The Mena weekly star., 1922-03-02
BPEDEzA WILL
 ROVE GOOD FAIRY
Authority Says Now Is Time for armers to Piant--0ne Dealer Sells 25O0 Pounds Seed-G. W.
 Petty Has 181 Acres.

ospedeza, or Jap clover, as it is er known, seems to be the favor Iegume for planting in Polk coun- this spring. Many acres of the CT will be planted if the reports local seed dealers are an indica-
 of the acreage. One Mena deal- mas already sold 2,500 pounds of edeza seed and is expecting to ose of more.
 i the opinion of George w. Petty,
 has been a pioneer in the devel- ent of interest in Jap clover, the q legume is regular good fairy Rcsk county farmers. Mir. Petty,
 practices what he breaches, now
 on his Ouachita valley farm a | of IS1 acres in lespedeza.
 hose who know Mir. Petty, know
 he is vitally interested in farm and owns one of the best in the re country. They also know that is good enough business man to ize that the more business the ners do, the better chance he has business at the Petty store. In ting lespedeza, Mir. Petty is not
 helping himself as a farmer and ness man, but he is also helping rest of the farmers and the com iity. If you don't believe he is rested in the little legume, just him some time and ask him what knows about lespedeza.
 F.. kaaatNnn nH uRh four years ago in lespedeza liant 40 acres on his farm. The sme did so we'll he has constantly nd to the planting until this nG he has a total of 68 acres in Idows and 113 acres in pastures. expects to continue increasing the cage until a goodly part of the 500 Q farm is in lespedeza.
 )n the pasture lands the clover is q for summer grazing while or Id grass and white clover supply green for winter and early spring ding. Lespedeza contains accord to the Louisiana state experiment ion, fat content of 4.55 per cent oh makes it an excellent year nd feed for stock.
 rom the 68 acres in meadow last on the Petty farm there were m 2196 bales of hay, in addition to lgh unbaled hay to winter 120 | of cattle. The baled hay finds a Y sale in Mena and elsewhere. In tion to getting that amount of Mir. Petty also saved with a seed of his own designing, about 300 Ids of lespedeza seed, which has a ket value of 9 cents a pound
 , this is the best time for plant
 Mir. Petty recommends that les ga be put in at once. May 1 is latest date it can be safely plant MT. Petty believes. He says that seed can be planted on top of oats
 narrowed in lightly. The les ga will not grow to amount to hing until after the oats have n cut. The legume will be ready nay making the last of August or
 of September. From 15 to % ids of seed per. acre depending ,i the richness of the soil, are re- led for planting.
 sspedeza hay is easily handled. ing a low<pe cent of moisture, legume can be cut one day and l the next, if the weather be clear
 bright. The work of hay mak- comes at a time when farmers
 little else to do.
 addition to making excellent hay
 pasturage, lespedeza, thru it's igen gathering bacteria adds fer I to the soil. It will make any Y of land richer, in Mir. Petty's
 on and will grow on all kinds of
 from the poorest to the best. 'h seeded it keeps on growing year : year until plowed up. Lespe-
 has the ability to perpetuate it. ssby reseeding, no matter whether
 cut for hay or pastured.
 -igarding the financial returns of Rdeza Mir. Petty states that he es- tes the value of the hay pro- I'd on the 68 acres on his farm, Id average $40 per acre at pres
 day hay values. The only ex- Ae in securing this return was that 1tting and baling the hay. Used onnection with dairying MT. Pet alieves lespedeza is better in Polk ty than either red clover or al- [.