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BULLETIN 320, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



The principal farm incomes are from wheat, hay, tobacco, and 

 hogs. Most of the corn is fed on the farm. Very little fruit or truck 

 is grown except for the local market. 



Table XIX. — Tillage practices with com in Christian County, Ky., showing 

 depth of plowing, implements used in order of use, number of times each is 

 used, and normal yield of the crop. 



[In columns 3 to 5 and 7 to 12 the figures show the order in which the implement was used on the several 

 farms; as, 1 = first working or cultivation, 2 = second working or cultivation, etc.] 







'Tillage after plow- 

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 planting. 



Tillage after planting. 



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11.5 



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a Roller. 



This region combines the desirable conditions of the level prairie 

 lands of the corn belt with the cheap labor conditions of the cotton 

 belt, and the tillage methods employed here combine the practices 

 of both sections. Corn is generally grown on sod land. Usually as 

 much plowing is done in the fall as time and the weather will per- 

 mit, and the remainder is plowed in the spring. A few farmers 

 plow in the fall and then rebreak the land in the spring. After 

 plowing, the land is usually harrowed twice with a disk and once 



