xt77pv6b439c https://exploreuk.uky.edu/dips/xt77pv6b439c/data/mets.xml   Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station.  journals kaes_circulars_004_587 English Lexington : The Service, 1913-1958. Contact the Special Collections Research Center for information regarding rights and use of this collection. Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 587 text Circular (Kentucky Agricultural Experiment Station) n. 587  2014 true xt77pv6b439c section xt77pv6b439c       ix
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I KENTUCKY’S BIGGEST BUSINESS
7, By D. MILTON SHUFFETT
Circular 587
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Fig. 2.- District l, Jackson Purchase Area. Since the topography in this area is level
. to rolling, corn is an important row crop. Farm size varies from small in the upland
regions to large in the Delta section. Dark tobacco—livestock combinations prevail, and
farming in the area can be described as general. This district has 8.6 percent of the
land area of the state, but it has l5.2 percent of the corn acreage, lZ.7 percent of the
wheat acreage, and over 20 percent of the soybean acreage. About 9 percent of the
state's cattle and calves, 6 percent of the milk cows, and l2.6 percent of the hogs are
found in District l.
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Farming varies from small subsistence farms in the coal fields to large grain-livestock-
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above—is typical of this district. Burley tobacco, dairy cattle, and grazing livestock are _
the main enterprises. District IV is the smallest of the crop-reporting districts, having
only 6.3 percent of the land area of the state. However, the district has 8.8 percent
· of the cattle, ll.8 percent of the milk cows, and over l0 percent of the sheep and lambs
found on Kentucky farms. Nearly one-fourth of the state's burley tobacco acreage is
located in this district.
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I are found in this district. The topography is gently rolling to steep, and burley tobacco
and forage—consuming livestock are the most important commercial enterprises. This is
a fairly large district and includes about l5 percent of the land area of the state. The
area has nearly 28 percent of the cattle, 24 percent of the milk cows, l8 percent of
the hogs, and 65 percent of the state's sheep and lambs. Over 40 percent of the burley
tobacco acreage is found in this district where farm allotments are large as compared
with other areas of the state.
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 Cnnpcrutivc Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics: College of Agriculture
‘ and Horne Economics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, and the United States Depart-
mont of Aixriciilttire. cooperzitim;. William A. Scay, Director. Issued in furtherance of the
Acts nt May H amd June 30, 1914.
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