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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

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

Keaton stands beside the U. S. Department of Agriculture's Forest Service automobile.Keaton was born June 13, 1913 and his father was L. B. Keaton, the former sheriff. G. E. Keaton married Elizabeth Kelly in 1935 and fathered two girls, Margaret and Elaine.

3. Glenden E. Keaton of Summers County, W. Va.

View of a farmer's field and roofs of Franklin, W. Va. in the distance

4. Franklin Roofs, Pendleton County, W. Va.

View of a farmer's field and a farm house, likely in Franklin, W. Va.

5. So. Branch Valley Near Upper Tract, Pendleton County, W. Va.

View of a farmer's field and a farm house.

6. South Branch Valley, South Franklin, Pendleton County, W. Va.

View of farmer's field and a barn likely near Franklin, W. Va.

7. Barn and Haystacks, South Branch Valley, Upper Tract, Pendleton County, W. Va.

8. Poultry Processing and Packaging

Primed leaves hanging in barn for curing. This grower in Cabell County primed 500 sticks from 1.3 acres of crop.

9. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

A field of "Kentucky 16" tobacco in Cabell County. This crop was primed and around 500 sticks were taken from crop of 1.3 acres. Average number of leaves on stalk at time of harvest, after priming, was 16 leaves.

10. Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.

Curing barn in Cabell County, W. Va.

11. Tobacco Curing, Cabell County, W. Va.

12. Wheat Harvesting, Kanawha County, W. Va.