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Oklahoma Farmers Find Ways to Cope While Waiting for Drought to End

Drought Blues

Malcolm Jones goes to the Oklahoma State Fair with a farming family who tell him how they cope with the drought that has gripped their state for two summers in a row.

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Rain makes people in Oklahoma happy these days, even when it gets in the way of having fun. It was drizzling the day Karen and Rodney Jones attended the Oklahoma State Fair with their two children, Weston and Caroline.

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