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ie selling it as cured seed in the rough. The farmer may do his
_ own stripping, may hire it done or may let the stripping out on
L shares.
ly The seed is cured by placing in windrows which are turn-
lt ed frequently in order to permit proper drying and to prevent
{O heating. The cured seed `must be-cleaned before it is ready
le for sale and dealers at several points in central Kentucky have
cleaning plants. The seed is usually sold to these dealers and
they in turn sell the cleaned seed to wholesale seed dealers,
st jobbers, and retail dealers. The seed is used principally for
rg lawns, golf links and pastures. The cleaned seed is of varying
pi- grades depending upon weight, thus there is 15, 17, ]9 and
ill 21-pound seed. The legal weight is 1-l pounds to the bushel
en and both rough and cleaned seed are sold on this basis.
he The principal orchard grass seed producing area in the
  United States is located within a 75 mile radius of Louisville,
T Ky., including Oldham, Henry, Shelby, XVarren and other coun-
Od ties in Kentucky, and Clark and nearby counties in lndiana.
OH Orchard grass seed is also produced in a few other sections
me such as in Virginia, Ohio and Missouri. Some seed is im-
ported from Denmark and New Zealand.
@11* Orchard grass is cut with a binder and placed in shocks.
ef After curing, it is threshed and is then sold by the farmer to
ef ‘· the buyer or dealer. The wholesale dealers have field repre-
`m`· sentatives who buy from the farmers. As the machine run seed i
Gl,. may vary considerably in the amounti of foreign material it
ing Contains, it frequently is sampled by the buyer and bought
mt, On a recleaned basis. lt usually has to be reeleaned before it
gmt is distributed by the dealer to wholesalers, jobbers and retail-
ely ers. The seed is used in pasture mixtures.
fihi Marketing Milk in Lexington, A survey of the milk
marketing situation in the eity of Lexington was made during
ys: the year. information was obtained regarding methods of sale
and and distribution by producers, handling thru city milk plants
and and thru retail stores.