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that part of the field not yet planted, and continue   C O   T
planting above this row until the First planting is ¤ 1
reached. Fill in vacant space between the two _,
, plantings with short rows. Continue planting C I I I I `   AY I   O N
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/ below B until the rows cease to be level. Locate { ._ .
\ / other guide rows in the same manner and continue I
the procedure until the entire Held is planted. _
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i oi at seed bed, a permanent contour line may be ._. » ‘; ;    sd ·‘ ‘   ·`_’ *   i‘g,_¤._ ‘  
 if I- established by back—i`urrowing to the line of stakes, “ ‘   "'A ?I _ _ · V ` ` V ` .   .
, — · thus establishing a permanent line which may be T , . ‘ *.,,5 .· VV · .
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I _ l·or Iurther inlormation, consult your county   »..`‘ ‘ f2.; . i'
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, I `6     ..   .~i+·.   ‘ ~   · - . Do Your Plowed Fields Look Like This?
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M 'i Corn planted on the contour. CONTOUR CU IV IO
r Reduces Erosion
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V 2 _ EXTENSION DIVISION. COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE
·, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky
; Thomas P. Cooper, Dean and Director
Published in connection with the agricultural extension work
i carried on by co-operation of the College of Agriculture, University
of Kentucky, with the U. S. Department of Agriculture. and dis-
t' ,_ tributed in furtherance of the work provided for in the Act of
_ Congress of May 8, 1914.
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