Couch, J E 1984-11-13
J. E. Couch discusses the development of agriculture in the Pecos area as well as life as a student at Texas Tech.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: J. E. Couch
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 13, 1984
Location: Pecos, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 2 hours
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1:
Couch family history,
Grandfather (Civil War veteran),
Cattle business,
Bill Camp,
Father (1894),
Early farming (Pecos area),
Irrigation,
Trees (Salt cedars),
Reservoirs,
Pecos, Texas,
River life,
Farming,
Cotton,
Alfalfa: Texas Common,
Ranching,
Cotton (again)
Tape 1, Side 2:
Irrigation,
Farming,
Alfalfa,
Harvesting,
Bailing,
Procedures,
Cotton (1915),
Transition from alfalfa to cotton,
Irrigation (again),
Artesian wells,
Colonization (early 1900s),
Land fraud,
Irrigation (again),
Centrifugal wells,
Surface water versus ground-water (1930s),
Alfalfa
Tape 2, Side 1:
Irrigation (continued),
Alfalfa,
Basin bed level irrigation,
Evolution,
Water district,
Water usage,
Farmers' independent canal,
Farming demise,
Oil royalties,
Texas Tech (1926),
Hazing,
Classes,
Agriculture
Tape 2, Side 2:
J. Brian Stannon,
Texas Tech,
Father,
Water legislation,
Texas Tech (again),
Campus life (1926),
Development,
Dr. Horn,
Liberal arts versus agriculture,
Groundwater at Pecos, Texas,
Land Development,
Irrigation (again),
Pumps,
Boom period,
Power source,
Demise,
Wife,
Family farms
Range Dates: 1860-1984
Bulk Dates: 1894-1950s
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