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CIRCULAR NO. 183. . ‘ gig
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July, 1925 I .  
 
Published in connection with the agricultural extension work carried `  
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with the U. S. Department of Agriculture and distributed in fu!‘th9l`&¤CG  
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` T · The County Agent in Action. _  
_' Prepared by E. J. Kilpatrick, Assistant State Agent l I · ,  
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* . The County Agent is a trained agricultural leader, U ~  
employed jointly by the U. S. Department of Agri- ·  
culture, the College of Agriculture, University of ..  
Kentucky, and the county in which he works. He is p , gg;
i not a specialist in all lines but has available all the , T '  
specialists of the Agricultural Experiment Station, l , _  
the College of Agriculture and the= U. S. Department 5 . ‘ ,  _
, of Agriculture. His field covers practically every  
_ phase of farm improvement, including not only soils,  
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,, counties employing Agents is evidence that their _  
E — _ work has been of public service. The counties yet 4 , _
§ » without Agents are losing an opportunity to develop , i  
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2 _. sion workers in general. The program for any one p ‘  
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€i€;_;?r€‘?l SOlL FERTILITY AND EROSION are two big problems for the
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gi  _ a part of the program of practically every Agent in the state. Lime- `
  . stone for clovers or alfalfa was used on nearly 1,500 farms in 1924 for
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MARL also xs a source of lime. Wherever available it is usually g ,;_l> ;
mi much cheaper than ground limestone. A typical bed is shown below, A ‘  
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Nlarl beds were located by County Agents and Field Agents from * , V .  
the College of Agriculture in more than sixty counties during the past ‘ A ,  
year. Single beds in many counties contain thousands ot tons. In  
0¤`¤l I Nelson County for example, sufficient marl deposits have been  
me` . discovered on one farm to spread two tons per acre on every acre of A  
mr improved farm land within the county. Sufficient deposits have been  
1 t° ' located in Taylor County to cover 35% of the farm land with not to  
l exceed a "one mile haul." It is reasonable to expect that other de- A  . ·
. posits will be found not only in counties where deposits have already ‘  
X V been located and analyzed, but also in other counties in the lime- _ .  
stone areas of the state. As a source of lime for agricultural purposes  
a bed of marl analyzing as much as 40% calcium carbonate, located '  
at an accessible spot on one’s farm, has no equal. Experts at the i  
A College of Agriculture estimate that the Ending of these enormous ·  
`V  beds of marl in so many counties is worth several times the entire A  
Cost of County Agent work to a single county for a period of ten years.  zi}?. 
. To Say the least, it represents a most remarkable and timely diSCOV9I`Y  
of one of Kentucky’s great natural resources.  
Ktmtucky has only 3.3 acres of legumes for every hundred aCI‘€S ‘ A M 
; of improved farm land. In comparison with similar acreage in other _·  
V states of the union she stands in 46th place. A greater acreage of  
1 M i legumes of all s_orts is necessary to build up the poorer soils of the A 
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  TERRACING HILLSIDES prevents erosion. DEMONSTRATIONS
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  TRAINING THE FARMERS OF TOMORROW is an important
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  POULTRY IS AN IMPORTANT SOURCE OF INCOME FOR KEN. ~
  TUCKY FARMERS. CULLING the slacker hen is one of the sures;
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  — Following is the result of culling demonstrations in Fayette
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  _ Number of demonstrations .................................................................,.. 23  i
Z?i§§ ¤ Total number hens .................................. . .......................................__..._.... 1,61t
  Number good hens ....................................................................._.........._.,. 1,09» .
  Number culls ..............................................................,.....,_..______,__,_________,__ 516
  N0. eggs from culls one week after demonstration ...................,.._.., 56 i
  Ave. for week—1 egg to 9 hens.
  ` No. eggs from good hens one week after demonstration ,,,.__________ 3,567 ·
  Ave. for weel<——3[/Q eggs per hen. ;
fg;. ·_ ~ The good hens were thirty times as productive as the eulls.
    Other poultry projects include distribution of purebred hatchhr;
 f$¥?’···;_ eggs, certification of purebred flocks, feeding and housing, _
;C *§¤»   ` Distribution of purebred hatching eggs thru poultry associations,
 , ~  banks and produce dealers had a small beginning in 1915 when 19.000
  eggs were distributed. This number grew to 499,835 in 1920 and at
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