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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the baling sericea lespedeza on the Andrew J. Costner farm, 3 miles NW of Heavener, OK. Mr. Costner is a supervisor of the LeFlore County Soil Conservation District. Charles Nobles, custom hay baler, and Roy Erwin, Work Unit Conservationist of the Soil Conservation Service, checking the quality of the sericea lespedeza hay. Twenty acres of sericea lespedeza meadow produced 509 bales of top quality hay. OK-10-873-B.
Date: July 15, 1954
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Lee R. Carlton, work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Talihina, examining a field of lovegrass (erogratis curvula) and Sericea lespedeza. The mixture was planted on April 19, 1955 and fertilized with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 and 200 pounds of 0-20-0 fertilizers. Mowed on June 10, 1955 at 15 bales per acre. Potato Hill, 6 d, drouthy soil. This is an introductory planting of weeping lovegrass in this area. It looks promising. OK-72-10.
Date: July 7, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

State Soil Conservationist Rowley of Oklahoma and Gault of Arkansas Observing Growth of Greenfield Bermudagrass and Ladino Clover

Description: Photograph of State Soil Conservationist Rowley of Oklahoma and Gault of Arkansas observing growth of Greenfield Bermudagrass and ladino clover. The photograph does not indicate the left to right positions of Rowley or Gault. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS men observing growth of Greenfield Bermudagrass and ladino clover on soil with very slowly permeable subsoil. State Soil Conservationist Rowley of Oklahoma and Gault of Arkansas."
Date: July 20, 1961
Creator: Ball, Lemuel
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of timber stand improvement. Mr. Earl Johnson pointing out young pine seedlings released by use of district-owned tree injector using a mixture of 2-4-5T [a herbicide, a principal ingredient of Agent Orange] and diesel oil. Method of application was suggested by Soil Conservation technician. OK-722-9.
Date: July 1958
Creator: Turney, Douglas
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Conservation, Management and Utilization

Description: Photograph of Johnny Lee and Kenneth Binns cutting pine trees into 12 foot poles. The Binns boys have worked in wood since they were large enough to work. For the past two years they have been learning conservation forestry practices from their father. This timber stand will be cut to D-46 spacing. OK-335-6.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of timberland on which the culled hardwoods have been deadened to release the shortleaf pine. Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Woodland Conservationist works with the district cooperators on the needed conservation treatment for woodland.
Date: July 13, 1961
Creator: Costner, Andrew
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the first in a series of pictures showing the results of airplane spraying over dense growth of oak, hickory, elm and maple in the Potato Hill area and sparse growth of grass underneath the canopy. Area sprayed on May 23, 1954. OK-10-875.
Date: July 10, 1954
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of the first in a series of pictures showing the results of airplane spraying of pine and oak. Area sprayed on May 25, 1954. Picture taken on June 10, 1954. Pine showed considerable damage. 50% to 75% of needles showed damage and 50% to 75% of all new growth showed characteristics twist from 2-4-5-T herbicide. All of the undiseable undergrowth show damage. OK-10-876.
Date: July 10, 1954
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of timber stand improvement. First selective cutting on D + 6 spacing i.e., trees spaced acc. to the diameter of the tree plus 6 feet] plus crop basin in the Le Flore County Soil and Conservation District [SCD]. Roy Erwin, Soil Conservation Services [SCS] is marking trees for thinning. Trees will be made into peeled posts [i.e., bark removed]. This stand is a part of 900 acres under a management plan and agreement with the local Soil Conservation District. OK-335-4.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Trees, Tree Farms, Woodlands, and Forests

Description: Photograph of timber stand improvement. Elmer Binns and son, Kenneth, operator and manager of Henschell timberlands, are cutting down marked pine trees which will be used for posts. Mr. Binns practices conservation timber harvesting principles on the Henschell woods as well as his own woods. Stand will be cut to D + 6 spacing. OK-335-5.
Date: July 13, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Sodding Equipment

Description: Photograph of a two-row Bermuda grass sodding equipment pulled by district-owned tractor and followed with a cultipacker. Planter is operated by C. C. Drewry and tractor is operated by W. T. Denson.
Date: 1958-07-XX
Creator: Turney, D. H.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Part of Approximately 100 Acres on 480-Acre Farm That Have Been Too Wet to Grow a Crop for the Last 2 Years

Description: Photograph of part of approximately 100 acres on 480-acre farm that have been too wet to grow a crop for the last 2 years. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Part of approximately 100 acres on 480-acre farm that have been too wet to grow a crop for the last 2 years. A complete drainage system planed by Soil Conservation Service technicians is being installed. Camera Station: Looking west of south in field east of farmstead. In line with southeast corner of barn and East side of the old hous… more
Date: July 11, 1946
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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