This Week in Odessa History

They were harvesting archaic varieties such as White Amber and Bluestem, and they were getting 70 cents a bushel for it.

It was a time of custom threshing and 20-horse teams to pull the growing number of combines making their appearance in the area. Despite the many hardships, farm operation might have been simpler then than it is today.

The wheat was planted, and growers waited to see what came up. There were no fertilizers or chemical weed killer. No irrigation. About 12 to 16 bushels was the normal yield for a wheat crop.

That was why there was jubilation in the Odessa area in the last week...