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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
Two men survey the field of Sweet Clover cover crop.

2. I. H. Taylor Farm; Grant County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053327
Title:
I. H. Taylor Farm; Grant County, W. Va.
Date:
1952
Description:
Two men survey the field of Sweet Clover cover crop.
Winner of the conservation farming contest loading equipment with fertilizer.

3. 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.
Elijah stands in his plot of corn, who "had one of the best acres of corn in West Virginia in 1916. He was careful at every step."

4. Elijah Clovis, West Virginia Corn Farmer

IDNO:
053253
Title:
Elijah Clovis, West Virginia Corn Farmer
Date:
1916
Description:
Elijah stands in his plot of corn, who "had one of the best acres of corn in West Virginia in 1916. He was careful at every step."
W. A. Lawson using horse-drawn plow.

5. W. A. Lawson, Kanawha County W. Va.

IDNO:
053237
Title:
W. A. Lawson, Kanawha County W. Va.
Date:
1913
Description:
W. A. Lawson using horse-drawn plow.

6. Wheat Harvesting, Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053227
Title:
Wheat Harvesting, Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1913-1915
W. A. Lawson fertilizes potato crop through funnel.

7. Fertilizing Potato Demonstration; Kanawha County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053225
Title:
Fertilizing Potato Demonstration; Kanawha County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1913-1915
Description:
W. A. Lawson fertilizes potato crop through funnel.
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.

8. 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.
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.

9. Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053191
Title:
Tobacco Farm in Cabell County, W. Va.
Date:
ca. 1900-1940
Description:
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.
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.

10. 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."

11. 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."

12. Barley Harvesting, Jefferson County, W. Va.

IDNO:
053169
Title:
Barley Harvesting, Jefferson County, W. Va.
Date:
1939/06