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- Lee Hayden
- Photograph of Lee Hayden.
- Stigler Project, LaFave Property
- Photograph of Will and Wayne LaFarve with one nights catch of rabbits from 100 traps.
- Black Locust Planting
- Photograph of a 3-year old Black Locust planting on a critical area.
- Waterway Construction
- Photograph of Waterway under construction on the Margaret Shuman land in the Ditch Valley community. This waterway will carry water from 1,000 acres of drainage.
- Youth Range Camp
- Photograph of Chester Tracy pointing out to ranch hands Keith Seeliger, James Sprowls, and Billy Fisher the advantages of rotating grazing and bermuda grass.
- Cover Crop
- Photograph of cattle on cover crop of small grain with 200# 10-20-10 on Taloka soils planted 10-15-67. Bill Biddle farm.
- Irrigation
- Photograph of Oris Davis, center, his brother, Arnold (right) and their Uncle John checking irrigation equipment on one of their farms.
- Flooded Farmland
- Photograph of flooded farmland west of Stillwater. Flooded hundreds of acres of armland and homes in the lowland.
- Auto Stalled in Sand Trap in Dust Storm
- Photograph of an automobile stalled in sand trap in dust storm in March 26, 1950.
- Pen Raised Quail
- Photograph of pen raised Quail on the farm of Lamar Hendrix.
- Cons. Cropping System
- Photograph of Mr. Daugherty turning under a good crop of vetch.
- Bridge Washout
- Photograph of a washed out bridge.
- Plowed Field
- Photograph of a plowed field and grassy strip.
- Fish Farming
- Photograph of Lon Simmons and Ron Smola examining a trout that Mr. Simmons raised in pond in background. Biology assistance is part of total SCS program.
- Irrigated Corn
- Photograph of harvesting irrigated corn on te Dale Cates farm south of Beaver, Okla.
- Woodland Weeding
- Photograph of Mr. D.K. Bodiford, Forester, Container Corp. of America, examining litter and soil after weeding operation with crawler tractor and disk harrow. This area is to be planted to loblolly pine.
- Train Trestle Improvement Big John Creek
- Photograph of (L to R): E.A. Harrison, representative of local concervancy district and R.H. Heinlen, Division Engineer, Atchinson, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway Co., and Bobby Davis, SCS, Project Engineer; discussing trestel enlargement work on the Big John Creek channel improvement work in the Kickapoo Sandy watershed project.
- Cultivation Demonstration
- Photograph of men inspecting crop cultivation demonstration.
- Agronomy, Harvesting for Seed
- Photograph of seed harvesting. Mr. Miller is in the seed business. This is a planting of common sudan and Redlan in alternate strips for production of Suder.
- John Cagle
- Photograph of John Cagle.
- Crop Residue, Cotton
- Photograph of B.R. Stephens checking crop residues (cotton burs) that has been spread on field west of house in 32-9-14. This field has been worked after burs wre applied.
- State Office Personnel, William E. Hardesty
- Photograph of William E. Hardesty, Civil Engineer
- Range Black Jack Oak Top Kill Regrowth
- Photograph of A.F. Halloran, Wildlife Management Biologist, Sports Fisheries and Wildlife , observing a Blackjack oak that was top-killed in 1963 by fire, showing sprouts coming from the base. 50 feet north of the road looking west to Mt. Sheridan from 1/10 mi. east of OU enclosure. Note rocks on right for reference purpose.
- State Office Personnel, Vaught
- Photograph of Vaught
- Woodland Cons.
- Photograph of severe fire damage to a young stand of pines. Wild Fires are very expensive.
- Clean Tilled Field, No Snow
- Photograph of a clean tilled field that did not hold blowing snow.
- Don Barngrover
- Photograph of Don Barngrover.
- Fort Sill Conservation Planning
- Photograph of a recently worked roadside subject to severe erosion. Should be established to perennial vegetation by seeding and hay mulching. Deer Creek Canyon Road
- [Photograph 2019.061.B1.00057]
- Photograph of unknown man.
- State Office Personnel, Sam Combs, Jr.
- Photograph of SAM Combs, Jr., Soil Conservationist State SCS Staff, Stillwater, Oklahoma.
- Personnel, Norman H. Berg
- Photograph of Norman H. Berg, Associate Administrator, SCS
- Pat Netherton
- Photograph of Pat Netherton.
- Brush Undercutter
- Photograph of a V-shaped cutting blade of a root plow which is drawn laterally though the soil 12 to 18 inches deep. This operation cuts stumps and roots and floats them to the surface with fins attached to the cutting blade, which prevents resprouting.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of the seeding of a mixture of native grass (100 acres) with one of the special drills constructed under the specifications of Soil Conservation District supervisors of the Central Washita River Valley of Oklahoma to plant small seeds of native and adapted grasses. A local iron works made the drills from second-hand grain drill frames, automobile transmissions, cotton planter boxes, discs and press wheels obtained by supervisors of the Grady Co., Stephens Co., South Caddo Co., and the Canadian-Walnut Soil and Conservation Districts [the last in McClain Co.]. drills were patterned after one constructed by the Woodward, Oklahoma Nursery. The cost of $300 each was shared by the districts. In 1945, 6 SCDs in the Central Washita River Valley seeded 5,161 acres with the aid of 2 small drills, lent by the Soil Conservation Service, compared with 11,000 acres seeded in all previous years. The districts are tackling the job of seeding 500,000 acres with the seven special drills. OK-9141.
- Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
- Photograph of preparation for a water skiing demonstration, Jake Wright's boat. OK-2135.
- Conservation, Environmental & Safety Education
- Photograph of a water skiing demonstration. OK-2135-11. (Repeat of record at 395).
- Pasture Establishment
- Photograph of Bermuda grass base pasture from seed developed on formerly timbered land in May 1955. Timber cut off at ground level with a crawler tractor mounted scalloped blade cutter in the fall of 1955. Land prepared in the spring of 1956. Limed according to needs and fertilized with 300 pounds of 4-12-4 per acre and seeded with 2 pounds of hulled Bermuda seed per acre. Seed and fertilizer placed in shallow furrows 18 inches apart. Photo made 9 weeks after seeding. Moderately grazed from seeding time. Owner plans weed and brush control with herbicides.
- Pine Plantation
- Photograph of pine seedling planted in the spring of 1955. Hardwoods in this plantation have been partially controlled. All larger trees have been girdled. This area was burned over before seedlings were set in 1955.
- Overseeding Bermuda Grass
- Photograph of fertilized seed Bermuda grass over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover. One month after planting. Planted and fertilized with an Ezee-Flow fertilizer distributor with a H. L. Pray 18 inch furrowing attachment.
- Greenfield Bermuda (2)
- Photograph of a nursery plot of Greenfield Bermuda grass planted July 1, 1955. First crop of roots was harvested and used to plant 100 acres in 1956. Fertilizer was applied to grass at the rate of 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. This grass has been grazed since it was planted and it is preferred by cattle over the other types of Bermuda grass.
- Fertilized Seed-Bermuda grass
- Photograph of fertilized and seed-Bermuda grass, 5 weeks after planting. Planted on a well prepared seedbed in 18 inch rows with an Ezee-Flow fertilizer spreader with an H. L. Pray furrowing attachment.
- Pasture Establishment
- Photograph of a plot o land was cleared of brush and trees in the fall of 1955 and sprigged to Greenfield Bermuda grass in May of 1956. It was fertilized with 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. Heavy trees and brush were cleared with a bulldozer as recommended by the SCS as a proper land use practice.
- Pasture Establishment Brazil Creek
- Photograph of Brazil Creek bottomland hand cleared of trees and brush in the winter of 1955 and seeded to common Bermuda grass n May 1956 and fertilized with 200 pounds of 5-10-5 using Soil Conservation District equipment. Eighteen head of cattle grazing on this plot in preference to other and older plots.
- Common Bermuda Grass Established Pasture
- Photograph of a 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 lbs. of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 lbs 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a well prepared cultipacked seedbed (7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover when the field is well established with underground root stolons. He plans to overseed fall swon vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth.
- Herefords Grazing on Bermuda
- Photograph of pure bred polled Herefords grazing on fertilized seeded Bermuda grass. One month after planting. Over seeded with annual lespedeza and white clover.
- Pasture Establishment in Ouachita Highlands
- Photograph of a planned conservation treatment of timbere4d rock free soil in Ouachita Highlands. Bermuda grass from seed on dozer cleared land 2 months after seeding. This grass was limed and fertilized with 150 pounds of 10-20-10 per acre. Land was tandem diced, followed by packing rain. Seed and fertilizer placed on top of ground in 18 inch rows. Seeded at the rate of 2 pounds of seed per acre.
- Rural Beautification
- Photograph of a good example of rural home constructed in a scenic area of Latimer County.
- Big Wewoka Creek
- Photograph of Big Wewoka Creek flood detention site No. 29. Looking south toward dam. Flood detention reservoir in background. Water in permanent pool covers 18 surface acres.
- Gully Control
- Photograph of looking south on diversion terrace constructed above severely gullied area.
- Gully Control
- Photograph of gullies to be filled in and planted to Bermuda grass in the spring of 1958.