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Agriculture

 Subject
Subject Source: Archiveswest

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

History of the 1946 Land Opening on the Tule Lake Division of the Klamath Project

 Collection
Identifier: SHL171
Abstract

After World War II homestead lotteries were held to award returning military members with newly reclaimed land in the Klamath Basin. Collection contains a binder with the copy of a report pertaining to this event.

Dates: 1947

James Ottoman Collection

 Collection
Identifier: SHL107
Abstract

James Robert Ottoman, born in 1926, was a retired farmer who worked in Klamath County, Oregon, as well as both Modoc and Tulelake counties in California for 65 years. Collection contains miscellaneous materials from the Medford, Oregon, office of the BLM: documentation, correspondence, and brochures, donated by James Ottoman.

Dates: 1970-1989

Potato Processing Plant, Malin, Oregon: Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: SHL086
Abstract

Malin is a town in Southern Oregon, established in 1909 by immigrants from Bohemia, Czechoslovakia. It is famous for its farming, and especially, production of potatoes. Collection consists of a black and white photograph of an unidentified man packaging U.S. No 1 potatoes in a plant in Malin, Oregon.

Dates: Undated

Stacking Loose Hay with Horses and a Wooden Slide: Photograph

 Collection
Identifier: SHL142
Abstract

Wooden Beaver slides, pulled by horses, were used on farms and ranches to create tall stacks of loose hay as feed for livestock. Collection consists of a color photograph of a painting, showing how loose hay was put up by pulling a wooden slide into the hay stack by a team of horses.

Dates: 2015