Agriculture—1940s

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1940-1947 Portfolio

  • Daily Oklahoman. “A. and M. Students Learn Planning of Farms from Air,” November 3, 1940.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Brush Feeds Goats, Farmer Makes Profit,” May 5, 1940.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Tulsa Jurist Mainspring of Farm Chemurgy Conference, Is Showing What Can Be Done,” November 17, 1940.
  • Hart, Alpha. “Oklahoma’s Gold Dust Bowl.” Daily Oklahoman, July 21, 1941.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Injury Leads to Invention Viewed as Fruit Industry Aid,” October 7, 1947.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Our Sageweed Good for Something; Mexican Plant That Grows So Prolifically in State Has Commercial Possibilities, Says Dr. A. C. Shead,” January 17, 1941.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State Tryouts of Rare Crops Are Promising,” June 13, 1947.
  • Sarchet, Mark. “Native Grass Best, Ranchers of State Find.” Daily Oklahoman, October 7, 1945.

1946 Portfolio

  • Hill, Gilbert. “Bachelor Brothers Fool Even Experts Raising Top Hogs.” Oklahoma City Times, October 26, 1946.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Common Sense Farm Methods Reap Profits.” Oklahoma City Times, May 3, 1946.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Farmers’ Lack of Faith in Own Organizations Called Evident in Response to Strike Talk.” Oklahoma City Times, March 7, 1946.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Franklin’s Kite Discovery Helps Dust Bowl Farmer Make Profit.” Oklahoma City Times, March 29, 1946.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “‘Model’ Farm Plan Would Give ‘Any Man the Job He Likes.’” Oklahoma City Times, August 14, 1946.
  • Sarchet, Mark. “Dream Grass.” Daily Oklahoman, July 7, 1946.
  • Sarchet, Mark. “Cattle Thrive on New Grass Feed Tests.” Daily Oklahoman, February 12, 1946.

1947-1948 Portfolio

  • Daily Oklahoman. “Farm Science Busy Seeking Better Crops,” March 30, 1947.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “North-Central Cattle, Grain in Good Shape.” Oklahoma City Times, May 9, 1947.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “State Dealers Get Sneak Peek at Revolutionary New Tractor.” Oklahoma City Times, April 15, 1948.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “State Farms Facing Gloomy Tool Forecast.” Oklahoma City Times, December 30, 1947.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “National Farm Chemurgic Conference Begins,” March 26, 1947.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Two Sides to This Story,” April 27, 1948.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Visitors Arrive for Chemurgic Meeting Here,” March 24, 1947.
  • Sarchet, Corb. “Shawnee Farm Agent Adopts State Program for Own Area.” Daily Oklahoman, November 10, 1947.
  • Stewart, Roy P. “Forecast on Farming.” Daily Oklahoman, January 19, 1947.
  • Stewart, Roy P. “Land Is a Living Thing.” Daily Oklahoman, July 20, 1947.

Crops—1940- Portfolio

  • Daily Oklahoman. “A Very Slick Proposition,” August 24, 1947.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Like Watermelons; 2,800,000 of Them?,” December 24, 1949.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State Peanut Dividends Will Boom in 1943,” January 10, 1943.
  • Deering, F J. “New Rye Showing Promise.” Daily Oklahoman, March 17, 1957.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Farmers Get Puffed Profit from Popcorn.” Oklahoma City Times, November 13, 1945.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Oriental Bean May Be New Wonder Crop.” Oklahoma City Times, November 10, 1947.
  • M, R G. “Figs Get Start in Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman, September 16, 1956.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Crushing Units for Big Peanut Crop Discussed,” February 25, 1943.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Oklahoma Fifth in 1946 Peanut Output; Crop Is Worth $11 Million,” August 23, 1946.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State Becomes Top Producer of Vetch Seed,” June 30, 1950.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State Expected to Boost Mung Bean Planting,” July 13, 1950.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State’s Alfalfa Seed Harvest,” December 23, 1949.
  • Reynolds, Jr., E. W. “Cinderella Peanut.” Daily Oklahoman, September 8, 1940.
  • Sarchet, Mark. “Green Gold Dust.” Daily Oklahoman, October 7, 1945.
  • Sarchet, Mark. “Rich Peanut Crop Gathered.” Oklahoma City Times, November 18, 1949.
  • Stewart, Roy P. “Country Boy Rises to Defend Peanuts.” Daily Oklahoman, April 4, 1955.
  • Stewart, Roy P. “Dover Turns to Cukes.” Daily Oklahoman, July 26, 1955.
  • Wheeler, Mercedes. “Ah, It’s Watermelon Time.” Daily Oklahoman, July 15, 1956.

Crops—Wheat—1938-1948 Portfolio

  • Daily Oklahoman. “Barn Built of Native Stone,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Enid Mark Handles 10400 Carloads,” September 25, 1938.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Sooner Wheat Land Boosted 400,000 Acres,” December 19, 1947.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Wheat Crop Records Are Shattered,” July 11, 1944.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat—One of State’s Big Money Crops,” April 23, 1939.
  • Hill, Gilbert. “Hungry World Eyes State’s Wheat Fields.” Oklahoma City Times, May 10, 1946.
  • Kay, Lowrie. “‘Waving Gold’ Calls Combines to Reap Grain in Southwest.” Christian Science Monitor, May 12, 1948.
  • Moore, Morris  P. “The Panhandle Cup Runneth Over.” Daily Oklahoman, August 2, 1942.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Here Comes the Wheat from Oklahoma Fields,” May 19, 1946.

Crops—Wheat—1949 Portfolio

  • Neal, Clara. “Drouth Conditions, Mites Take Big Bite of Wheat in Southwest Oklahoma.” Daily Oklahoman, May 1, 1955.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “1950 Wheat Looks Like 9,204,000,” December 20, 1949.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Drills Are Busy! State Farmers Bet on a Boom,” October 4, 1956.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Drouth, Insects Whittle Wheat Crop 30 Percent,” April 11, 1950.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “First ’58 Season Wheat Harvested in Greer County,” June 1, 1958.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Sooner  Wheat Crop Is Biggest in State History,” July 11, 1958.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Wheat Crop to Make Average Yield,” December 20, 1958.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Wheat Crop Smashes Double Record,” July 11, 1952.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Vote Approves Wheat Quotas,” July 21, 1956.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat Harvest Is Big Surprise,” July 10, 1954.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat Harvest Starts; Randlett Load Is First,” May 21, 1954.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Hail to the King of Oklahoma Wheat,” September 27, 1954.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State Gain Crop Forecast Slump,” July 10, 1957.

Statistics—1926-1940 Portfolio

  • Daily Oklahoman. “Cane Crops Pay Profit,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Cotton Still Is King,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Horses Are Being Replaced by Tractors,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Mayor Martin Says Adequate Water,” January 9, 1938.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Oklahoma Is Fruit State,” April 23, 1938.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Oklahoma—Texas Panhandle World’s Greatest Wheat Producing Area,” September 26, 1926.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Oklahoma’s Production for 1925,” September 26, 1926.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Farm Benefit Payments Total $71,275,189, Report Shows,” March 22, 1936.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat and Cotton Country Use Tractors,” April 23, 1939.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Farm Holdings of State Corporations Are Small,” April 26, 1940.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State’s Farm Income Scores Gain for Year,” March 29, 1940.
  • Roberts, Clarence. “Oklahoma Farmers and Their Income.” Daily Oklahoman, March 12, 1939.
  • Roberts, Clarence. “Oklahoma Has Profited From Stern Lessons.” Daily Oklahoman, January 7, 1940.
  • Williams, Lorren L. “Oklahoma’s Good Earth.” Oklahoma News, September 19, 1937.

Statistics—1938-1949 Portfolio

  • Arbiter. “State Poultry Emerging from Slump,” May, 1941.
  • Coffelt, George. “Bumper Crop Dispel Price Gloom.” Daily Oklahoman, July 21, 1940.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Average Size of the Farms,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Census Reveals Farm Increase,” May 31, 1945.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Oklahoma Faces Plague from Grasshopper Beds,” February 14, 1938.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Prices of Farm Land Edging Back to 1946’s,” December 29, 1949.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State Food Quotas Set; Wheat Acreage to Be Slashed to Reach Goals for War Aid,” October 15, 1941.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Crops Receipts Rise,” August 29, 1945.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “The Trend Is Towerd Small Farm,” April 23, 1939.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat, Cattle Put Millions in Woodward,” September 7, 1947.
  • Daily Oklahoman. “Yes Oklahoma Is Agricultural State ,” April 23, 1939.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Bulk of State’s Tillable Acres Used This Year,” December 21, 1949.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “Larger Farms in State Cut Tenancy Percentage,” August 21, 1941.
  • Oklahoma City Times. “State Farm Income Is Boosted Millions Over Figures of 1941,” November 7, 1942.
  • Roberts, Clarence. “What the Census Tells About Farms.” Daily Oklahoman, February 16, 1941.
  • Stewart, Roy  P. “Food for Freedom.” Daily Oklahoman, March 15, 1942.

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