Archive

Year
Material Type
Collection

State Promises Advance Notice to Foreign Land Owners

Newspaper article on Oklahoma AG Cartwright seeking to enforce constitutional provision against foreign ownership of land in Oklahoma. 

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Chinchilla Ranching Booms in Oklahoma

A 1978 news item regarding the rise in chinchilla farms in Oklahoma.

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Farmers' High Living Raises Questions

Newspaper article about farm strikers in McAllen, many coming from Oklahoma, in support of a nationwide protest.

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Farm Wives’ Movement Taking Root in Oklahoma

Newspaper article about farmers' wives joining women's farm groups to advocate for better prices on their products.

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A Requiem For Broomcorn

News article about up and coming industries in Oklahoma eliminating a reliance on broomcorn harvests for financial stability. 

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State Farmer's Life One Terrific Gamble

A news article about the difficulties faced by farmers in modern agriculture

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Farmers Battle For Soil

Newspaper article about Oklahoma farmers losing wheat crops to wind erosion and dry weather.

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Alien Farmland Tops $8 Million

Newspaper article on the amount of investment from foreign investors of farmland in Oklahoma. 

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Great Grape Program Squashed

Newspaper article about the end of the anti-poverty grape program. 

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Rats Ravage State Fields

A 1959 news item describing a rat infestation in Oklahoma farms

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Sooner Mules Long Gone

A news item from 1959 history of mules in Oklahoma and their decline

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200,000 Farm Population Drop Seen

A 1958 news item about population trends resulting in fewer farm families in Oklahoma

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Oldest Farm Fulfills Promise

A 1958 news item about Oklahoma's oldest continuously operating farm 

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Oklahoma’s Farm Trend Is to ‘Food Production Factories'

A 1957 news item describing the transformation from family farms to scientific agribusiness in Oklahoma

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State Farm Raises Fighting Chickens

A 1956 news item cockfighting in Oklahoma

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Figs Get Start in Oklahoma

A news item from 1956 about fig cultivation in Oklahoma

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