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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.

1. West Virginia Farm Land

Apple trees in a rocky orchard.

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

Man standing next to apple tree in the oldest commercial orchard in the Northern Panhandle.

3. Oldest Commercial Orchard in 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.

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

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.

5. Gently Rolling Upland Farm

Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va., Grant County.

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

Cattle being herded on the C.W. Scott farm in Petersburg, W. Va. in Grant County.

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

8. Deforestation in West Virginia Highlands

Text on back reads, 'The natural restocking on the old fields is where it is scattered and 'spotty' should be supplemented by planting.'

9. Cleared Hillsides

Farmhouse and the surrounding fields and garden of a ridgetop home. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, Number 18411.

10. Narrow Ridge Farm

Abandoned 'old fields' serve their greatest usefulness in producing forest crops. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18482.<br />

11. Abandoned Old Fields

Yellow poplar growing on a steep hill.  It seeded on this cool slope from the mature trees above. Such steep slopes should never be cleared. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18489.

12. Yellow Poplar on Slope