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- Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds and Terraces/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp
- Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds, terraces, a road, and a few buildings. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds, constructed by the land owner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provided by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can be seen faintly. Note excessive grade compared with level terraces.”
- Aerial Shot of Erosion Control on Two Farms/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp
- Photograph of an aerial shot of erosion control on two farms. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farms on which erosion control is practiced to a large extent. There are two farm ponds shown here in which the water is supplied by excess drainage from the level terraces fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.”
- Aerial Shot of Two Farm Ponds/Ardmore Project/Konawa Camp
- Photograph of an aerial shot of two farm ponds and some white spots indicating alkaline conditions caused by erosion. A road spans the bottom corner of the photograph, while a farm is near the top left. The back of the photograph proclaims, “This picture shows two farm ponds which were built by the landowner and rip-rapped by the landowner. The upper pond is used as a silting basin for the lower pond. Immediately above the pond there are some white spots which are an indication of alkaline conditions caused by erosion, before terraces were constructed. The area has now been terraced and returned to pasture.”
- Class III Range Land
- Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in a class III rangeland. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Class III range land. Blue grama grass is very low state of vigor. Invaders are numerous including muhly grass, fluff grass, three-awn, and perennial broomweed. Erosion, moderate to severe indicating that permanent damage is occurring. Recovery on this type of range will be slow, although much change toward the more desirable species can be expected when the use of range is based upon preserving the grama grasses.”
- Garland Coal Company Dragline Operation
- Photograph of a Garland Coal Company dragline in operation. The back of the photograph proclaims, “View of huge drag-line in operation. Owned by Garland Coal Company. Drag bucket capacity is 34 cu. Yds. Drag-line is capable of stripping coal 90-feet deep.”
- Land Preparation with Bulldozer
- Photograph of dozer disking & pulling railroad iron preparing land on bottomland owned by Harvey Woods. Leon Riley is operating dozer.
- Arkansas Traveler #1 Oats
- Photograph of an 18 acre field of Arkansas Traveler number 1 oats which was planted with 50 bushels of oats direct from Fayetteville, Arkansas Experiment Station which will be thoroughly tested under farm conditions and seed multiplied for use of farmers throughout this immediate area. 150# of 20% superphosphate were applied at the time oats were seeded on October 12, field was top-dressed with 100# of Ammonia Nitrate (32. 5%) at time oats began to joint. The oats were over seeded with Korean lespedeza at the rate of some 25# per acre around April 1. Standing in foreground, left to right: Alfred Austin, farm owner: Earl Smith, work unit conservationist at Muskogee and former county agent of Benton County, Arkansas: John A. Killough, district conservationist at Claremore: and L. L. Ballard, Benton County district cooperator, former county agent from Texas, and 1905 graduate of Texas A. & M. College.
- Excellent Condition Range Grasses on Display
- Photograph of excellent condition range grasses shown on the display board from Cimarron County in the Soil Conservation District office.
- Sandstone Creek
- Photograph of Site No. 16, Sandstone Creek. Picture taken the same time water was discharging below the structure. There was no flooding the valley below. Aerial photo.
- Washita River Flood
- Photograph of Washita River, E. of Hannon, Okla. At 5:15 p. m. Note irrigation pump in the center of the picture which is surrounded by water. Aerial photo.
- Flood Control Success
- Photograph of aerial view of East branch Salt Creek, Wa 1. Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 235 acres (200 acres in cultivation, 28 acres inpasture & 7 acres in abandoned cropland). Soil Units: About 75% in 5, deep, medium textured, very slowly permeable, about 17% is 7, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable, & about 8% is 20, shallow, medin, textured, moderately permeable. It is in good condition as result of controlled grasing and good farming practices. Permanent storage: 0. 8 in. flood storages 3. 6 in. Peak flow: 535 c. f. s. Release rates 33 c. f. s. Protects about 25 acres of bottomland. Flood drainage benefit ration: 1 to 1. Most of this drainage area is from very gently sloping cropland which is farmed to small grains. About 1/2 of this cropland is under conservation treatment. Grasslands are in excellent condition.
- E Branch Salt Creek Drainage Success
- Photograph of aerial view of East branch Salt Creek, Wa 1. Drop Inlet. Drainage area: 235 acres (200 acres in cultivation, 28 acres inpasture & 7 acres in abandoned cropland). Soil Units: About 75% in 5, deep, medium textured, very slowly permeable, about 17% in 7, deep, medium textured, moderately permeable; & about 8% is 20, shallow, medium textured, moderately permeable. In good condition as result of contolled grazing & good farming practices. Permanent storage: 0. 8 in. Flood storage: 3. 6 in. Peck flow: 535 c. f. s. Release rate: 33 c. f. s. Protects an estimated 25 acres of bottomland. Flood drainage benefit ratio: 1 to 1. Most of this drainage area is from very gently sloping cropland which is farmed to small grains. About 1/2 of this crop land is under conservation treatment. Grasslands are in excellent condition.
- Sandstone Creek Drawdown Structure
- Photograph of approximately 6" of rain fell above this site in the period of four days. On April 27th, 1954, 2" fell in twenty five miinutes, 3" fell in one hour on April 29 and 1" fell on April 30. Water rose approximately seven feet above the drowdown structure. Note the water being discharged out of the 24" drawdown structure. Aerial photo.
- Washita River After Crest of Storm
- Photograph of Washita River, 8 miles northeast of Stafford, Okla. This picture was taken at 4:45 p. m. Aerial photo.
- Washita River Flood
- Photograph of aerial view of flood crest coming down the Washita River from the storm of April 29,1954, showing Stafford, Okla. , in the background. This photo was taken at 4:45 pm.
- Washita River Flood
- Photograph of aerial view of flood crest coming down the Washita River from the storm of April 29,1954, showing Stafford, Okla. , in the background. This photo was taken at 4:45 pm.
- Washita River Flood
- Photograph of aerial view of Washita River, 8 miles northeast of Stafford, Okla. This picture was takenat 4:45 pm.
- Borrow Pit Stabilization
- Photograph of erosion as a result of a small amount of runoff. Diversion protects this borrow pit from overhead water, yet erosion is occuring in this highly erosive alluvial soil. Before the protecting diversion was contructed a gully 30' wide as deep as the pit (about 30') had formed at the NE corner of this pit and was extending into adjoining cropland field. Although this gully was filled and overhead water diverted erosion is in progress.
- land Leveler
- Photograph of seedbed preparation-a cooperator using an automatic land leveler (land plane) in preparation to seed alfalfa on Class I-4H. Soils test made.
- Aerial View of Two Farms Showing Erosion Control Practices
- Photograph of Two farm ponds shown in which water is supplied by drainage from level terraced fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.
- Farm Pond Water Control
- Photograph of two farm ponds, constructed by the land woner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provded by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can be seen faintly. Note excessive grade compared with level terraces. Ardmore Project, Konawa Camp.
- Abandoned Land by Improper Farming Conditions
- Photograph of an area in the center of this picture showing an area of abandoned land due to improper farming conditions in which the gullies average 10 feet deep and you can see how these gullies are rapidly encroaching upon the cultivated areas directly adjacent to this area. In a few short years none of this land will be available for farming. Konawa Camp, Ardmore Project.
- Far Reaching Gullies
- Photograph of three main arteries of gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandonded for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feet deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.
- Gullies Caused by Improper Cultivation
- Photograph of gullies caused by improper cultivation without terraces. The depth fo the gullies range from three to fifteen feet. This land has been abandonded for some time but the erosion is still prevalent.
- Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
- Photograph of contestant examining grass at International Land, Pasture & Range Judging Contest. OK-3805-5.
- Boy Scout Conservation Efforts
- Photograph of the Boy Scouts of the Black Kettle District. Two water boys on duty.
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
- Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9029.
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
- Photograph of buffalo on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9024.
- Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
- Photograph of longhorn cattle on Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. OK-9036.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of a Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] manager getting Greenfield Bermuda grass roots for springging. The District makes equipment available to do conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of three district supervisors discissing the merits of a seed drill with a fertilizer attachment owned by the South Caddo Soil Conservation District. Left to right: E.H. Melencamp, chairman, Anadarko; Louis Clay, member, Binger; and Karl Douglas, member, Anadarko, Oklahoma. OK-9276.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of sideoats grama grass selection with compressed spikelets. OK-8373.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Paspalum stramineum (left), Woodward strain and (Chickasha and Rush Springs, Oklahoma strain, (right) according to No 0-1358, in an observational nursery. Middle rows harvested for hay yields. OK-8378.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of eragrostis trichodes [i.e., Sand Love Grass, from Woodward (center); from Stillwater (left); and from Manhattan, Kansas (right) in an observational nursery. OK-8381.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] manager getting Greenfield Bermuda grass roots for sprigging. The District makesequipment available to do conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] equipment manager getting Greenfiled Bermuda grass roots for sprigging. The District makes equipment available for conservation for which there is not equipment available from other sources. OK-1382-1.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of District Conservationist Jesse Murrell, center, explaining the function of principle spillway pipe to Bill Sharp, left, secretary of the State School Land Commission, and James Ballinger, Commission member and Stae Board of Agriculture President. OK-3507-12.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of three district supervisors discissing the merits of a seed drill with a fertilizer attachment owned by the South Caddo Soil Conservation District. Left to right: E.H. Melencamp, chairman, anadarko; Louis Clay, member, Binger; and Karl Douglas, member, Anadarko, Oklahoma. Okla-9276.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Photo of the Lege Ranch showing registered Herefords on volunteer stand of Huban clover and Johnson grass pasture. [Too much of the rest of the rest of the text too faded for legibility}. TX-41, 636.
- Soil Profile St. Paul Silt Loam
- Photograph of St. Paul silt loam at site where characterization sample for the series was taken.
- Conservation Planning
- Photograph of a 280-ton electrically operated dredging machine operated by the Garland Coal Co., 7 miles northeast of Stigler, Oklahoma. The dredging machne bucket holds 34 cubic yards of material. The machine can strip on over-burden to a depth of 90 feet.
- Urbanization-Drop Inlet
- Photograph of the discharge from a drop inlet used to drain a culdesac in Vandever Acres Addition, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. This structure elimiates erosion and is good planning for water disposal in urban development.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of seeding native grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Planted with the assitance of Tillman County Soil Conservation District (SCD). OK-577-6.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of the harvesting of lovegrass. This tract was reseeded in 1947. Mr. 7 Mrs. Alvin Butler, of Reydon, OK, are operating the combine. OK-9789.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1957 on irrigated land. Planted for seed production as a cash crop. Yield approx. 300 pounds per acre. OK-577-11.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Harvesting Caddo switchgrass planted as a cash crop on irrigated land. Planted for seed production as a seed crop. Yield approximately 300 pounds per acre. OK-577-10.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Combining sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Planted with the assistance from the Tillman County Soil Conservation Distrinct [SCD]. OK-577-9.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Sorghum Almum. The Sorghum Almum was sown via broadcast pasture drill in June 1957. 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer was applied on 1-8H. No utilization was made during the first summer. Used for a test plot. OK-550-8.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of site # 17, Sandstone Creek, near Cheyenne, OK. Photo taken at the same time there was approx. 6.6 feet of water over the drawdown structure. The water level came within several feet of the emergency spillway elevation which is on the right side of the lake. Also note 17-A at the left site of the photo and the stream discharge down by the ranch headquarters below the reservoir site. OK 10-847.
- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of eragrostis curvula (weeping lovegrass) in an observational nursery in Woodward, OK. Seeded in April, 1941. Note the dead plant at the start of the two rows on the right. Some loss of [unclear] common at this location. OK-8394.