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The following reports on research activities at the   __Vv   K _   `
Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station and sub- if , _   i  \» f  
stations were excerpted from the 1960 Annual Report i; i"~~\.__ . ’ `t~~\___   .. A
now being prepared for publication.     i~,._ii\».\\\  . i '`’t “ ` '
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AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS 7.*-... ........ M.  _ ii 1  A _ i
Dark Tobacco ’ [ _ , E
Estimates of government program effects on dark   ~     T \i  ., ey
tobacco, based on a statistical procedure developed at     E ' i V_ _ _   V *__
U.K., indicate that removal of price supports in those J/ (    q ~   I q “  
t0l)21CCOS, CVCH with H0 change in production, would     pV_{   r4'_·   V`   V _ _ V
have decreased market average prices by about S   V`"'°l   ‘°;`l    ```````i’``':'' in    M"' ‘‘‘‘‘‘ “i“*   i `i ` if `i _
cents per pound or about 25 percent in a recent 5-year New giicciiiiousc iigiii fiiiiiic iiiis ‘“imY “‘i"ii“iiig€S· iv"
i)C1iiO(i` Greenhouse Rigid Frame 1
R€d¤€l¤9 M¤|'l<€l' Risks A 30-foot glued-p1yw0od-gusset rigid frame for `ii ,
A survey of 44 Union county hog producers indi- plastic greenhouses was designed and is being tested. V
cated that for operators of larger-scale farms, the ques- This clear span frame is wider than the frames in con-
tion of price fluctuation may not rank very high in ventional use and permits the more efficient use of * i
regard to choice of enterprise, time of marketing, or equipment. The new frame uses less lumber and. ,_ __
other decisions made in marketing farm products. hence, minimizes shading, is easier to erect and has
Over 95 percent of the group indicated that they pre- smooth interior and exterior surfaces which simplify Vi
ferred to accept the risk of price fluctuation in prefer- the stretching of plastic. The same basic design should ,_ B
ence to making advance marketing contracts. be applicable to frames wider than 30 feet.
Pickle Production Work Methods  
Keeping pickle vines in rows during the growing ACRONOMY R"
and harvesting season and rolling the vines over dur-   as
ing picking provided the highest returns per acre and P*°d“CiiVii'Y °f C°"“ HYb'id$ _ X
per hour of picking time; however, more labor was Performance evaluation studies of corn hybrids of M`
required than in the other methods practiced. different maturities conducted at Lexington indicate 5 i
that Kentucky farmers who are planting early—season
  hybrids are sacrificing considerable yield. The grow-
A(1lil(iUl»TUli<‘\l» ENGINEERING ing season in this state is sufficiently long to permit sj
  growing later-maturing hybrids.
Poultry House Ventilation _ _ "
.·\ new system of poultrv house ventilation has been Old and New Burley Varieties Compared ‘_
devised. using a Ian located in the attic which draws Siiiiikiiig twig iiiifi Ciimiiiciii iiiiiiiyses by two iiiiiiicco
warm air from the attic down into the house. The air iiiiiiiiiiiiciiiiciis of Six (iid iiiiiicy Vfiiiiciiw mid KY iii H
is 1—m_(_(_d Against u ImH·h_ which (h_H(_CtS it across thc and Burley 21 indicate that, from the manufacturer’s i
wiling in A high \_(_lm_it}, Shwt M img The uh. mixcs point of view, nothing has been lost in the develop-
with tho am in HW building` {md umfmm t(,mP(_mtm.(, ment of two of the present disease-resistant varieties. "*"
is obtained at the Iloor level. The good air distribution Dutch Elm Disease "
throughout the house results in a drier litter and im- Dutch chn disease was identified by isolation ofthe
proved environment. causal fungus from trees in Adair, Bourbon, Boyle. T
 
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