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.
Atkins Silt Loam in the Broad Valley Bottoms has Always been Used for Growing Hay
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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.
Farmhouse and the surrounding fields and garden of a ridgetop home. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, Number 18411.
Abandoned 'old fields' serve their greatest usefulness in producing forest crops. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18482.
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.
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.'
Stacks of hay in a broad valley with a house and barn in the distance. U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18428.
Farm house and fields and timber surrounding it. Caption on back reads, 'Much of the farm woodland is adjacent to the farms and often forms large contiguous tracts of timber easily exploited.' U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics, Photographic Section, No. 18443.
Farmland with Mountains in the Background, an Example of Dekalb Stony Silt Soil
Date:
undated
Description:
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.
Caption reads, 'A small, farmer owned, virgin stand of sugar maple. Where fire has been kept out of such stands the maximum value of high grade lumber will be realized.'