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- Mill Creek Site 6 Diversion Terrace
- Photograph of an aerial shot of a diversion terrace for Site 6 Mill Creek and the surrounding area. A farmstead with several buildings is located in the bottom part of the photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Watershed: Ok-SCD-20 Wa. #5. Site #6. Type of structure: Diversion terrace for Site #6. Drainage area: 155 acres (90 acres in pasture, 65 acres in cropland). General condition of drainage area: Severely eroded, gully & sheet. Acres of bottomland protected: 90 acres (Protects bottomland & Detention Reservoir #1 from silt).”
- Stigler Project, Walter Holloway Farm
- Photograph of 72 skins (69 opossum and 3 skunk) representing all but 39 of Walter Holloway's catch of fur bearers between Dec. 1 and Dec. 16, inclusive.
- Soil Profile of Gyp Range Site
- Photograph of a profile of the Gyp Range Site
- Detention Reservoir on Cobb Creek
- Photograph of detention reservoir on Cobb Creek, Site 1.
- Improved Pasture
- Photograph of Ladino clover and oats in Bermuda pasture.
- Hooded Pipe Spillway
- Photograph of Mr. Hutchison examining hooded pipe spillway in erosion control dam built with GPCP assistance on his Belva ranch.
- Pecan Picking
- Photograph of a young lady picking up pecans in one of the many pecan orchards in Garvin County.
- Rush Creek Flood
- Photograph of flooding on south side of Rush Creek.
- Rush Creek Flood
- Photograph of flood May 17, 1957, 5:30 pm. Note flooding on south side of Rush Creek.
- Storm Damage Rush Creek
- Photograph of Rush Creek storm damage. Fifty percent of riprap which protects the Pauls Valley dyke were ripped out. Original cost $30,000.
- Examining seeds Inside of Killed Doves
- Photograph of Jimmie Smith, St. Regis Paper Co. , and Carl S. Draughn, WSC, Soil Conservation Service, examine Millet seed in doves killed.
- Wildlife Are Improvement Water Control
- Photograph of a part of a 17 acre planted, flooded field and a water control system in a hardwood bottom for ducks. The cultivated field was planted to browntop millet in July and the seeds produced were flooded in October. The flooded hardwood bottom made the acorns produce on the Nuttall oak trees. The hardwood area is drained during the summer so as to not kill the trees. Over a thousand mallards were using this field the day the picture was taken.
- Graded Border Irrigation System
- Photograph of a graded boreder irrigation system of 400 acres. Water is pumped from the Verdigris River at H.E. corner of 400 acre field. Water is shown running from feeder ditch through border to field tabs. Field to left of electric fence is in rye and vetch and has had one irrigation. An additional 300 acres will be leveled smoothed ditched and bordered and put into irrgation in 1956. The system provides drainage as well as irrigation.
- Combining Irrigated Maize
- Photograph of a combine harvesting irrigated maize. This maize averaged 80 bushels per acre.
- Combining Native Grass Seed
- Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixture includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass; Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres. O'Neal Teague, County Agent, Wesley Fowler, SCS technician, and H. Wimberly, rancher, examining grass.
- Deep Mud Cracks
- Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek lood plain.
- Dairy Stock Graizing
- Photograph of dairy stock grazing 6 acre field of first year sweet clover that was drilled in wheat spring of 1944. Thirty head have been grazing this field for 16 days.
- Concord Grape Vineyard
- Photograph of showing the average growth of the 20 year old ten acre Concord Grape vineyard. The chorty soil was terraced before grapes were set. Soil building crop of vetch, yellow hop clover, lespedeza, and rye grass is maintained at all times except for short period during the final growth and ripening of the fruit. Phospate is applied under the legumes. A regular spray schedule has been maintained. There has never been a failure to produce a fair crop and they have produced 3000 bushels several times.
- Combining Native Grass Seed
- Photograph of combining native grass seed. Seed mixtire includes Little and Big bluestem, Switch and Indian grass. Meadow baled in early July. Seed harvested 10/17/58. Meadow yeilded 12,840 lbs. seed on approximately 100 acres.
- Harvesting Grass
- Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.
- Squaw Creek Channel
- Photograph of Squaw Creek [remaining text too faded for legibility, including the OK-ID number].
- Geary Camp
- Photograph of a highway sign five miles north of Geary erected by the camp on the north boundary of its demonstration area. OK-5451.
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
- Photograph of an aged Texan Longhorn Steer. OK-9195.
- Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
- Photograph of follow up of Oklahoma 10-916-A. Sand blowing out of a field into a road from a field of Class IV, VII - 12X land. Little rainfall, continuous wind and now cropping speed up this winderosion. Landowner plans to put this land into pasture of mixed bluestem grasses. OK-916-B.
- Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
- Photograph of second year black locust trees planted for post lot. These are in a six-acre plot on this farm. OK-6768.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of the first terrace demonstration held in Ellis County, Oklahoma in 1926. Herbert C. Heyer, County Agent, and G.E. Martin, Extension Engineer, held the demonstration.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Bermuda grass pasture. Old, established Bermuda grass, Class IIIa-6, Upland. Sprayed in 1958 and 1959 with 2,4-D weed killer, 1 pint per acre. OK-937-2.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of Stubble Mulch Field Day. This is one of the plots used for the Stubble Mulch and Field Day Contest. OK-2124-7.
- Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
- Photograph of bald cypress trees in a gully on John Adams' farm. [Faded, illegible text] areas in conjunction with the Bayou watershed project. OK-2315-8.
- Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests
- Photograph of bald cypress trees in a gully on John Adams' farm. [Faded, illegible text] areas in conjunction with the Bayou watershed project. 2315-8.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of rye and vetch, Montgomery Brothers farm / ranch. The rye and vetch are in rotation for diary pasture and silage. The pasture was grazed until March 15, 1956. The Montgomery brothers were the conservation farmers of the year in the Goodyear contest in the Mayes County Soil Conservation District {SCD]. They operate 450 acres, cultivating 145 acres using rye and vetch on about one-half each year, 65 acres of Bermuda base tame pasture, 65 acres of tall fescue and winter clovers, with the balance in climax grasses used for pasture and meadow. OK-283-11.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of pasture seeding. Buffalo grass seeded in 1950 on overflow bottom of Clear Boggy Creek. Soil Unit 3ab. This grass shows good possibilities on this type of soil and is recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS] for these areas. Mr. Krebs and C. T. Forrester, SCS and Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], respectively, in the picture. OK-534-1.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Class I land untreated, closely drilled to oats. Large closely stacked shocks of grain indicate profitable yield. Due to long slope, the field will be terraced for water conservation. Less than 1% slope. Olustee, silty, clay loam. OK-8180.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of B. F. Prickett, Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician and Marshall Smith examining approximately 2400 pounds of Woodward sand bluestem harvested from an 8 acre field seeded in the spring of 1958. Seed for this planting was furnished by the Plant Material Center. OK-1013-6.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of range seeding. Claude Gilbert, Assistant Supervisor, seeding tall native grasses with a district drill. OK-1349-2.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of a poor cow on poor pasture.
- Wind, Wind Erosion, Sand Storms and Dunes
- Photograph of wind erosion control. 8 rows of corn in wind strips alternating with 8 rows of peanuts. OK-8574.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Alfred Austin farm showing a pure bred herd of Jersey dairy cattle with black-faced sheep grazing on posture composed of rye grass, hop clover, lespedeza, white clover, and Landino clover carrying 2 ½ animal units per acre at present. This pasture averages over 1 animal throughout the season. Mr. Austin has 21 head of Jersey cows with 22 heifers and 95 head of sheep including lambs. AR-D25-69.
- Wheat Stacked on Ground
- Photograph of wheat stacked on the ground. The Taloga grain elevator is in the background.
- Irrigation Border Construction
- Photograph of construction being completed of a border irrigation system. The borders are on a 50 foot spacing in this project. The water for the system will come from 3 wells which produce 2500, 1700 and 700 gallons per minute. This system was designed and supervised by the Soil Conservation System.
- Catch of Fur Bearers
- Photograph of 72 skins (69 opossum and 3 skunk) representing all but 39 of Walter Holloway's catch of fur bearers between Dec. 1 and Dec. 16, inclusive.
- Conservationists Examining Stubble Mulch Tillage (2)
- Photograph of SCS technicians B.P. Prickett and L.J. McDonald, Assistant State Conservationist, examine stubble mulch tillage just prior to seeding wheat. This stubble mulch tillage was done with 30 inch sweeps.
- Stubble Mulch
- Photograph of a good stand of wheat is present in this field where all tillage operations were performed with sweeps.
- Cracks Developed in a Dam
- Photograph of cracks that have developed in a farm pond dam, improperly constructed by a private contractor. Dam was built to height and then widened by pushing dirt down over the sides with a bulldozer.
- Gully Control Work
- Photograph of a combination of rock checks and sod dams with Bermuda grass used in gully control work.
- Mowing Pasture for Weed Control
- Photograph of a farmer mowing a pasture for weed control This is an important point in good pasture management and weeds can be contolled to a large extent if mowed as the proper stage of growth.
- Erosion on 12-CD-4 Soil
- Photograph of erosion common on 12-CD-4 soil type as mapped. This erosion is on the Kimball Ranch west of Marietta, Okla. Documented by the Love Co. SCD.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of the harvesting of grass. Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. The meadow has been managed properly and condition maintained. Estimated yield of the combine run of seed was 100 pounds per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. OK-572-1.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of harvesting seed. Harvesting native grass seed. Predominately Little Bluestem with mixtures of Switch, Little Blue and Indiangrass. Eswtimated yield of 100 pounds per acre. Air dried. OK-571-12.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of a view of a part of the long Brothers and their irrigated farm showing alfalfa, wheat and sorghum--the three principal crops grown with irrigation in Texas County, OK. Underground piper line can be seen in the center of the picture. OK-172-5.