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Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall " Jackson.

1. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

Shields was the body servant of Colonel James Kerr Edmondson, Company H, 27th Virginia Infantry, "Stonewall Brigade" during the Civil War. Shields, shown here wearing several medals awarded to him by Confederate Veterans Groups, claimed to have also cooked for General Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson.

2. Jefferson Shields, Former Body Servant and Confederate Veteran, Lexington. Va.

3. Boys and Girls Club, Kanawha County, W. Va.

W. A. Lawson using horse-drawn plow.

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

"Marshall Grocery agreed to take all strawberries."

5. Strawberry Fields, Kanawha County W. Va.

Boys and girls club recreational activities.  A boy on the left is performing a high jump over a rope.

6. Boys and Girls Club Meeting. Kanawha County, W. Va.

Boys and Girls Club recreational activities.

7. Boys and Girls Club Meeting, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Drainage stakes set for the draining demonstration.

8. C. C. Dickinson Farm. Kanawha County, W. Va.

9. Boys and Girls Club Track Meet, Kanawha County, W. Va.

10. Boys and Girls Club Meeting, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Located in Borman Church.

11. Church Exhibit, Marshall County, W. Va.

12. Club Girls at County Show, Morgantown, W. Va.

"The first camp ever held in West Virginia. J. U. Shipman- County agent."

13. 4-H Club Camp, Randolph County, W. Va.

Cunningham, Assistant Home Demonstration agent, instructing a club girl how to pack her exhibit to bring in to the fair without breaking.

14. Miss Ellie Cunningham, 4-H Club, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Elijah stands in his plot of corn, who "had one of the best acres of corn in West Virginia in 1916. He was careful at every step."

15. Elijah Clovis, West Virginia Corn Farmer

Club members, including women and children, pose for photo in a field.

16. Lend-A-Hand Club

Three men wearing protective gear spray preventative pesticides from horse drawn pump.

17. Pesticide Spraying in Apple Orchard

Members cooking bacon for lunch over campfire.

18. 4-H Club, Butchersville, W. Va.

Food, floral arrangements and other items on display for the Good Hope community fair.

19. Good Hope Community Fair

Girls working on a project, likely at the State 4-H Camp at Jackson's Mill.

20. Girls 4-H Camp, West Virginia

Held from January 1st - 5th, 1923.

21. Annual Farmers' Week at WVU

John William Davis shakes hands with Mr. Johnson from Bridgeport.

22. John William Davis

"Aeroplane View of Proposed Kanawha State Park and Four-H Fair. Charleston, W. Va. Tell W. Nicolet- Landscape Architect from Pittsburgh, P.A.

23. Proposed Kanawha State Park

Men aboard Baltimore and Ohio Railroad car labeled "West Virginia Soil Improvement Special."

24. The Lime Special

25. Jackson's Mill Group Photo

Back row left to right: W.H. Kendrick, Carol Green, Harry Rollyson, Clarence Wooter, Corty Davis, John Cole, Sam Niel, Ike Hormer, Charles Holbert.Front row left to right: Eleanor Biglow, Dorothy Archer, Gertrude Lemetol (?), Pauline Spangler, Kathleen Berthy, Eula Roberts, Virginia Burmer, Mrs. Fannie M. Kercheval.

26. West Virginia 4-H Club, Camp Vail

27. Poultry Processing and Packaging

Signs on cottage read: "Electric kitchens; Electric Laundries."

28. Kanawha County Cottage, Jackson's Mill, W. Va.

Located inside 4-H Club cottage. West Penn Public Service Co.

29. Electrical Apparatus, Kanawha County, W. Va.

Men loading sacked barley harvest on truck.

30. Barley Harvesting, Thornton Farm, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Man loads harvested barley into baling machine.

31. Barley Harvesting, Jefferson County, W. Va.

Thrasher machine and baling machine in background.

32. Barley Harvesting on Thornton Farm, Jefferson County, W. Va.

33. Barley Harvesting on Thornton Farm, Jefferson County, W. Va.

34. Barley Harvesting, Jefferson County, W. Va.

35. Victory Garden

Hogs, sheep and cows graze in pasture.

36. Livestock Farm, Pocahontas County, W. Va.

Signs read: "For the Common Defense. Six Million Farmers have united to strengthen the nation. We have food and soil reserves unequaled in the world and Double Barreled Defense through the Farm Defense Program."

37. Wetzel County Excellent Farmers Day

38. Two Men Analyzing Pasture, Gilmer County, W. Va.

"Hanging primed leaves on stick in Mason County. This grower primed about 600 sticks from 1 1/2 acres in 1945."

39. Tobacco Farm, Mason County, W. Va.

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

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

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.

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

Kenneth Flouhpuse and Bill Strawn (team of two), winners of the contest.

42. Dairy Production State Demonstration Contest Winners

Banquet held at Airport Inn, near Moorefield, W. Va.

43. Old Fields Farm Women's Club Banquet, Hardy County W. Va.

44. Aerial Photograph of Tracy Phillips Farm; Buckhannon, Upshur County, W. Va.

Postlewaithe Farm.

45. Farmhouse Bedroom, Wetzel County W. Va.

Postlewaithe Farm.

46. Farmhouse Kitchen, Wetzel County W. Va.

Two men survey the field of Sweet Clover cover crop.

47. I. H. Taylor Farm; Grant County, W. Va.

Group of men in front of a dairy truck.

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