Clearing of forests, overgrazing, and soil erosion have greatly depleted the soil of the Ohio Valley in the United States. Farmers should implement agricultural practices that encourage the growth of sod, which has the potential to restore the soil. "The use of grass in increasing the productivity of farm land, in conserving soil on pasture and cropland, and in protecting smaller eroded or erodible areas is discussed in this bulletin." -- p. i

Photograph of school children gathered in front of a Tennessee one-room school. There are children of different ages shown in the photograph. Many of the boys are wearing overalls, while the girls are wearing dresses. Mountains covered in trees can be seen in the background.

Photograph of a family of ten sitting or standing around a stove. Five of them are playing instruments while the rest listen. The walls and ceiling around them are papered with pages from catalogs, magazines, or newspapers and the floors are made of wooden boards. On the back wall on the right side is a calendar with a gun hanging above it. In the corner on the same side is a standing mirror. On the right wall is a window covered with lacy curtains. Overtop the stove, on the mantle, are two oil lamps.

Photograph of two female teachers holding hands as they spin in an open field.

Narrative by Kay Clark. Joe Clark, HBSS, took this shot in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee of Roy McCrary on a fence in a field dreaming about his life in the hills of Tennessee. This picture is in Joe book published book "Back Home". Here is the poem in the book. I PLEDGE To loaf along Life’s highways To feel its shifting sands Climbs its hills, view its valleys And see its verdant Lands. To feast on bountiful harvests That grow along its way To watch the glowing sunsets That end its shining days. To greet each missing joyously To sing the livelong day, To laugh with happy Comrades, To while his life away. hbss

Photograph of a row of lard buckets used as lunch pails as well as a two lunch boxes, a brown paper bag, a baseball, and a baseball bat on a bench along the back wall of a one room school house.

Photograph of a boy kneeling alongside a stream as he fills a bucket with water by using the ladle he holds in his right hand.

Photograph of benches along a wall in a school room. The benches have lunch pails and bags resting on top of them.

Photograph of Leon McGeorge seated at a bench as he writes on a sheet of paper.

Photograph of a boy kneeling alongside a stream as he fills a bucket with water. He holds a ladle in his right hand.

Photograph of three young girls and one boy walking downhill. Each child is carrying a lunch pail. There are trees and mountains visible in the background of the image.

Photograph of a teacher standing in front of benches as he looks down at his book. There are children seated along a bench to the left in the image.

Photograph of a young boy resting his head on his arms as leans on the back rest of the bench in front of him. The photograph appears to be taken in a church or one room school in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Photograph of students sitting on rocks in a wooded area as they eat lunch from their lunch pails. There are two dogs visible in the foreground of the image.

Photograph of a young buy laying down, resting his head on his crossed arms, on a bench in what is assumed to be a church or one room schoolhouse in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "In friendly pose in Miss Mary Yetman, University of Oklahoma band leader, riding (of all things) on the Knoxville, Tenn., float with two big Volunteers."

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Lillian Florine Hammond - Goodlettsville, Tenn. 1925 Times Xmas Baby"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph of Douglas Clark petting a calf. He squats down beside the calf and has one hand on its neck. A wooden fence can be seen behind them.

Photograph of Douglas Clark climbing a wooden fence. He holds onto two sides of the fence while looking at the camera. Douglas is wearing a light-colored, collared dress.

Photograph of Douglas Clark climbing a wooden fence. He holds onto the top of the fence and looks directly at the camera. Douglas is wearing a light-colored, collared dress.

Photograph of Pappy Clark, Raymond Clark, and two other young men standing in front of Pappy's wooden barn and looking directly at the camera. Pappy, Raymond's grandfather, has a pipe in his mouth. They are all wearing pants, button-up shirts, and three of them are wearing hats. The barn was located in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Photograph of Pappy and Raymond Clark standing in front of Pappy's wooden barn and looking directly at the camera. Pappy, Raymond's grandfather, has a pipe in his mouth. They are both wearing pants, button-up shirts, and hats. The barn was located in Cumberland Gap, Tennessee.

Photograph of Bernice Clark posing next to a wooden sign that directs to Alum Cave, Mt. Leconte, Arch Rock, and the highway. She stands next to the sign and places one hand on top of it. Bernice is looking at the camera with a serious expression on her face. She wears a dress and holds a large clutch purse in one hand.