Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Map shows location of feedlot operations in Oklahoma Panhandle, and surrounding areas."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Carl Cline Texhoma"

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Chip Anthony, one of the brunch hosts and son of honoree Christine Anthony, greets Mr. and Mrs. H. C. 'Ladd' Hitch Jr., Guymon."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "It has been 50 years since the Dust Bowl came to Hooker but little has changed on Main Street."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mr. H. C. (Ladd) Hitch, Jr., local rancher and businessman, having been named to the Board of Regents of Oklahoma State University by Governor Henry Bellmon, I thought it probable that you would want the enclosed photograph for your files."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sometime Saturday night, when the steak dinner has settled in and the rock band turns up the volume, some cute high school gal will probably ask C. T. Hightower if he'd care to take a stroll out onto the dance floor."

Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Trooper Sam Walker of Guymon gives Bill Shackelford, 7, and Kay Krone, 7, of Guymon a lesson in how to ride that Christmas bicycle and stay alive."

Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Carl Cline Texhoma"

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

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene during a drought on a hog farm.

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 used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "It took seven years planning and work, but Guymon is ready to dedicate a new municipal hospital."

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 a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene during a drought on a hog farm.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.

Photograph of a scene watering a wheat field.