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Owners of Horse Farms In Kentucky Grow Food FoodAcreage Acreage at Many Nurseries Placed Under Plow and Hoe HoeLEXINGTON LEXINGTON Ky May 7 One hun ¬ dred and fifty farms within a radius of fifty miles of Lexington are going all out this year to raise food These are horse farms and it means in most cases almost virgin soil will be plowed and cultivated cultivatedA A canvas of the counties of Fayette seat of Lexington Anderson Bourbon Boyle Harrison Jessamine Lincoln Mer ¬ cer Montgomery Nicholas Scott Shelby and Woodford reveals that the breeder of the thoroughbred as well as the standard and show horse has set aside many acres for grain hay and gardens gardensOnions Onions from the land where Whirlaway played as a weanling and yearling cab ¬ bage from the birthplace of Man o War and greens and beans from the pasture where Equipoise cavorted as a weanling will grace the Kentucky tables and be sent to the markets Calumet Farm birthplace of Whirlaway will sell its garden produce to all customers customersClaiborne Claiborne Farm where nineteen stallions make their home under Arthur B Han ¬ cocks directions has twelve acres devoted to a garden Coldstream Stud Greentree Farm Elmendorf Mrs John Hertzs Stoner Creek Lieut C V Whitneys farm Col E R Bradleys Idle Hour Farm Brookdale and Crestwood of Tom Piatt and his son T C Piatt Hedgewood Farm and many others will grow corn and wheat and other produce produceCattle Cattle sheep and hogs also are included in the program Unless the Blue Grass region of Kentucky experiences another of the many drouths which have prevailed since 1931 there will be full cans in all cellars
