deners started to use it. In Japan, ground kudzu has been a common ingredient in foods and medications for centuries. It is respected and enjoyed there, but it grows better in our south than it does there. Its natural insect enemies were not brought to the United States with it. During the Great Depression of the 1930's, the Soil Conservation service promoted kudzu for erosion control. Hundreds of young farmers were given work planting kudzu through the Civilian Conservation Corps. They were paid eight dollars an acre as an incentive to plant fields of the vines in the 1940's. (Amazing, Internet)." Since it's introduction into the United states, Kudzu has become important as a source of hay and forage. As a hay plant, the nature of Kudzu makes it difficult to harvest, but as pasturage, Kudzu is highly valuable for its protein and it's A & D content. (Encarta, Computer)
             While they help prevent erosion, the vines can also destroy valuable forests by preventing trees from getting sunlight (Amazing,Internet).Kudzu kills other plants by smothering them under a solid blanket of leaves, by girdling woody stems and tree trunks, and by breaking branches or uprooting entire trees and shrubs through the sheer force of its weight. Once it has established a set root system, Kudzu grows rapidly, extending as much as sixty feet per season at a rate of one foot per day. This vigorous vine may extend one hundred feet in length or more. ( Description, Internet). Kudzu has been moving northward at an alarming rate, and is currently bordering Michigan. The vine is adapting to our climat
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