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Picture of a house surrounded by fields. Text on back reads, 'So land [sic] as the existing buidings stand much of poorer land will remain in use. Their replacement in the Dekalb stony loam and Dekalm stony silt loam land is ordinarily not an economical investment.' U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section number 18433.

1. West Virginia Farm Land

IDNO:
001611
Title:
West Virginia Farm Land
Date:
undated
Description:
Picture of a house surrounded by fields. Text on back reads, 'So land [sic] as the existing buidings stand much of poorer land will remain in use. Their replacement in the Dekalb stony loam and Dekalm stony silt loam land is ordinarily not an economical investment.' U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section number 18433.
Valley with haystacks. Text on back reads, 'The atkins silt loam in the broad valley bottoms has always been used for growing hay.' U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section, number 18419.

2. Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay

IDNO:
001614
Title:
Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay
Date:
undated
Description:
Valley with haystacks. Text on back reads, 'The atkins silt loam in the broad valley bottoms has always been used for growing hay.' U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section, number 18419.
Three people in the field. Text on back reads, 'Crop yields are excellent on the 'gently-rolling upland farms.' U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section number 18444.

3. Gently Rolling Upland Farm

IDNO:
001615
Title:
Gently Rolling Upland Farm
Date:
undated
Description:
Three people in the field. Text on back reads, 'Crop yields are excellent on the 'gently-rolling upland farms.' U.S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies, Photographic Section number 18444.

4. Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands

IDNO:
001620
Title:
Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands
Date:
undated
Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'

5. Cleared Hillsides

IDNO:
001622
Title:
Cleared Hillsides
Date:
undated
Description:
Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'
Farmhouse and the surrounding fields and garden of a ridgetop home. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, Number 18411.

6. Narrow Ridge Farm

IDNO:
001623
Title:
Narrow Ridge Farm
Date:
undated
Description:
Farmhouse and the surrounding fields and garden of a ridgetop home. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, Number 18411.
Abandoned 'old fields' serve their greatest usefulness in producing forest crops. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18482.<br />

7. Abandoned Old Fields

IDNO:
001625
Title:
Abandoned Old Fields
Date:
undated
Description:
Abandoned 'old fields' serve their greatest usefulness in producing forest crops. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18482.
Yellow poplar growing on a steep hill. It seeded on this cool slope from the mature trees above. Such steep slopes should never be cleared. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18489.

8. Yellow Poplar on Slope

IDNO:
001627
Title:
Yellow Poplar on Slope
Date:
undated
Description:
Yellow poplar growing on a steep hill. It seeded on this cool slope from the mature trees above. Such steep slopes should never be cleared. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18489.
The 'rough stony land' of which there are about 92,000 acres in Nicholas and Webster Counties is mostly in forest.

9. Rough Stony Land

IDNO:
001628
Title:
Rough Stony Land
Date:
undated
Description:
The 'rough stony land' of which there are about 92,000 acres in Nicholas and Webster Counties is mostly in forest.
Caption on back reads, 'Throughout the gently rolling 'glade' area of Nicholas and Webster Counties the recently abandoned crop and pasture fields give rise to dense reproduction of oak. Such growth should be encouraged by protection from fire and by occasional thinnings.'

10. Oak Trees Growing on Abandoned Fields

IDNO:
001630
Title:
Oak Trees Growing on Abandoned Fields
Date:
undated
Description:
Caption on back reads, 'Throughout the gently rolling 'glade' area of Nicholas and Webster Counties the recently abandoned crop and pasture fields give rise to dense reproduction of oak. Such growth should be encouraged by protection from fire and by occasional thinnings.'
Looking up into a Narrow V-shaped valley with a house and acres of fields surrounding it.

11. Narrow V-Shaped Valley with House

IDNO:
001631
Title:
Narrow V-Shaped Valley with House
Date:
undated
Description:
Looking up into a Narrow V-shaped valley with a house and acres of fields surrounding it.
Stacks of hay in a broad valley with a house and barn in the distance. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18428.

12. Haystacks in a Broad Valley

IDNO:
001634
Title:
Haystacks in a Broad Valley
Date:
undated
Description:
Stacks of hay in a broad valley with a house and barn in the distance. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18428.