Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1921-11-05
WO-ST0RY CROP
PROVES SUCCESS
Enterprising Farmer Discovers
How to Make Fourth Plain
Land Pay
RAISE CHICKS And PRUNES
Chickens FertiIlzs Land Coed Only for
Raising Ptu1es-Fsrmer's Diseov-
cry Leads TO Rapid Growth
in tbs industry.

Vaucouyer.-Fourth Plain. now
community with the thriving village
o. Orchards as tho center. Is expect
ing Ia come into its own Ia q few
years. The reason is . system Of az
rlcniuire known TO Orchards residents
as the "two-story crop" II the Or
chards residents make their present
sysreni work. II will be the frat plan
for tilline the Scanty Fourth Plain soil
thai has proved - success since the
land was first cultivated by The Hr':-
sons Tay company some 80 years a.o.
III. iuti~nn H1y f;r;urr~ ma',' The
ssnb fry. iuiu very recently. the
oriy ",hcr people ti,el profitcd from
Fourth piair were. lhc real estate men.
via" Frequently sold the same tract
a. lcud iul cr ,hrrr times 81 Year.
Soil Looks Fine.
v'l, soil 81 Fuu,h Plain - iiur l"''l
i..- CO... iop. ~ iy,t. 81 lat ~cT there is
! -.-r.i -"-I. hu, 90 exists only 70 very
~ri..l+ 'i'r,t.iti,--. IA .urr 81 -. hs
u..i; li. surface, GRAVEL j. iunrd.
La-,",Si sp.oyl~- i,irsd INTO hu. ;nc
~asiii ..a-m SOD. intsut li.ii Il could
u"T h,. i,.,''.. iv rr-'iiIc" Even pTun"~
IS. :..t. i.ii- being altrit ll''- w"r~'
tit'u;. ilGU c:.u hc said i"r soul nrru
-hi,.cioa iaui rhc pi1ruc crnp>
were u~raily small. although "c,-j~i'n-
ain li. crc'.~ are harvested.
* =. Itrfuy. =. vril-tr"Wu r!tickcr
fuar. discovered 'il.. "t,yu->t"ry rroi,.
~ >carrl,in= for - fnrm for ri,icErn
r:'ucli. bee f,uuJ - lI9cc at Gr, hur,is
l. a.
suited ca the tarIn when q" tou-Ni
was 2 Yrriue orchard Nh Kenny c'jl-
tiyuted tiis orchard and raised Jh..
chickens ia addition. He soon found
lat the chickens fertilizer The prunc
orchard. ihc light soil being well
adapted 10 the purpose. As q general
'ule animal fertilizer cannot Ice used
Tor prune orchards except Oh light
yell drained soil.
Mr. Kenny specialized on quality
stock, ard his birds and eggs command
far better than the market prise.
Others OF his ueighbors tried our the
experiment aad II was soon found
that practically every Orchards farm
IS es we'll adapted 70 the two-scory
crop as the Kenny place. len gears
ago bur ore commercial chicken raiser
was located 81 Orchards. Now the
number in the district is probably
close to 800, and every foe. Is being
increased.
Chickens Fertilize Land.
A thousand chickens in the hands
Of IN experienced chicken man wall
produce n comfortable living at Or.
ohordc Tho rhtal-aus s.rrl1ny tIe
I ground 1oor" on the farm and fer
tilize the prune trees. occupying the
| second story. While the prune trees
are not remarkably productive 80
prune- trees go. nevertheless they rep
resent practically all profit.
As over so chicken ranches have
| been established in the lsst siS months
| it IS conservatireiy estimated that al
| the present rare OF Increase two more
! years will make Orchards the great.
est chicken country in the United
States, not excluding Petaluma. Cal.
J P-acticaIy every aisiclEen raiser, in adj
| iition to his flock OF birds, has az ~
charJ. and the receipts from both frlii
I ana chickens make farming = suc-
L cess.
Orchards is six miles from Van
Souver, Wash. and but ten miles from
Z Portland. ore. ami as street car line
runs through The new chicken country,
I the growers have little To- fear about
/ Anding n market.