Kentuclty A.grio~uZt·ural Eacperimerzt Station 13*
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IB _ 4. Methods of organizing farms for greatest profit. Studies
It of tl1e cost of producing all classes of farm products.
ts 5. Investigation of cause and method of control of abortion,
Vu particularly in cattle and swi11e.
1._ 6. Investigation of cause and control of sterility and barren-
31. ness of stallions and mares;
CS 7. A determina·tion of the cost of marketing farm products.
X_ 8. The method of organization of successful cooperative en-
Vu_ _ terprises.
be 9. The conduct of an animal egg-laying contest for the pur-
iu pose of ascertaining prolific strains of various breeds of
VG fowls.
gc 10. The OpCl'tlll0ll and establishment of additional soil fields
iP_ and an experi1ne11tal substation.
ay Consideration of the needs of tl1e Experimentl Station
  should proceed upon tl1e premises that {lll appropriation to ther
nit Experiment Station is not 2111 expenditure but an investment
t»hat brings constantly increasing returns to tl1e farmers and
qlv citizens of the state. For example. the average annual ex-
  penditure for soil fCl.’l1lll}' ·ll1)V(‘SllQ`2lll<)1lS is approximately-
dm- $13,000. I As a result of t·l1e influence of o11e expernnent field
HO &ll1(l tl1e information it gave upon methods of S0ll·l)llll(l1I'1jg', one
1 county that had not previously used limestone. 111 a period of
tm tl1ree years limed 7000 acres. lf this lime was used without
Km phosphate, the increase in crop yields for a period of 4 years,
based 11pon tl1e results obtained 011 tl1e experiment field, would 1
lll‘ — have been worth, upon very conservative estimate, $84,000
lll? above tl1e cost of tl1e limestone.
ull- lt is not known how nnich ot the limed land was also treat-
ml- `ed with phosphate, but if tl1e entire acreage had been so treat-
ed. tl1e val11e of tl1e increase i11 crops over the cost of the lime-
<"ll‘ stone Hll(l ])llOS]}ll2`tl'(‘ would ll2lV(‘ been, npon conservative esti-
mate, $154,000 for a -L-year period. as nineh as tl1e soil fertility
?lll’ investigations as a \\`ll1'1l(‘ have cost the state for twelve years.
The1·e is no means of estimating aeenrately the acreage of
mn- farm land in the state that is being treated according to the
i findings 2lll(l reeoinniedations of the lixperinient Station. It is-