FARMING IN THE BLUEGRASS REGION. 11 
ditions and conditions of the soil rather than to the individual prac- 
tice of each farmer. It is believed that the estimate of 50 to 75 
farmers will give a very close average for the practice here. 
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Fig. 7.—Diagram showing the seasonal distribution of labor on intertilled and cereal 
crops. (Biack lines indicate average, dotted lines extreme range.) 
The average farm of this region (about 300 acres) furnishes about 
900 productive labor units and about 450 productive power units." 
1 By the terms “ productive labor’ and ‘ productive power’ is meant the labor or 
power applied directly to an enterprise which produces an income, such as a crop or a 
group of animals, or work which increases the value of the farm, such as building new 
fences, making new drains, etc. Repair work or mowing down weeds, etc., although neces- 
sary, is not regarded as “ productive.” 
