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Mr. Baker, then state representative, discusses the government cattle killing program during the Depression and the development of the gas industry in Pecos County.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: George Baker
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: July 22, 1971
Location: Fort Stockton, Texas
Interviewer: Paul Patterson
Length: 30 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Reasons for establishment of the government cattle killing program,
Overstocking because of shipping cattle into area,
Lack of freezing facilities,
Poor quality of meat,
Price paid by the government for cattle,
Recalls people who worked with the program,
Hoe Matthews--government field man,
Described conditions after the drought was broken in 1935,
Mineral development in Pecos County,
Natural gas wells in the area
Tape 1, Side 2:
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