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Caption on back reads, 'Throughout the gently rolling 'glade' area of Nicholas and Webster Counties the recently abandoned crop and pasture fields give rise to dense reproduction of oak. Such growth should be encouraged by protection from fire and by occasional thinnings.'

733. Oak Trees Growing on Abandoned Fields

Group portrait of the members of the state land-use committee in Elkins.

734. State Land-Use Committee, Elkins

Smoke rising from a burning lime kiln on the farm of W.A. Loar, Monongalia County near Laurel Point.

735. Lime Kiln on farm of W. A. Loar, Monongalia County, near Laurel Point

736. Alumni and Members of Agricultural Extension Agency on the Bleachers at Athletic Field, West Virginia University

Group portrait of the agricultural extension agency members at the State Poultry Plant at Parkersburg, W. Va.

737. Agricultural Extension Agency Members at the State Poultry Plant, Parkersburg, W. Va.

Picture of a garden with a house to the left. Entire area surrounded by woodlands. This rough broken country with Dekalb stony loam soil is best utilized by growing timber.

738. Farmland with Mountains in the Background, an Example of Dekalb Stony Silt Soil

A group portrait of the Randolph County Farm Women's Council, 1923-1944, standing and sitting around a table.

739. Anniversary Celebration of the Randolph County Farm Women's Council

Picture of virgin timber alongside a road in W. Va.

740. Virgin Timber in W. Va. Appalachians

A flock of Saxon Merinos in Ohio County. This herd had a world wide reputation for producing fine wool.

741. Flock of Saxon Merinos, Ohio County

Herd of cattle on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

742. Herding Cattle on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va.

Large field with many hay piles. L. Bush Swisher of Farming for Better Living, Monongahela Power Co. Building, 387 High St. Morgantown, W. Va. Publicity and Advertising Dept. Monongahela Power Company, Fairmont, West Virginia.

743. Preston County Buckwheat Field

Rows of potato plants on the WVU experimental farm, a  WVU Ag. Exp. Station Project.

744. Potato Field on Experimental Farm, W. V. U. Agricultural Extension Station Project