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[Photograph 2012.201.B0350.0133]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper.
Date: June 9, 1937
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

A Newly Terraced Field

Description: Photograph of a newly terraced field from an altitude of about 700 feet. A natural drain with native vegetation is also shown with the terraces emptying into them.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cultivated Land Retired TP Pasture

Description: Photograph of cultivated land retired to pasture, contour ridged and set to Bermuda grass above diversion ditches.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cows Grazing in Hairy Vetch

Description: Photograph of cows grazing in Hairy Vetch that has been used as winter cover crop, soil builder, and later to be turned over as green manure.
Date: May 20, 1937
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Mowing Weeds Between Contour Ridges For Pasture Improvement/Pryor Project

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer with horse drawn equipment mowing weeds between contour ridges for pasture improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer mowing weeds between contour ridges from pasture improvement. By controlling weeds, Bermuda grass will afford more pasture to the livestock."
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

UNIDENTIFIED Farmer Plowing Hairy Vetch As a Green Manure Crop/Pryor Project

Description: Photograph of an UNIDENTIFED farmer plowing under hairy vetch for green manure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Farmer plowing under hairy vetch which is being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plow."
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a close-up view of a Bermuda grass shelter which separates roots from the sod in a much more efficient manner than shaking it by hand. Vacant lot I Pryor, Oklahoma. OK-5634.
Date: May 21, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a farmer plowing under hairy vetch being used for green manure in preparation for another later crop. He is using a Farm-all tractor and two bottom plows. OK-5640.
Date: May 20, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cows Grazing in Hairy Vetch

Description: Photograph of cows grazing in Hairy Vetch that has been used as winter cover crop, soil builder, and later to be turned over as green manure.
Date: May 20, 1937
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass Shaker

Description: Photograph of W.P.A. workers with a Bermuda grass shaker to separate roots from soil in a vacant lot, Pryor, OK.
Date: May 21, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Bermuda Grass Shaker

Description: Photograph of W.P.A. workers with a Bermuda grass shaker to separate roots from soil in a vacant lot, Pryor, OK.
Date: May 21, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Strip Cropping in a Terraced Field

Description: Photograph of strip cropping in a terraced field with sweet clover and lespedeza taking up point rows of cowpeas and on the terraces.
Date: May 19, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bermuda Grass Terraced System

Description: Photograph of large Bermuda grassed terrace outlet system which will carry water from 30 acres. Grass spot sodded in June 1937 and water kept out until fall.
Date: November 15, 1937
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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