10 BULLETIN 678, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



DESCRIPTION OF FARM PRACTICE. 



As will be shown in. the following pages, several types of farming 

 are found here, representing two general systems of farm practice, 

 the extensive and the intensive. The farms practicing the exten- 

 sive system are found toward the eastern part of the county and 

 become more nearly typical as the bluegrass region is approached. 

 These farms usually are large or medium-sized. The rougher and 

 stony parts are kept in permanent bluegrass pasture. Orchard 

 grass and clover are grown in rotation with grain and potatoes. 

 Live-stock enterprises, dealing chiefly with beef cattle, dairy cows, 

 sheep, swine, and horses, are important. Irish potatoes, which 

 often take the place of corn as an intertilled crop on these general 

 farms, commonly occupy 25 to 50 acres. 



Table VI. — Relative distance from market and size of farm to diversity and intensity of 

 cultivation, illustrated by 17 farms. 





1 



2 

 20 

 340 

 $100 



3 



20 

 300 

 $200 



4 



14 

 60 

 $100 



5 

 12 

 60 

 SlOO 



6 



10 



65 



$100 



7 



10 

 297 



$75 



8 



9 



247 

 $100 



9 



8 



137 

 $100 



10 



8 



324 



$200 



11 



8 

 80 

 $600 



12 

 5 



70 

 $300 



13 



5 



100 

 $600 



14 

 5 

 53 



$700 



15 



5 



12i 

 $700 



16 



4 

 130 



$500 



17 







Distance to Louisville 



20 



350 

 $100 



4 



Size of farm (acres) 



Value of land per acre 



35 

 $650 





Ac. 



25 



8 



Ac. 

 "50 



Ac. 



45 



5 



Ac. 

 5 

 10-J 



Ac. 

 4 

 5 



Ac. 

 li 

 9 



Ac. 

 18 

 28 



Ac. 

 15 

 20 



Ac. 

 10 

 15 



Ac. 

 32 

 14 



Ac. 

 30 



'"9" 



7 

 5 



Ac. 

 35 

 10 



a 2 



ai' 



Ac. 

 11 

 50 

 13 

 06 

 04 



Ac. 



20 



o21 



10 



4 



4 



Ac. 

 4 



Ac. 



40 



Ac. 

 25 









2 

 li 



1 

 1 



12 



olO 



04 

 08 



























4 

























li 

 3 







4 

 23 























li 















ol5 

 4 



a 10 

 3 













li 















«i 





1 



3 



10 



02 



3 



4 

























































"i 





Beets 

























"i 



























2 



4 

 1 

 li 



























































i 



3 

 2 



























2 



1 



1 

 "5 



























a6 





































1 

 4 



























1 

 1 



2 



4 





i 





Parsnips 

































i 























Spipach 























a6 



02 



li 







1 















1 



li 



2 



1 



















Cantaloupes 



























5 





Strawberries 





4 

 3 

 1 



4i 

 6 







1 























Blackberries. 































Cherries 











1 























Grapes 

































Apples 











7 

 6 

 20 













5 









5 





Pears 































50 

 100 



35 

 a 30 



40 



22 



27 

 80 

 20 





11 



50 

 100 



45 

 52 



20 

 50 



19 



120 



12 



a 15 

 30 

 26 

 10 



a 10 





12 









12 





Wheat 











Oats 



5 



o30 



16 



3 



3 



5 

 a 10 



a'h' 



4 

 al5 













Rye 



o20 



ago 





13 







10 





Clover 



35 



60 



4 









Timothy 



10 



5 





25 



30 



10 



10 



15 



8 









Orchard grass 



40 

 5 











Cowpeas 



20 

 10 



4 



11 









8 











] 





Alfalfa 











5 





4 







6 





Millet...* 











3 

















Soy beans 



15 





35 























. 1 . 





Cane 















1 



olO 











. i 





Crab grass 



















030 







































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o Double cropped. 



