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Good Soil Management Makes Strawberries

Photograph of Wilson DeGroot and wife packaging strawberries. Good soil management makes strawberries. Contour rows, fertilization and check-row cultivation has simplified labors. This "pick-em-yourself" four acre project grossed $1,600 in 1960. Over 2,000 people picked for home use according to DeGroot. This retired bricklayer says his hobby is interesting and profitable.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of agricultural workers. During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy. OK-1339-11.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Wilson Degrot Farm

Photograph of Wilson Degrot Farm in Haworth, OK. "During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this four acre berry patch a "you pick em all" deal and everyone is happy
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

Floyd Marshall

Photograph of Floyd Marshall, district supervisor for SCS district. He appears on a tractor in a field and has been supervisor since 1939.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1919 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette. (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 22, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1919

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1919
Creator: Old, W. J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History
McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1958 (open access)

McCurtain Gazette (Idabel, Okla.), Vol. 52, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, May 10, 1958

Semiweekly newspaper from Idabel, Oklahoma that includes local, state, and national news along with advertising.
Date: May 10, 1958
Creator: Banta, Ira J.
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

You-Pick-Em Berry Patch

Photograph of the rush season, field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History