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6   Kgs?   ,  The progressive soil survey work being done by the
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5  i i ;   :__ ‘€1;`;+§‘?<  +‘ the mapping of all land areas in those counties. The
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O Fig. 2.- Prior to the Christian County trial, similar work PUOIIOOOOIL hl other COllllll€$ tll€ SCS soil SllI`V€y'S
» was done on the Experiment Station Farm at Lexington. COV€f only the tarins of individuals for whom coopera-
Tl This photograph was taken on Junt 29i 1955, of H Ktnlimtl tive farm plans are being prepared. These surveys
Q red clover seeding in an undisturbed fescue sod. (A part of are known as ·li$llm€1lt ot legumes Oli the ¤Oll·llll€€l mine, McCracken, Madison, Mason, Rockcastle, Scott.
"‘ and disked-lightly blocks was greatly ii¤i>r<>~t~t~¤~¢d 1°"’"' i”'S°’ 9)
sward and intensity of tillage were also Cl0Sel}’ 1‘e· and less leaching. Boots grow to the surface under
T lated. Tl¤€ noirtilled >lOtS WOYO tllé l€tlSt W€t‘Cl\' 2('ro the Jlastic so that the fer ilizer does not new to ¤
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be and the plowed plots were the most (26%). Under applied deep to be iitilizerl
,_ the conditions of the experiment, the production ot Black polyethylene plastic costs   cent a square
dry herbage was increased by more than two-told the foot; thus an acre can be covered for about $200. On
.,2. Seeding year by the addition of leguine seed- The n yearly basis, the cost would be about $50 because
K 3.V€I`Hg€S ofthe CllSl{€Cl-lightly ZlllCl (llSl(€[l-ll€2`lVll}` plots {lie l]];]t@l·i;_]_l lglgtg {0]*   ygg_l·g_ Oil \vj(lg-l·()\v Crops
3 W€1`€1 tllOSO St‘€€l€‘Cl to Hltaltkl. $,944 l>OUn€lS; to Ltl1cE—WiNrEn 1956 11