Excerpt from Land Classification in West Virginia Based on Use and Agricultural Value The technical information given in these soil reports needs study and interpretation in order to be of much value to the The practical information is based largely on the actual farm p which were in use at the time the survey was made. As a result these ports have not been used as much as their value warrants. However recent years the classification Of soils has been seriously considered in evaluation of land. It has been used particularly in determining value Of land for farm loans and for taxation. The soil type has b used by the Soil Conservation Service as an aid in farm planning to duce losses of soil by erosion. However, these offo to rather limited areas, and have failed to meet all service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Excerpt from Land Classification: A Selected Bibliography Card catalogues of the following libraries United States Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Office of Experiment Stations, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Card File Land Classification Section, Land Economics Division, b.a.e. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Types of Farming in West Virginia This type of farming study of the State of West Virginia was under taken In order to acquire an understanding of the agriculture of the state as a Whole; to locate the different type of farming areas and to determine the character of farm types within these areas in terms of farm organiza tions, crop and livestock patterns, and sources of farm incomes; to identify and evaluate the relative importance of the physical and eco nomic conditions which have been and are now shaping the types of farming in the various areas. The sources of data upon which this study is based are reports of the Bureau of the Census, United States Department of Commerce; the Bureaus of Chemistry and Soils, Agricultural Economics, and Weather in the United States Department of Agriculture; the Geological Survey, Department of, the Interior; the West Virginia State Geologist; the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station; and the West Virginia Agri cultural Extension Service. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.