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The yards of the New River Company in Fayette County with flowers and a walkway shown.

1537. New River Company Yards in Fayette County

Picture of Charlie Cole, in his glory, gathering war food from a field not very productive before in Cabell County.

1538. Cole, Charlie Gathering War Food in Cabell County

Two trucks and a tractor belonging to Paul Pancake. He equipped himself for market gardening and sold as much as $1,750 per month for his gardens in Cabell County.

1539. Pancake, Paul's Farm Trucks and Tractor in Cabell County

Cornfields on the Pancake Farm.  Paul Pancake is standing at the edge of the field.

1540. Pancake, Paul's Cornfield

Henry Dunfee in his first garden in Cabell County which produced enough to fill the basement with about 700 jars and kept the table full all summer.

1541. Dunfee, Henry in His Victory Garden in Cabell County

Henry Dunfee in his garden with a hoe. 'This Victory gardener spent some time every day from March untill November 15th in his garden.'

1542. Dunfee, Henry in His Victory Garden in Cabell County

Hay stacks and a pig pen with six pigs present. Children sitting on the fence. Taken in Cabell County, 1944. 'No shortage of meat or corn on this farm.'

1543. Hay Stacks and a Pig Pen in Cabell County

Pigs in a pig pen in Cabell County with many people outside of the pen. 'No shortage of meat or corn on this farm.'

1544. Pig Pen in Cabell County

Three tobacco farmers work with their product under fluorescent lights. 'Fluorescent light makes the stripping and grading job easier and faster. Note the arrangement of lights and work table. The lights can be adjusted to the height desired above the table.'

1545. Tobacco Farmers Working with Tobacco Under Fluorescent Lights

Interior of the barn where tobacco housed. The stripping room is located in the back right of the picture. Note the two poles placed close together extending from the right through the center of the picture.  This is a two foot wide ventilation opening in which no tobacco is hung, and which extends through the barn lengthwise.

1546. Tobacco Barn

'More cattle were found on the Atkins and Dekalb silt loam farms than on the other types of soil.'  U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economies Photographic Section number 18469.

1547. Cattle Grazing on a West Virginia Farm

Exterior view of the tobacco barn constructed by Mr. A. C. Curry in Lincoln County. 'Narrow Ventilation doors which were opened in the front of the barn for this picture are located on all four sides of the barn. The barn is 50 feet wide, 60 feet long and 41 feet to the roof at the center of the barn.'

1548. Tobacco Barn in Lincoln County