Archive

Year
Material Type
Collection

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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Soil Bank No ‘Easy Street'

A 1956 news item regarding the federal soil bank policy for soil conservation

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Pole-Frame Back in Favor on Farms

A news item from 1954 describing the resurgence of simple farm structures on Oklahoma farms

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Oklahoma Scourge Could Be Oklahoma’s Opportunity

A 1954 news item describing millions of acres of undesirable scrub brush in Oklahoma and possible remedies

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The Smoking Room [Irrigation Wells]

A 1954 newspaper column describing the impact of irrigation wells in Oklahoma

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Farm Income’s Benefits to State Tops Oil's Clubs Told

A 1954 news item discussing the impact of agriculture on Oklahoma's economy

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Survey Shows Oklahoma Keen on Farm Ponds

A news item describing the use of ponds on Oklahoma farms

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