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  Q-       is probable that both of these diseases may be controlled and
  Q,   i that adequate investigation will develop methods which may
» »·_»   ; be applied by every farmer. Diseases which adect the leaf
    are rather disastrous, for tho the total production in pounds
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T_ I affected. The staff of the Experiment Station is carrying as
;   r » much work u Jon these im ortant roblems as can be arran¤·ed
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l , ·~ l · for. However, additional funds are required if progress is
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l_ 1;   { Tobacco is not only the most important money crop of the
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  ,»     farms of kentucky, but it plays a greater part in the pros-
i   __4· _l`   perity of the state than does any other agricultural product.
`" ` ‘``i ‘ g     Fifty-three per cent of the farms in the state produce tobacce
    °, '     Approximately 44 per cent of the total gross sales from farms in
  F:. _, Kentucky result from the tobacco crop. Investigations which
·`   i may result in better methods of production, improved quality,
_i..· `.Q&Q§ if _ elimination of disease and more economical curing are ereatl t
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 * { i to the advantage of the state.
  {>_;i;f’ _`l· _ The Experiment Station has continued to develop investi- V
L- il»Q*Y{J it - cations in the economic field. `Much of this investigation is
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  pioneer in character and methods of securing data and their
  : application must be carefully drlvcloped. Attention has been
    devoted chictly to marketing proolems, to studies of the eeo-
L; _,·-;  gg nomic organization of farms and to investigations in the cost of
ji ‘i‘’. ·   · crop production. Data are acclmulating which eventually
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lg`-  -_  should point out the factors thatgwill increase the returns to
  the farmer and the practical inter-1·elat1onsh1p of the farm en-
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'{Q}EiF;'i‘;i?E§-iii Investigation in the economic field of ae·rieulturc is essen-
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  tial to the development of a soundagricultural program for
  the state. Evidence from the soil experiment fields shows
  that soil building and maintenance is the first step for a more
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  ···. 3 productive agriculture. This, followed by the production of
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  all feeds and foraees recuired in the state· the extension of
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    certain live-stock enterprises, such as poultry, dairying and
   E sheep husbandry; the better balancing of the production of
  farm crops; the development of orchard and horticultural
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