Excerpt from Organization and Management of Typical West Virginia Farms West Virginia is important both as an industrial and as an agri cultural state. Her farms of more than five and one half mil lion acres of improved farm lands with an investment of nearly $500, constitute an enterprise worthy of consideration. The farm ing of the state is general or diversified with livestock as one of the principal enterprises. In a few sections where climate and soil are especially adapted to such, or where markets are easily accessible, specialized farms are found. 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 Power on West Virginia Farms Table 1 shows the ratio of agricultural workers to all persons gainfully employed in the United States from 1820 to 1930. 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 Farm Organization and Management in the Colebrook Area The total returns for capital and the operator's labor and manage ment including unpaid family labor averaged $580 per farm. Assum ing a return of five per cent on the estimated capital investment, the interest would amount to $394, leaving $186 for returns for fam ily labor and management. 1934 was one of several bad years in the last decade for the farmers of this section. 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.