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1. Leslie Rayburn, State Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Mason County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053330
Title:: Leslie Rayburn, State Soil Conservation Contest Winner, Mason County, W. Va.
Date:: 1955

Winner of the conservation farming contest loading equipment with fertilizer.

2. Conservation Contest Winner from Mason County

IDNO:: 053326
Title:: Conservation Contest Winner from Mason County
Date:: 1955
Description:: Winner of the conservation farming contest loading equipment with fertilizer.

A field of Kentucky 41A tobacco in Mason County, W. Va. This tobacco was primed and permitted to stand in the field until thoroughly ripe even in extreme dry weather.

3. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053194
Title:: Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1900-1940
Description:: A field of Kentucky 41A tobacco in Mason County, W. Va. This tobacco was primed and permitted to stand in the field until thoroughly ripe even in extreme dry weather.

Several tobacco farmers displaying the success of root-rot resistant tobacco plants. Men are standing in front of root-rot resistance variety plants, with smaller, recently transplanted tobacco plants in foreground.

4. Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.

IDNO:: 053187
Title:: Tobacco Farm in Mason County, W. Va.
Date:: ca. 1900-1940
Description:: Several tobacco farmers displaying the success of root-rot resistant tobacco plants. Men are standing in front of root-rot resistance variety plants, with smaller, recently transplanted tobacco plants in foreground.

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

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

IDNO:: 053182
Title:: Tobacco Farm, Mason County, W. Va.
Date:: 1945
Description:: "Hanging primed leaves on stick in Mason County. This grower primed about 600 sticks from 1 1/2 acres in 1945."