6 BULLETIN 482, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 
any time since. Before this time large droves of hogs were taken 
across the mountains into those sections of Georgia and the Carolinas 
which were devoted to raising cotton. This fact no doubt largely ac- 
counts for the comparatively large number of swine at that time. 
The development of railways and the opening up of the rich corn 
States farther west and north has also had an influence in changing 
the status of this enterprise. About the same amount of corn is 
raised as formerly, but most of it is fed to beef cattle and compara- 
tively little to hogs. 
TABLE I.—Live-stock enterprises in the bluegrass region of Kentucky, 1840-1910 
(Madison, Mason, and Scott Counties). 
Year. | Horses. | Sheep. | Swine. sl otat Milch | Other | Working 
cows. cattle. oxen.1 
SAG) peso Es are ae eee ee ee |= 2 23, 704 59, 926 116, 244 33, 41 Oe es eee: See ae |e eee 
i Bos!) poe area eta ee ere ah |. 17,292 58,327 | 115,122 38, 836 11,568 27, 268 3, 288 
SOQ eres ey are hae a Se | 22°160 37, 916 103, 553 40,385 12, 585 27, 800 4,156 
TBST 0 etsy oe ed NS Oo, oe Sateen ee | 14,817 25,179 65, 095 35, 761 10, 504 25, 257 2, 624 
QR) eee Seats ne ee Ee ciel ee 16,528 | 3 45,753 75, 980 40, 207 11, 495 28, 712 1, 598 
SOO meee ties a es ee Se ee Pee 20, 074 67,439 75, 662 45,810 12, 266 33, 544 1,374 
if ODD Berean oe ea Seas Ss 18, 721 87, 77 62, 476 59,989 | 4 12. 215 AUS TAG | ascenne = tats 
OT Orta es ot Se re ee 19, 193 88,177 63, 969 47,591 | 413,054 34, 537 a 
1 Included under ‘‘Other ecattle.”’ 3 Exclusive of lambs. 
2 Includes mules. 4 Dairy cows. 
TasLE II.—Field crop enterprises in the bluegrass region of Kentucky, 1840- 
1910 (Madison, Mason, and Scott Counties). 
Year. Corn. Wheat. | Rye. | Barley. Oats. Hay. Hemp. | Tobacco. 
Bushels. Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. | Bushels. Tons. | Pounds. | Pounds. 
1st) See 2, 230,880 | 367,668 | 178,092 8,000 | 347,941 9, 670 2,356 | 1, 248, 032 
TRHQEEE eos sare 3,492,435 | 135,125] 35,759| 71,827 | 383,004 9, 121 3,471 | 2,553,333 
ih aa eee ae 3,536,996 | 541,304} 99,094 | 77,291] 388,390 9, 639 528 | 1, 804, 593 
(S70 ee 2, 453,681 | 174,469 | 130,495 | 43,364 | 209,394 9, 794 1,549 | 1,642) 656 
LSRQ PSs oes 3,123,212 | 837,172] 71,454| 81,663| 98,014 7, 980 348 | 6, 452,093 
1800S eae 3,593,338 | 708,740 | 43,648] 15,745] 225,102] 287762 853 | 7, 185,519 
LOO eats te 2,754,770 | 702,240} 17,100 728 | 66,730 | 133,315 | 283,090 | 16,794,630 
I) eseesaane ----| 3,475,775 | 332,181 21) 941 2,710 63, 058 41,821 | 342,450 | 23,688, 291 
1 Hay and forage. 
Rye has declined in importance sharply since about 1870. This 
crop is no longer profitable, except for early spring pasture and to 
turn under. 
Barley also has declined in importance since about 1880, many 
farmers having forgotten that it was ever raised here. 
Only about one-sixth as much oats is now raised as during the 
period before 1860. This crop also is unprofitable because it is pro- 
duced in the States north and west at a very much lower cost per 
bushel than here. Most of the oats is now either cut and fed to 
horses in the bundle or is made into hay. 
Tobacco has steadily increased in importance since about 1870 and 
is to-day one of the major enterprises. This is a crop that utilizes 
family labor to great advantage, and, as has been pointed out, 1s 
peculiarly adapted to the climate and soil. 
