Shurbert, Marvin 1983-02-09
Marvin Shurbet discusses his experience with and knowledge of farming on the South Plains.
General Interview Information
Interviewee Name: Marvin Shurbert
Additional Parties Recorded: None
Date: February 09, 1983
Location: Petersburg, Texas
Interviewer: Richard Mason
Length: 1 hour
Abstract
Tape 1, Side 1: Marvin Shurbet,
Born: Floyd County, Texas,
Parents,
Farming,
The past 50 years,
Labor,
Salaries,
Irrigation,
High Plains Underground Water Conservation,
District,
Groundwater depletion (c. 1954),
High Plains Underground Water Conservation,
District (again),
Controversy,
Hale County, Texas,
County representation,
Internal Revenue,
Problems incurred,
Legal case,
Tenets,
Financing of farming operations.
Tape 1, Side 2: Financing of farm operations (continued),
Conservative bent of lenders,
Increased availability of credit (1940s-1950s),
Irrigation (again),
General difficulties,
Philosophies,
Texas,
New Mexico,
Projections for future,
Cash crops,
Cotton,
Corn,
Milo,
Martin Maize (c. 1942),
Plains farmers,
Chemical use.
Range Dates: 1930s-1983
Bulk Dates: 1930s-1954
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