ted putting out leaves in the spring. So
it has been a problem. (See Dr. Diller's pasture tree-guard paper in
this report.--Ed.)

This value that you can get from growing honeylocust and _Lespedeza
sericea_ on the same soil is the same as with honeylocust and alfalfa if
you are in the alfalfa belt, or something like that with other perennial
legumes. These are the benefits that I think you can get from a
combination: In the first place, the soil is completely protected. In
the second place, a concentrate and hay can be grown on the same
acreage. Third, a good grazing and feeding out program can be
maintained. If you plant your honeylocust on a hillside someplace and
let the trees get large enough so that the cows won't eat them up, have
your ground cover established, by the time that you are ready to pasture
it you can put your cattle in. We had this combination, and I think it
would have worked out very well if it had not been destroyed. We had our
_Lespedeza sericea_ for our summer grazing crop; then we had winter
annuals planted in the _Lespedeza sericea_ for our winter grazing, and
the honeylocust was the fattening crop or finishing-off crop.

What we had planned to do was turn the cattle in on this last plot about
January 1st, let them graze crimson clover, or bur clover, or any other
winter ground cover that grows in your section until the _Lespedeza
sericea_ came on in the early summer. Then they'd graze the _Lespedeza
sericea_ till the honeylocust pods started falling in the fall, and
they'd fatten off on the honeylocust, and you'd put them on the market
just before the Christmas holidays.

Then fourth, the management cost is very low. Fifth, the weed problems
in your pasture are controlled. Sixth, you get maximum production from
the soil. You get your grain and your hay from the same piece of land.

Now, that's all that I plan to give on this subject. There may be some
questions come up that we can discuss later.

A Member: What is the sugar content?

Mr. Moore: The sugar content of the Calhoun pods is around 38 per cent,
in the Millwood about 36 per cent.

A Member: Is it different in the two varieties?

Mr. Moore: Not very much, only about 2 per cent different.

A Member: What spacing do you use in planting?

Mr. Moore: 35 by 35 feet is about the correct spacing.

Mr. Fisher: What is your labor problem? You say this is equal to oats.
Can you run a combine over the field and harvest in one operatio