Albemarle, Nov. 23 (AP)—Math Mabry of Route No. 5, Albemarle is so thoroughly convinced that lespedeza is the finest clover grown that he is willing to borrow money to sow every acre on his farm to this legume.
Such is the report of County agent C.H. Phillips of Stanly County, who quotes Mr. Mabry as follows:
“When I started sowing lespedeza, my land wouldn’t produce over two or three bushels of wheat per acre, and now this same land will produce 10 to 12 bushels. This year I produced 40 bales of cotton and that planted on lespedeza sod was the best, by far. I could even tell to the row where the lespedeza stopped.”
Mr. Mabry is one of the most progressive farmers in Stanly County, and has done much toward bettering farming conditions in his vicinity, says County Agent Phillips.
From the front page of The Concord Times, Monday, Nov. 23, 1925. Matt or Math? The newspaper spelled his first name "Math."
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