These outtakes from an amateur documentary made by Ouida Whitaker Dean, 'Women in Agriculture,' feature an interview with Mrs. Hairgrove, a female farmer in the East Texas town of Timpson. This interview was part of a project to document the changing roles of women in agriculture. In her dairy barn, Mrs. Hairgrove discusses the history of her business and explains the equipment used.

Donor Ouida Dean wrote the Archive about this film and said: "Women in Agriculture" was a 1976 Timpson High School film. There are also outtakes from our filming this project, some of which have been digitized by the Texas Archive of The Moving Image. We shot about 18 three-minute rolls of film, cutting it to a little over 22 minutes (to fit into a 30-minute time slot). Female students had been restricted to an all-girls class if they wanted take Ag prior to the 1975-76 school year. We interviewed 3 women who were actively involved with agricultural activities, including the economic aspects of their work. The site for this session, with 3 of the 4 students in the film, occurred alongside U.S. Hwy 59 in Shelby Co. in Deep East Texas - hence the audio background sounds. The fence is part of the enclosure used by Nat [ far R ] to do her barrel racing practice.

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