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Two trucks and a tractor belonging to Paul Pancake. He equipped himself for market gardening and sold as much as $1,750 per month for his gardens in Cabell County.
Cornfields on the Pancake Farm.  Paul Pancake is standing at the edge of the field.
Henry Dunfee in his first garden in Cabell County which produced enough to fill the basement with about 700 jars and kept the table full all summer.
Henry Dunfee in his garden with a hoe. 'This Victory gardener spent some time every day from March untill November 15th in his garden.'
Hay stacks and a pig pen with six pigs present. Children sitting on the fence. Taken in Cabell County, 1944. 'No shortage of meat or corn on this farm.'
Pigs in a pig pen in Cabell County with many people outside of the pen. 'No shortage of meat or corn on this farm.'
Three tobacco farmers work with their product under fluorescent lights. 'Fluorescent light makes the stripping and grading job easier and faster. Note the arrangement of lights and work table. The lights can be adjusted to the height desired above the table.'
Interior of the barn where tobacco housed. The stripping room is located in the back right of the picture. Note the two poles placed close together extending from the right through the center of the picture.  This is a two foot wide ventilation opening in which no tobacco is hung, and which extends through the barn lengthwise.

1544. Tobacco Barn

'More cattle were found on the Atkins and Dekalb silt loam farms than on the other types of soil.'  U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies Photographic Section number 18469.
Exterior view of the tobacco barn constructed by Mr. A. C. Curry in Lincoln County. 'Narrow Ventilation doors which were opened in the front of the barn for this picture are located on all four sides of the barn. The barn is 50 feet wide, 60 feet long and 41 feet to the roof at the center of the barn.'
A man sitting next to a group of sheep.

1547. Sheep

Children in Mason County eating a hot lunch at tables set up on saw horses.