Signs of abandoned field sites are there for the trained eye

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Signs of abandoned field sites are there for the trained eye

BY STEVE ROARK Cumberland Gap National Historical Park Before World War II, there was a lot more cleared farmland than there is now. Before chemical fertilizer and lime was readily available, per-acre yields for farm crops were much lower and so more land was needed to farm. This was not a problem, as most farms had large families with a built-in labor force. But over the years, the land eroded, kids left the farm and the farmer got older. So gr…