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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 
a 
3 
4 
14 

60 
$100 
5 
12 
60" 
$100 
6 
10 
65 
$100 
7 
8 
9 
10 
S200 
11 
12 
13 
14 
15 
5 
12§ 
$700 
16' 
4 
130 
$500 
17 

20 
300 
?200 
S 5 
j 
5 - 5 
Distance to Louisville 
20 
20 
10 
297 
$75 
9 
— 
$100 
8 
137 
S100 
4 
Size of farm (acres) 
Value of land per acre 
350 340 
$100 $100 
SO 
$600 
70 
$300 
_J 
100 
\ 
$600 
53 
$700 
35 
$650 
Ac. Ac. 
25 .... 
Ac. 
45 
5 
Ac. 
5 
lOi 
Ac. 
4 
5 
Ac. 
U 
9" 
Ac. 
13 
28 
Ac. 
15 
20 
13 
15 
A c. 
32 
11 
io- 
Ac. 
35 
in 
.4 c. 
11 
50 
13 
6 
a A 
Ac. 
20 
a 21 
10 
4 
4 
Ac. 
4 
.4 c. 
40 
.4 c 
s ; i 
a 95 
9 .... 
7 ia2 
2 
1? 
l'| oio 
4 
, 1 ! 
4 
1 
1 
a 4 
a 8. 
n 
3 
4 
23 
«1 
■« 
h 
a 15 
4 
a 10 
3 
i 
a I 
1 
3 
10 
a 2 
3 
4 
I 
""! 
Beets . . 
a A 

"2 
Carrots -. -- 
i 
4 
Rhubarb 
* 
3 ! . 
2 1 
2 ■- 
...... -- 
a 3 
1 
a 6 
2 
4 
.. 
!__ .. 
'"* 
1 j. -- 
1 
4 1 
... ...... 
1 5 
I 
J 
1""" 

.. 
a 
i 
06 
o2 
14 
1 
1 ! 1 
l 1 ; 
2" 
5 
Strawberries 
4 
3 
1 
1 
Cherries 
1 
:: :: 
6 " 
7 
5 
?n 
5 
5 
Corn 
50 
100 
35 
o30 
40 
22 
~35~ 
27 
80 
20 
~60~ 
4 
11 
50 
100 
45 
52 
20 
50 
19 
120 
12 
a 15 
26 
10 
a 10 
12 
12 
Wheat 
Oats 
5 
a?0 
18 
3 
3 1 5 
..--«10 
a 5" 
4 
a 15 
Rye 
a 20 
a 20 
a 13 
10 
Clover 
Timothy 
10 
5 
25 
30 
10 
10 
u 
8 
Orchard grass 
1 40 
5 
Cowpeas 
20 
10 
4 
j" 
8 
Alfalfa 
5 
4 
6 
Millet 
3 
15 
35 
1 
Cane 
1 
a 10 
"30 

i 
1 
1 
1 
a Double cropped. 
