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Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of unloading Atlas Sargo as cut with a silage cutter into the trench silo of approximately 150 tons of capacity. Silo possesses a stone floor. OK-8253.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Pasture has been mowed regularly for weed control and protected from fire. Sale of steers from this pasture has averaged a return of $21.88 per acre in 1939 and $24.00 per acre in 1940. OK-8250.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of crop rotation, terracing and contour cultivation. The terrace was built in 1940. Two rows of sorghum, one row of peas, and cotton on the left. Cotton will average ¾ of bale per acre and the cooperator says he would not have made more than ½ bale per acre without the terraces. Mr. C. H. Lewis is picking peas between corn rows. OK-8261.
Date: September 26, 1941
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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