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.
Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay
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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.
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.
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.
![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.](/thumb/001611.jpg "West Virginia Farm Land")
