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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.

1609. West Virginia Farm Land

IDNO:
001611
Title:
West Virginia Farm Land
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
Apple trees in a rocky orchard.

1610. Rocky Orchard, (Limestone) Where It Has Paid to Grow Apples

IDNO:
001612
Title:
Rocky Orchard, (Limestone) Where It Has Paid to Grow Apples
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Apple trees in a rocky orchard.
Man standing next to apple tree in the oldest commercial orchard in the Northern Panhandle.

1611. Oldest Commercial Orchard in Northern Panhandle

IDNO:
001613
Title:
Oldest Commercial Orchard in Northern Panhandle
Date:
ca. 1907
Description:
Man standing next to apple tree in the oldest commercial orchard in the Northern Panhandle.
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.

1612. Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay

IDNO:
001614
Title:
Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
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.

1613. Gently Rolling Upland Farm

IDNO:
001615
Title:
Gently Rolling Upland Farm
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
1. Abraham McCullough, President, Wheeling; 2. R.E. Thrasher, Lewisburg; 3. John B. Garvin, Secretary, Charleston; 4. M.V. Brown, Buffalo (Putnam Co.); 5. E.J. Humphrey, Belleville; 6. W.D. Zinn, Philippi; 7. Irene C. Dick, Stenographer, Charleston; 8. H.A. Hartley, Masontown; 9. Charles P. Light, Martinsburg; Rear, Left to Right - Thrasher, Brown, Zinn, Hartley; Front, Left to Right - McCullough, Garvin, Humphrey, Dick, Light.<br />

1614. Members of the State Board of Agriculture Appointed by Governor A. B. White in May of 1901

IDNO:
001616
Title:
Members of the State Board of Agriculture Appointed by Governor A. B. White in May of 1901
Date:
1901/05
Description:
1. Abraham McCullough, President, Wheeling; 2. R.E. Thrasher, Lewisburg; 3. John B. Garvin, Secretary, Charleston; 4. M.V. Brown, Buffalo (Putnam Co.); 5. E.J. Humphrey, Belleville; 6. W.D. Zinn, Philippi; 7. Irene C. Dick, Stenographer, Charleston; 8. H.A. Hartley, Masontown; 9. Charles P. Light, Martinsburg; Rear, Left to Right - Thrasher, Brown, Zinn, Hartley; Front, Left to Right - McCullough, Garvin, Humphrey, Dick, Light.
Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va., Grant County.

1615. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
001617
Title:
Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va., Grant County.
Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va. in Grant County.

1616. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

IDNO:
001618
Title:
Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott Farm in Petersburg, W. Va.
Date:
undated
Description:
Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va. in Grant County.
Scott Henry standing beside his angus cattle.

1617. Henry, Scott with Angus Cattle

IDNO:
001619
Title:
Henry, Scott with Angus Cattle
Date:
1965
Description:
Scott Henry standing beside his angus cattle.

1618. Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands

IDNO:
001620
Title:
Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands
Date:
undated
A group portrait of children and farm animals gathered for a District Show in Lewis County.

1619. Several Local Clubs Combined for a District Show, Lewis County

IDNO:
001621
Title:
Several Local Clubs Combined for a District Show, Lewis County
Date:
1919/06
Description:
A group portrait of children and farm animals gathered for a District Show in Lewis County.
Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'

1620. Cleared Hillsides

IDNO:
001622
Title:
Cleared Hillsides
Date:
undated
Description:
Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'