Preston, L V 1984-01-20
L. V. Preston, early South Plains resident, discusses his family, farming, cotton production and irrigation.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: L.V. Preston
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: January 20, 1984
Location: Lubbock, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: L. V. Preston,
Born: October 3, 1901,
Parents,
Background,
Farming,
Farming,
Lamesa, Texas,
Wagon yard,
Brownfield, Texas,
Housing,
Half-dugout,
Family,
To the Texas Plains (1905),
Breaking out the land,
Preston (again),
To Lubbock (1936),
Raising hogs,
Irrigation,
Water well,
Ditches,
Financing,
Water well (again),
Depth,
Fuel source,
Switch from butane to natural gas,
Changing ditches,
Natural gas (again),
Butane source,
Natural gas pipeline,
Tie-in cost,
Types,
Plastic,
Canvas,
Underground pipeline (early 1950s),
High Plains Water Conservation District,
Pecan orchards.
Tape 1, Side 2: Water wells (again),
Early wells,
Irrigation supplies,
Sources,
Cotton,
Varieties,
Lankard 57,
Seed source,
Yield,
Irrigation’s impact,
Irrigation (again),
Farming (again),
Cost,
Raising chickens,
Anecdote: Brother’s lazy technique for churning butter with a frog,
Anecdote,
Mechanization,
Tractor (1937),
Livestock,
Feed,
Garden Crops,
Living conditions,
Burro team,
Underground water supply,
Decline in water table,
Cotton (again),
Irrigation needs,
Treflan,
Disadvantages,
Crop yields.
Range Dates: 1901-1984
Bulk Dates: 1937-1984
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