to wheat and oats this fall that is
not or to be seeded to red clover in
the spring with lespedeza during
January or February. An investment
in seed Of So to So an acre is the
greatest investment farmer can
make in the way of soil improvement.
Some farmers are already realizing
a thousand per cent dividend off les
pedeza.
Some Lespedeza Yields
IN. C. Price of Unionville harvest.
ed $4,000 pounds of lespedeza hay on
less than three acres of land, being
about two and one half tons to the
acre. He said it was the most prof. |
table hay crop he had ever grown.
Besides this he got crop of cat hay
in the fall.
81. w. Baker of Buford has hauled |
twenty-one large frame loads of les. |
pedeza hay off an acre and half of |
and after harvesting a crop of wheat
off the same land.
Mr.. Lem Little of Goose Creek
township harvested eight bushels of
seed from one acre last week. Mr..
]. NJ. Lowery Of Wingate harvested
10 bushels for Fronts Williams last
MANY farmers who are milking
'ows report that they had good pas
ures all through the dry weather
rom their lespedeza. The cows held
Up in milk production and much of
he time they were without any 9th
r feed. /
Among some of the others who
AVE reported good lespedeza yields
re the following: Messrs. w. M.
iolmes of Marshville township: w.
:. Griffin of Marshville township; f.
:. Hill of Marshville township; Fow-
er & Lee of Monroe; John Griffith of
ionroe; U. 7. Belk of Goose Creek
ownship; A. B. Austin of Goose
.reek township; J.V.Brooks of Goose
,reek township; R. D. Crow of Goose
'reek township; and w. w. Pusser
z Natu Gala,x, io.,neLs.. |