STATE PURCHASES TWO LARGE FARMS FOR
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The Experiment Stati0n’s newly acquired Cold- QS; s'
stream Farm, north of Lexington on the Newtown @{5- @._ {
Pike, will be used principally as an animal science (P6 \..\
research center. Coldstream and adjoining Crown ¢°% ._\ I .;j
Crest Farm were purchased in December by Cov. <§,\° * ·—.. .. gg
A. B. Chandler for the Experiment Station. The two Gad  
farms, totaling 1,151 acres, will be operated as a ' p I'
single unit, the name to be designated later. !  
Acreages have been tentatively assigned to research °
work in dairy and beef cattle, swine, sheep, animal * 2
pathology and light horse husbandry. In addition,  
there will be some work in tobacco and entomology; , r _‘
pasture and crop research will be carried on by _ [ rf!
members of the Agronomy Department in coopera- 6 I 4: V
tion with those engaged in animal industry projects. _ °`··`_ {
The new Farm fills a long—felt need of the Experi— E —°°""*·· ._;j
ment Station for more land near the University campus c
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(loldstrcani Farm has long been one of connected to the 372—acre tract of Crown   _.,..   " Ai _,,v’i_
the showplaccs ol` the Bluegrass. This map (Irest Fawn (upper right). The latter faces " .  
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shows the layout ol the principal fields, on the Georgetown Road. ‘   ,-»·   .;-» l_,¤s;;,·
paddocks. some ol` the buildings, and how ai lplj     l     ·
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