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Three people on stony silt loam land. The crop yield on land such as this is very low.

1. DeKalb Stony Silt Loam Land

IDNO:
001637
Title:
DeKalb Stony Silt Loam Land
Date:
undated
Description:
Three people on stony silt loam land. The crop yield on land such as this is very low.
W. A. Lawson using horse-drawn plow.

2. W. A. Lawson, Kanawha County W. Va.

IDNO:
053237
Title:
W. A. Lawson, Kanawha County W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
W. A. Lawson using horse-drawn plow.
Men aboard Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car labeled "West Virginia Soil Improvement Special."

3. The Lime Special

IDNO:
053256
Title:
The Lime Special
Date:
1925
Description:
Men aboard Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car labeled "West Virginia Soil Improvement Special."
Group of men in front of a dairy truck.

4. Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Nicholas County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053329
Title:
Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Nicholas County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Group of men in front of a dairy truck.

5. Leslie Rayburn, State Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Mason County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053330
Title:
Leslie Rayburn, State Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Mason County, W. Va.
Date:
1955
Located in Bozoo, West Virginia, Keatley's farm had a complete soil conservation plan in operation in connection with the Southern Soil Conservation District, of which Mr. Keatley was a chairman of the Board of Supervisors. The plan was written in 1943 with the strips being installed in 1945. At time of photo, entire plan is completed which included a fish pond located behind the dam in far right of photograph.

6. J. R. Keatley Farm, Summers County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053331
Title:
J. R. Keatley Farm, Summers County, W. Va.
Date:
1947
Description:
Located in Bozoo, West Virginia, Keatley's farm had a complete soil conservation plan in operation in connection with the Southern Soil Conservation District, of which Mr. Keatley was a chairman of the Board of Supervisors. The plan was written in 1943 with the strips being installed in 1945. At time of photo, entire plan is completed which included a fish pond located behind the dam in far right of photograph.