WEST VIRGINIA 



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WEST VIRGINIA 



THE FARM 

 MilK 



Tobacco 

 Oats 



Sheep sold 

 Poultry 

 Horses sold 

 Eggs 



Hogs slaugh 

 Potatoes 

 Butter 

 Apples 



Winter Wheat 

 Garden Vegetables 

 Timothy,Clover 

 Cattle sold 

 Corn 



THE MINE 

 Petroleum 

 Natural Gas 

 Coal 



WEST VIRGINIA PRODUCTS CHART 



Figures Based on US Government Reports 

 Millions of Dollars Annually 



30 20 K) 5 



THE FACTORY 

 Lumber .Timber 

 Iron .Steel 

 Leather 

 Glass 

 Flour,Grist 

 Coke 



Railroad ShopVfcrt 

 Meat Packing 

 Foundry.Machine9Hop 

 Pbttery.Terra Cotta 

 Paper,Wood Pulp 

 Beer.etc. 

 Sheet Metal 

 PrintingPublishing 

 Custom-Ground Flou 

 Bread, etc. 

 Men's Clothing 

 Patent Medicines 

 Woolen Goods 

 Stone Work 



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other large industries, including oil refineries, 

 pottery works and tobacco factories; the ax 

 factory at Charleston is said to be the largest 

 in the world. 



Transportation. The state has almost 600 

 niilcs of navigable waterway. The Ohio, ex- 

 tending for nearly 300 miles along the western 

 boundary, serves as a natural highway for traf- 

 fic to the West and South. The Monongahela 

 and the Great Kanawha have been improved 

 by the building of locks and dams and by the 

 deepening of their channels, and are important 

 in the transportation of coal from the interior 

 to the Ohio. The Little Kanawha, Big Sandy 

 and Guyandot are carriers for logs, and great 



shipments of lumber are floated down to the 

 Ohio. 



For many years West Virginia was greatly 

 hampered by the lack of railroads, but there 

 are now over 3,700 miles of track, the principal 

 lines being the Norfolk & Western, the West- 

 ern Maryland, the Virginian Railway, the Penn- 

 sylvania, and the Coal & Coke Railroad. In- 

 terurban lines cover about 300 miles. There 

 are over 31,000 miles of public road in tho 

 state, but owing to the mountainous character 

 of much of the land only a little over 800 miles 

 are surfaced. A bureau of roads was estab- 

 lished in 1913, and the improvement of high- 

 ways is now rapidly progressing. 



Government and History 



Government. The present constitution, the 

 second one of the state, was adopted in 1872. 

 All in it* citizens residing in the state one year 

 1 1- 1 in the county sixty days have the right to 

 Constitutional conventions may be 

 'ill' <1 with the approval of a majority in each 

 IIOUH- and the majority of the voters, and 

 amendments become effective if approved by 

 thirds of tin- members of each house and a 

 majority of the people. 

 Tin- S'cutive department consists of a gov- 

 r, secretary of state, treasurer, attorney- 

 general and superintendent of free schools, 



each elected for four years. Together these of- 

 finrs constitute the board of public works. 

 The governor may not serve two successive 

 terms. 



The legislature is composed of a senate of 

 thirty members and a house of delegates of 

 ( -inhty-Hx in- mlH-rs. Senators are elected for 

 four years, one-half of the body being chosen 

 y two years; delegates are elected for terms 

 of two years. 



judiciary consists of a supreme court of 

 appeals with five- judges, ami t \vcnty-two cir- 

 cuit courts, thirty-eight courts of limited juris- 



