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Good Soil Management Makes Strawberries

Description: Photograph of Wilson DeGroot and wife packaging strawberries. Good soil management makes strawberries. Contour rows, fertilization and check-row cultivation has simplified labors. This "pick-em-yourself" four acre project grossed $1,600 in 1960. Over 2,000 people picked for home use according to DeGroot. This retired bricklayer says his hobby is interesting and profitable.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of agricultural workers. During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy. OK-1339-11.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, E. J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wilson Degrot Farm

Description: Photograph of Wilson Degrot Farm in Haworth, OK. "During rush season field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this four acre berry patch a "you pick em all" deal and everyone is happy
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Floyd Marshall

Description: Photograph of Floyd Marshall, district supervisor for SCS district. He appears on a tractor in a field and has been supervisor since 1939.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

You-Pick-Em Berry Patch

Description: Photograph of the rush season, field and shed are full of town pickers. Scarcity of labor made this 4-acre berry patch a "you-pick-em" deal and everyone is happy.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Hayes, Earl J.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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