Ivey, Arthur Harold 1983-11-01
Arthur Ivey discusses cotton farming in the area around Tornillo, Texas.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Arthur Harold Ivey
Additional Parties Recorded:
Date: November 1, 1983
Location: Tornillo, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 50 minutes
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: King Benjamin Ivey,
Born: Bee Cave Texas,
Parents,
Farmers,
Father,
Colexico farm (1910s),
Drafted in World War I,
Mother,
Lived in Erath County,
Father (again),
Worked in oil fields,
Moved to Tornillo Texas,
Early settlers in Tornillo,
Indian raids,
Land leveling,
Fresnoes,
Soils,
Land improvement,
Wagons,
Porcher family,
French Huguenots,
Water board,
Ivey farm in Tornillo area (1951),
Loan,
Cotton prices (1950s),
Farm labor,
Irrigation,
Crops,
Livestock,
Cotton,
Acala cotton,
Ty Young,
KBIA Nos. 1 2 and 3,
Cotton breeders,
El Paso Valley Cotton,
Early buyers.
Tape 1, Side 2: Arthur Ivey,
Born 1923,
Farming,
Plowing,
Planters,
Tractors,
Horse-drawn cultivation (1930s),
Mechanization,
Contractors,
Cotton strippers/pickers,
Mexican labor,
Problems with mechanical pickers,
Ivey’s use of a stripper,
Cotton (again),
Varieties,
Other crops grown,
Irrigation,
Rain,
Insects,
Use of strippers in the Valley,
Tornillo Cotton Oil Company,
Sold out,
Former employees,
Hudspeth and El Paso Water Districts,
Trends for the future,
Considerations.
Range Dates: 1919-1983
Bulk Dates: 1920-1960
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