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Alfalfa. In the fall of 1920, a number of strains of varie-
ties of alfalfa were sown in order to determine their relative S'
value for Kentucky. The hardy strains, Grimm, Dakota, etc., 9.
I yielded much more heavily than the common strains in 1921. Si
This was due to the severe freezes in late March and early
April which injured the common alfalfa very greatly but 0
scarcely injured the hardy strains. As such freezes as this do ll
not often occur, it is not safe of course to conclude that the f
, hardy strains are decidedly superior for Kentucky. i
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t History of Land. Values. This study was begun the past j
f sunnner for the purpose of determining the trend and factors l
affecting the price of land in the counties of Bourbon, Harri- ;
son and XVoodford from 1850 to 1921. The data obtained will $
show to what extent the level of land values has risen or fallen 2
during the past seventy years and the factors inducing the
rise and fall. The investigation in land values with particular -
reference to the booni period from 1917 to 1920 was completed -
during the year and a manuscript has been prepared entitled l
., "Land Values and Land Speculation in the Bluegrass Region
of Kentucky," which will give a picture of the rise, collapse
and aftermath of the so-called land boom.
1\’I:1rkcting of Bluegrass and Orchard Grass Seed. Ken-
: tucky has long occupied a prominent position as a producer of
I bluegrass and orchard grass seed. A study of the methods of Y
  marketing these seed was started during the calendar year.
Bluegrass seed is produced for market in a comparatively
L small area in central Kentucky, the principal seed producing _
. counties being Clark, Bourbon, Fayette and parts of Scott,
)Iontgomery and Jessamine. There is one other important
bluegrass seed producing district in the United States, namely
that in northwestern Missouri, southwestern Iowa and north-
I eastern Kansas.
The farmer sells his bluegrass seed in one of three ways:
(1) standing in the field before strippinQ; (2) stripping and
selling the seed green; (3) stripping and curing the seed and
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