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==General Interview Information== | ==General Interview Information== | ||
| − | '''Interviewee Name:''' | + | '''Interviewee Name:''' Grady Shepard |
| − | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' | + | '''Additional Parties Recorded:''' None |
| − | '''Date:''' | + | '''Date:''' May 17, 1974 |
| − | '''Location:''' | + | '''Location:''' Hale Center, Texas |
| − | '''Interviewer:''' | + | '''Interviewer:''' Jeff Townsend |
| − | '''Length:''' | + | '''Length:''' 35 minutes |
==Abstract== | ==Abstract== | ||
| − | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 1:''' Family background, |
| − | + | Began building feedlot in 1956, | |
| + | Lists other feedlots in the area, | ||
| + | Describes financing, | ||
| + | Tells about changes in feeding, | ||
| + | Added new equipment, | ||
| + | 80% of cattle are custom fed, | ||
| + | Discusses capacity of feedlot, | ||
| + | States opinion of beef price drop, | ||
| + | Talks about other problems, | ||
| + | Compares this price slump with previous ones, | ||
| + | Notes feed prices, | ||
| + | Forecasts a corn shortage, | ||
| + | Prices are down in pork and poultry market, | ||
| + | Mentions price freeze, | ||
| + | Lists drugs given to cows for health reasons, | ||
| + | Explains investment fund, | ||
| + | Comments on truckers’ strike, | ||
| + | Feedlot owners are losing money. | ||
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| − | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' | + | '''Tape 1, Side 2:''' Discussion of losing money (continued), |
| − | + | Slump has caused unemployment, | |
| + | Names places where he has cattle, | ||
| + | Comments on cattle and feed prices. | ||
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| − | '''Range Dates:''' | + | '''Range Dates:''' 1956-1974 |
| − | '''Bulk Dates:''' | + | '''Bulk Dates:''' 1956-1974 |
Revision as of 18:08, 27 August 2015
Grady Shepard, feedlot owner, discusses the feedlot business and problems associated with it.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Grady Shepard
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: May 17, 1974
Location: Hale Center, Texas
Interviewer: Jeff Townsend
Length: 35 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Family background,
Began building feedlot in 1956,
Lists other feedlots in the area,
Describes financing,
Tells about changes in feeding,
Added new equipment,
80% of cattle are custom fed,
Discusses capacity of feedlot,
States opinion of beef price drop,
Talks about other problems,
Compares this price slump with previous ones,
Notes feed prices,
Forecasts a corn shortage,
Prices are down in pork and poultry market,
Mentions price freeze,
Lists drugs given to cows for health reasons,
Explains investment fund,
Comments on truckers’ strike,
Feedlot owners are losing money.
Tape 1, Side 2: Discussion of losing money (continued),
Slump has caused unemployment,
Names places where he has cattle,
Comments on cattle and feed prices.
Range Dates: 1956-1974
Bulk Dates: 1956-1974
Access Information
Original Recording Format:
Recording Format Notes:
Transcript:
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