Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to D. W. Kempner discussing a bill for flowers and recent rain levels and asking after Mary Jean Kempner.

Letter from Joseph R. Bertig to Jeane and D. W. Kempner discussing some personal updates and some business updates about their cotton machinery.

A letter written to Mr. T. N. Carswell, Abilene Machine Company, Abilene, Texas, from R. D. Hill, Little Rock, Arkansas, dated November 30, 1949. Hill outlines his business travel itinerary advising that if it is necessary to appoint or elect officers he will call on Carswell to act as one of them. Hill adds, in a handwritten postscript, that there was no time for corrections.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Harris L. Kempner enclosing a letter from Mary Jean and discussing general points of interest, such as general conditions at home and the cotton business.

Letter from Kempner, Daniel Webster to Joseph R. Bertig thanking for the birthday wishes.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig discussing the recent cotton harvest and the success of the party at their Plantersville plantation.

Letter from Daniel W. Kempner to Joseph R. Bertig informing that a mistake was made while calculating the dividends for taxes. Daniel also request if he can send a check before the end of the year.

Photograph of an 18 acre field of Arkansas Traveler number 1 oats which was planted with 50 bushels of oats direct from Fayetteville, Arkansas Experiment Station which will be thoroughly tested under farm conditions and seed multiplied for use of farmers throughout this immediate area. 150# of 20% superphosphate were applied at the time oats were seeded on October 12, field was top-dressed with 100# of Ammonia Nitrate (32. 5%) at time oats began to joint. The oats were over seeded with Korean lespedeza at the rate of some 25# per acre around April 1. Standing in foreground, left to right: Alfred Austin, farm owner: Earl Smith, work unit conservationist at Muskogee and former county agent of Benton County, Arkansas: John A. Killough, district conservationist at Claremore: and L. L. Ballard, Benton County district cooperator, former county agent from Texas, and 1905 graduate of Texas A. & M. College.