Excerpt from Trends in West Virginia Agriculture Improvement in quality has come about not only in field crop and fruit production, but in the livestock industry as well; As a result of better breeding, feeding, and management the quality of all classes of livestock has shown great improvement. The elimination of large num bers of diseased animals, the control of diseases and parasites among the classes of livestock, the selection of superior individuals for breed ing purposes, and many other factors have resulted to the profit of the livestock industry in all of its phases. These developments which have been briefly noted and which have all come about within recent years, have given to the crop and livestock interests of the state a greater stability than maintained previously in periods when acreages of many crops and the numbers of some classes of livestock were higher than at present. 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 Agricultural Production in West Virginia The total population increased per cent. In the decade 1900-1910. The rural population increased per cent. While the urban made a gain of 66 per cent. Fifteen counties lost in rural population while eleven counties with no large cities or towns lost in total population. There are in the state 180 magisterial districts having no incorporated towns. The population in these districts has ih creased per cent, a little more than one half that given for the rural population as defined by the census. Of these districts, 96 have increased 27 per cent. In total population while 84 districts have decreased per cent. 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.

Excerpt from Aiding West Virginia Agriculture Through Research: Report of the West Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station for the Biennium Ending June 30, 1934 The period of economic distress of the past biennium has brought to the front as never before the value of accumulated reliable information pertaining to agriculture. The supreme test of values comes in periods of depression rather than in periods of prosperity. As the margin between profit and loss becomes narrower and narrower it becomes more and more necessary that practices be based on sound principles. 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 Farming Adjustments and Agricultural Conservation Programs in West Virginia The soils of West Virginia have been classified as to use on the basis of combined fertility, slope, and erosion index. The important classes from an agricultural viewpoint are. 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.