Southwestern Agriculture

, by Dethloff, Henry C.; May, Irvin M., Jr.

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ISBN: 9781585440658 | 1585440655
Cover: Paperback
Copyright: 12/1/1988

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These essays, based on the 1980 Agricultural History Symposium held at Texas AandM University, spotlight the longneglected area of agricultural development in the Southwest. Focusing on Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas, the book traces the history of farming from the point of view of novelists, businessmen, archaeologists, cattlemen, scientists, and politicians.

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Preface	p. vii
List of Contributors	p. ix
Foundations of Southwestern Agriculture
Prehistoric Agricultural Climax in Southwestern New Mexico: The Classic Mimbres Phase	p. 3
The Scientific Contribution of New Mexico to the Chile Pepper	p. 16
Farmers in Southwestern Fiction	p. 28
The Southwestern Cattle Industry
An Uneasy Alliance: The Hispanic Impact on the Southwestern Cattle Industry	p. 49
Don't Fence Me In: The Range Cattle Industry in the Confederate Southwest, 1861-1865	p. 59
Trends in Cattle Raising in Texas since World War II	p. 73
Comment on the Southwestern Cattle Industry	p. 86
Feed Grain and Livestock
Hybrid Sorghum: A Triumph of Research	p. 93
The Cattle-Feeding Industry on the Texas High Plains	p. 106
Feed Grain and Livestock on the Texas High Plains: A Comment	p. 116
The Agricultural Extension Service
The Texas Agricultural Extension Service: A Historical Overview	p. 123
The County Agent Revisited	p. 136
Extension: A Comment	p. 145
Comment on the Texas Agricultural Experiment Station	p. 149
Cooperatives and Modern Marketing
Oil Mill on the Texas Plains	p. 153
Facts and Folklore about Cooperatives	p. 166
The Lone Star Brand: History of Texas Farm Products	p. 174
The American Rice Industry	p. 183
Farmer Movements in the Squthwest
The "Movement Culture" of Populism Reconsidered: Cultural Origins of the Farmers' Alliance of Texas, 1879-1886	p. 197
The Southern Populists and the American Dream	p. 226
Farmer Movements in the Southwest: A Comment	p. 240
Politics of Agriculture
A Study of Power: Carl Hayden and the Development of Southwestern Agriculture, 1912-1968	p. 245
Clinton P. Anderson: Agricultural Policymaker and Southwesterner	p. 253
A Comment	p. 271
Historical Perspective
New Deal Programs and Southwestern Agriculture	p. 275
Historical Perspective and the Future of Southwestern Agriculture	p. 293
Index	p. 301
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