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soil in the proper tilth in time to comply with require- 

 ments in regard to seeding dates recommended. - 



Crimson clover is also being tried out. Where the 

 culture was .used, good stands have been obtained. The 

 culture's benefit appears to be in or to have resulted in 

 a higher germination, and although I have never seen 

 any statement to bear this out, I am nearly convinced 

 that such is the case. 



Only one plat of vetch has been sown to my knowl- 

 edge, and its appearance is favorable. 



Sweet clover will come in very strong in spring 

 planting. It Avill be sown in most cases with orchard 

 grass, and used for pasturage. It reaches the height of 

 from six to twelve feet here, and its future is assurred. 



The widest attention is being given to winter oats, 

 and I think it is well, for the yield is good, and it pre- 

 vents a large area from becoming a thicket of sasafras. 

 They also supplement the com crop at a strategic 

 moment. Com is depended upon too largely. This is 

 caused as a result of the upland farmers trying to pat- 

 tern after the people who live in the creek bottoms, 

 whose lands lie on a Cincinnati or Trenton formation, 

 and yield very high. Barley will get a hearing next 

 year. 



Unusual care has been given to the preparation of 

 seed beds this fall, and as it is so general, the extension 

 work can not claim all the credit. 



My work in spraying has shown beyond question 

 that the use of Bordeaux for "black rot" is the only way 

 to successful fruit raising. Cedar rust causes a lot of 

 damage, and as a result cedars within two or three hun- 

 dred yards of orchards are being sacrificed. Will put 

 out some fruit trees in November, in dynamited holes, a 

 powder company having offered to donate the explosives. 



Two pure-blooded hogs (Durocs, Defender's strain) 

 are known to have been brought into the county as the 

 result of extension work. 



"High prices for sheep" have been working with 

 me, and everybody is a buyer of stock ewes. With some 

 good blooded sires, southern Kentucky is an almost ideal 

 place for stock farming. 



