Guymon Fire department truck and fire fighters at end of daytime fire. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The north side of the fire-razed Guymon Lumber Co., with the bordering row of scorched trees attesting to the intense heat involved."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Dr. L>G. Blackmer reminisces in his office at the Blackmer-Cawley clinic in Hooker."

crowd watching fire being put out, daytime. Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Volunteer fireman are attempting to cool debris in what a short time earlier was an up-to-date lumber company office and showroom with building materials in the rear of the long building."

Fire fighters on top and by burning remnants of a building,daytime. Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Of what was once the two-story building of the Guymon Lumber Co., are firemen from Hooker , Texhoma and Guymon."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Francis Miller, left, mayor of Guymon, watches as City Clerk Hugh Harmon points out an area of city residential development."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company.

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The science classroom building is the newest of 45 structures on the campus of Panhandle A&M college."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Supt. Ralph Rich, left, and Mayor Mike Grey inspect modern kitchen facilities in the cafeteria of Hooker's up-to-date school system."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Police chief of Texhoma, Okla., is Bryon Smith, also publisher of the Texhoma Times."

Photograph of a combine harvesting irrigated maize. This maize averaged 80 bushels per acre.

Photograph of a fence line contrast. The pasture on the left has been heavily grazed with sheep. No rains have occurred in 1953. The result is that the range is almost bare. The pasture on the right has not been used as heavily and some clover still remains. TX-48-566.

Photograph of a view of a part of the long Brothers and their irrigated farm showing alfalfa, wheat and sorghum--the three principal crops grown with irrigation in Texas County, OK. Underground piper line can be seen in the center of the picture. OK-172-5.

Photograph of four UNIDENTIFED men dumping chopped sugar drip cane from harvester into a 1000-ton trench silo on the H. B. Hale Farm. A fifth UNIDENTIFIED man is standing on the tractor behind the truck. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Trucks carry chopped sugar drip cane from harvester and dump it into a 1000 ton trench silo, where it is packed by tractors. Mr. Hale plans to feed the ensilage to 160 head of registered Hereford cattle this winter."

Photograph of a 35 acre field of irrigated sugar drip cane is being harvested by a portable ensilage cutter. This field had 5 tons of manure applied per acre and mold board plowed 11 inches deep last year. There was no pre-planting irrigation but the field received 4 to 5 inches of rain in May before planting. The cane was planted at the rate of 7 pounds per acre in 33 inch rows, 1160 feet long. This field had three 4 inch applications of water and 30 pounds of anhydrous ammonia per acre during the growing season. The cane was 9 1/2 feet tall and yeilded 23 tons of ensilage per acre. Soil units 2x and 18.

Photograph of irrigated alfalfa cut and windrowed. Cattle in the background are grazing on an irrigated pasture. OK-171-8.