Trees Become Fodder for Cattle--So that his cattle may have food, Gerald Hartgraves chops down live oak trees on his 3740-acre ranch at Eldorado, Texas, in the southwest drought area. Little is growing on the sunbaked, sand-covered land which has had below normal rainfall in past seven years. President Eisenhower flies to Texas Sunday to start his six-state drought inspection tour.

Associated Press · [ca. January 1957]

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