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ing into wulo ,Hnn^arUy l'?^'!;^/^,^ !^, t his^m" 



^ \';:;J;;?:^£'v^'fn"''of'^rest W the hortU 

 cuiu a St n. Tpoint n.:.y l.o nu-ntioned the P^>>^nmon 

 «n I, niw both of whid. srow conimouly omi most 

 ^l^ilthe s;utc, an.l are o.Tor.l for -le o a hnjj od 

 extent in the hvte ai.tu.nn nion lis. .•^^'''7_„i ,'^; t", 

 thr^P species arc soniet lines found possossinR tnius w iin 



"'^:.Ss ai^^^eal^c^ecr^nlost parts of the sta.^ 

 there S bout forty in all, varying from extensive 



Srehardist for the propagation of a few trees for his 

 '"pv'i^Dt in the larger cities and tov^-ns, commercial 



for the development of such undertakings. 

 Public-service agencies for horlicxdlure. 



In common with other states, Kentucky enjoys the 



the newly organized agency of County Advisers, is 

 ^^V\V?roSrr™ l'°c ool^lotted at Richmond 



dangerous iasects and fungous pests. 



Stalislics {Thirteenth Census). 



The approximate land area of Kentucky in,19<»;[^^ 

 9';7t^S40 acres The land in farms wa-s 22,1S<),U/ 

 ac;^ dr86 T^r cent of the land area. The improved 



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 S:;:Srin'ifl0'fh\w ri 259,18.5 fa^^^^^^^^^ 

 the average acreage bemg 8.x6. [The total area 

 40,.o98 square miles.] Tf„„t„f.l,v are 



The h;a.iing agricultural crops of K™!"^^^^ ^^ 

 cereals, tobacco and hay and forage. In 1909 the pr^ 

 ductioA of cereals, from ^n acreage^ of 4,323 702 

 wa.s vahKjfl at S(iO,7:iS,6.il, which wa-s 43.7 per cent ot 

 rhttotalvahu of 'crops. The tobacco P^'l"-^ f™^" 

 4fi9,70.5 acres for the same year wa.s valued '■^l^f'^f'- 

 rW- and the hay and forage prwJuccd from 96b,.577 



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acres was valued at $10,300,314. While t lie vaW of the 

 cotton produced in 1909 was <.'"ly ^-^''.'^'^'l;^; /'^^ f, o9 



in l<U)9 -IS compared with $4,179,-lt5U, m lajj. 



■rie h i-t •ultural crops grown are fruits and nuts, 

 snvi 1 fiui i hniited Amounts, vegetables including 



otlloe" and flowers -«' P''>"'- -i^,^'^!:y'^^- 

 The vilue of the fruits and nuts in 1909 vvas 3f4,t)t)i,Oi-i, 



l"ared with ^fi^^^^?,^;^^^^ t 

 small-fruits decreased from 6,120 '" 1|J,^/" ^'^.^^^^ts 

 1Q09 when the production was 4,9* 2,/ 02 quan:^, 

 IJOJ, wnen u 1 ^ acreage of 



valued at Wa',oy'- ^" ]jy-' ,e.T,!oa.ind their 



notatoes and other vegetables was 182,039 and tneir 

 value $11850 994, a decided increase over acreage 

 Ind value1ri899. The raising of Aowers and plants 



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To^ntnttftKo^rthL; tliree-fourth^ 



l^frnhpred '^ 106 297. The production of peaches 

 SnTtSs^n 1909 was 1,623,379 bushels, valued 

 ^^$1062 138 The number of peach and nectarine 

 tees if bearing age in 1910 was 2,245,402; those not of 

 trees oi "*^'"'"f , f„ -,, , ry, „Qre important of the 

 ^rr"U'a;d'fu?t Jrochic^dT 1909' were 25^ 



Srotpears, value'^d at f.^f^lj^l^.^'^.^eS buSo 



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r'Ti909° wa"t olo'lirpSs'vS lil^f. 



The odi^tion of 'grapes in^899 was 5,134,215. pounds 



Of'the nuts grown in 1909, the black walnut is by far 



*u l„;«t irnnortant, The production of black walnuts 



*'"' wfwo Dounds valued at .«11,3S4; that of pecans, 

 was 793,970 pouncis, vaiuLu «., , pg^sian or 



28.577 pounds, valued at .%2,8S/, that oi f*^' ■.';'■ .„„. 

 English walnuts, 35,825 pounds, Y^'^'f^ /^TU ' and 

 Uiat of chestnuts 16,619 pounds, valued at $'14- ^"^ 

 .1! t „f W.l-nrv-nuts 71 347 pounds, valued at .$735. 

 '^BlacktHeLand dewberries are the most important 

 of thetnalTfruits raised in Kentucky, with strawberries 

 n.l rnsnberries ranking second and third, respectively. 

 The uTeage o bC^^^^ and dewberries increased 



from l,02lL 1899 to 2,141 in 1909, when the ^roduc- 



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th?L,^ ^^ortan. | ^^^ ^^T^M^. 

 ^^'^"iSi^S'^t^l^t potato and ya^ P^ 



The acreage ot all the o^n*^ '^„ , ,j acreage and 

 115,007, and their vahie 88,287 497 boUiacg 



value being an increase ^jl^f^^jg^^'Vere? 1,959 acres 

 of the otl,..r yfS<;tables g o^n in 190J were^^ [^^.^toe., 



"^rr:; ^mon lo4ia.l'e of green beans valued 

 It $94 063 So 'acres of watermelons, valued at 

 $70 144 738 'acres of cabbage valued at ^W -88 

 iim acres of sweet corn, valued at .'».io,/oS, '^"" ^'^^ 

 acres of canUdoupes and muskmelons, valued at 



