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Agriculture—1950s

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1950-1955 Portfolio

Burley, Ray. “Pole-Frame Back in Favor on Farms.” Daily Oklahoman, July 18, 1954.
Caldwell, Richard  M. “Some Little Miracles Are Making Horticulture Big Business in Oklahoma.” Oklahoma Ranch & Farm World, November 13, 1955.
Daily Oklahoman. “Full Parity Is Urged By Farmers Union,” January 19, 1950.
Daily Oklahoman. “Research Farm Is Established in Adair County,” March 13, 1952.
Daily Oklahoman. “State’s Drouth List Expanded,” August 11, 1954.
Daily Oklahoman. “Survey Shows Oklahoma Keen on Farm Ponds,” January 15, 1950.
Daniel, Harley A. “Oklahoma Scourge Could Be Oklahoma’s Opportunity.” Oklahoma Ranch & Farm World, February 1, 1954.
M, R G. “Smoking Room [Irrigation Wells].” Daily Oklahoman, July 4, 1954.
Oklahoma City Times. “Farm Income’s Benefits to State Tops Oil's Clubs Told,” February 3, 1954.
Oklahoma Ranch & Farm World. “Irrigation Is Big Business in Oklahoma!,” April 10, 1955.

1955-1958 Portfolio

Daily Oklahoman. “New Milling Process Expected to Raise Demand for Oklahoma Wheat,” February 16, 1958.
Daily Oklahoman. “Professor Sees Bigger Farms, More Controls,” April 6, 1956.
Deering, F J. “Oklahoma’s Farm Trend Is to ‘Food Production Factories.’” Daily Oklahoman, October 13, 1957.
Deering, F J. “Rumor Denied Guthrie Farm Work Near End.” Daily Oklahoman, October 14, 1956.
Deering, F J. “Sooner Harvest Is Fast Affair Nowadays.” Daily Oklahoman, June 24, 1956.
Neiberding, Velma. “State Farm Raises Fighting Chickens.” Daily Oklahoman, January 22, 1956.
Shiner, Ernest. “Hopes Bright for Hybrid Grain Sorghums; State Field Tests Convincing.” Daily Oklahoman, October 14, 1956.
Woodward, Grant. “Irrigation: A Fast Growing Agricultural Industry.” Oklahoma Ranch & Farm World, May 8, 1955.

Statistics—1950- Portfolio

Daily Oklahoman. “200,000 Farm Population Drop Seen,” January 5, 1958.
Daily Oklahoman. “Farm Prices Nearing Head-On Crash with Costs,” September 23, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Spotted Aphids Costing Sooner Hay Growers,” November 30, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “State Is Third of Drouth Aid,” October 13, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Value of State Crops Boosted by Wheat Crop,” December 20, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Wheat Production Recovers as Drouth Takes Toll of Corn,” December 18, 1956.
Lawton Constitution. “State Livestock Population Up, But Value Drops,” February 17, 1950.
Oklahoma City Times. “Delicacy Crops Boost State $4 Millions,” December 22, 1953.
Oklahoma City Times. “Farm Warning Given Despite ‘Good Business,’” June 27, 1950.
Oklahoma City Times. “Farmers Find Profits Rising in 14 States,” March 17, 1950.
Oklahoma City Times. “State Vegetable Income Up but Pecan Crop Hits Skids,” January 1, 1957.
Oklahoma City Times. “Wheat Stocks Hit New High in State Bins,” February 27, 1950.
Roberts, Paul. “Sooner Farmers Loose $100 Millions on Crops.” Oklahoma City Times, December 20, 1950.

Loose

Daily Oklahoman. “Farm Bureau’s Key Post Goes to Ken McFall,” November 11, 1959.
Daily Oklahoman. “Garvin County Like Sheep,” January 25, 1957.
Daily Oklahoman. “Oklahoma’s Pecan Industry Is Feast or Famine,” December 28, 1958.
Daily Oklahoman. “Oldest Farm Fulfills Promise,” August 31, 1958.
Daily Oklahoman. “Pauls Valley Garden Is Showplace,” July 6, 1958.
Daily Oklahoman. “Rats Ravage State Fields,” September 21, 1959.
Daily Oklahoman. “Soil Bank Plan Gains in State,” October 3, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Soil Bank Limit on Wheat Lifted,” October 5, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Soil Bank Totals Are Made Public,” November 17, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Soil Bank Will Pay Oklahoma $4.7 Millions,” September 23, 1956.
Daily Oklahoman. “Steam Thresher Ready for Work,” June 28, 1959.
Daily Oklahoman. “Threshing Bee at Waukomis,” August 31, 1958.
Deering, F J. “Harvest Has Come Long Way.” Daily Oklahoman, May 24, 1959.
Deering, F J. “Soil Bank Could Kill State Cotton.” Daily Oklahoman, January 21, 1958.
Deering, F J. “Soil Bank No ‘Easy Street.’” Daily Oklahoman, June 15, 1956.
Deering, F J. “Sooner Mules Long Gone?” Daily Oklahoman, May 17, 1959.
Hare, Bill. “Market Boosted Livestock Trade.” Daily Oklahoman, October 3, 1957.
Oklahoma Ranch & Farm World. “Cotton Is Still King,” November 8, 1959.
Rhoades, Charles. “Native Grassland Will Raise Good, Green Crop of Dollars.” Daily Oklahoman, April 25, 1954.
Stewart, Roy. “Oilmen’s Farm Is No Wildcat.” Daily Oklahoman, September 7, 1958.
Stewart, Roy P. “Pickers Ready to Swarm State’s Strawberry Fields.” Daily Oklahoman, April 19, 1959.
Thetford, Francis. “Aerial Pecan Harvest Seen.” Daily Oklahoman, November 9, 1958.

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