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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

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

Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va., Grant County.

4. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va. in Grant County.

5. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

6. Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands

Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'

7. Cleared Hillsides

Farmhouse and the surrounding fields and garden of a ridgetop home. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, Number 18411.

8. Narrow Ridge Farm

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 />

9. Abandoned Old Fields

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.

10. Yellow Poplar on Slope

The 'rough stony land' of which there are about 92,000 acres in Nicholas and Webster Counties is mostly in forest.

11. Rough Stony Land

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.'

12. Oak Trees Growing on Abandoned Fields

Looking up into a Narrow V-shaped valley with a house and acres of fields surrounding it.

13. Narrow V-Shaped Valley with House

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.

14. Haystacks in a Broad Valley

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

15. DeKalb Stony Silt Loam Land

Farm house and fields and timber surrounding it.  Caption on back reads, 'Much of the farm woodland is adjacent to the farms and often forms large contiguous tracts of timber easily exploited.' U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18443.

16. Scenic View of Farm and Land

Picture of a garden with a house to the left. Entire area surrounded by woodlands. This rough broken country with Dekalb stony loam soil is best utilized by growing timber.

17. Farmland with Mountains in the Background, an Example of Dekalb Stony Silt Soil

Caption reads, 'A small, farmer owned, virgin stand of sugar maple. Where fire has been kept out of such stands the maximum value of high grade lumber will be realized.'

18. Virgin Stand of Sugar Maple

Picture of virgin timber alongside a road in W. Va.

19. Virgin Timber in W. Va. Appalachians

Herd of cattle on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

20. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va.