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Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 173, in poor condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 pounds of threeawn grass cover per acre, which was 48% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 28% and the splash itself amounted to 17,869 pounds per acre. OK-10-632.
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of range pitting. The edge of planting on “pitted” area. The hat near the edge of the planted area. Area on the right was pitted but not planted. TX-46, 199.
Date: October 20, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of range pitting. Photo TX-45, 327 shows area being pitted on March 14, 1949. A satisfactory strand of grasses have been established from the planting made on March 24 and 25, which was King Ranch bluestem, sideoats, weeping and Lehmann lovegrasses. TX-46, 207.
Date: October 20, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plot 164 Range Cover Evaluation of Sideoats Grama Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Description: Photograph of Plot 164 range cover evaluation of sideoats grama cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 164 in excellent condition range on red shale hill site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4518 lb. sideoats grama cover per acre and was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detachability was 32% and splash amounted to 1,248 lb. per acre."
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plot 173 Range Cover Evaluation of threeawn Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Description: Photograph of Plot 173 range cover evaluation of three-awn cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 173, in poor condition range on red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 1288 lb. threeawn cover per acre, which was 48% effective in control soil splash. Detachability was 28% and splash amounted to 17,869 lb. per acre."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Red Shale Hills Site in Excellent Condition

Description: Photograph of a Red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in excellent condition. A shovel is in the foreground of this photograph. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Red Shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in excellent condition. Sideoats grama and hairy grama plots in this area were 97-98% effective in preventing soil splash."
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of range cover evaluation plot # 164, in excellent condition. Range on red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) had 4528 pounds of sideoats grama grass cover per acre, which was 97% effective in controlling soil splash. Detectability was 32% and the splash itself amounted to 1,248 pounds per acre. OK-10-634.
Date: November 1, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of an area cultivated with an eccentric disc plows on March 14, 1949. It was seeded on March 24 and 25 to King ranch Bluestem, sideoats, weeping love grass and Lehman love grass. TX-46, 198.
Date: October 20, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of an area plowed with an eccentric disc-plow on March 14, 1949. Seeded on March 24 – 25 to King Ranch bluestem, sideoats, weeping lovegrass and Lehmann lovegrass. TX-46, 198.
Date: October 20, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plot 186 Range Cover Evaluation In Controlling Soil Splash

Description: Photograph of Plot 186 range cover evaluation in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation on plot 186, if sand dropseed on Rolling Red Plains deep heavy upland in poor condition, was 49% effective in controlling soil splash. The ruler inserted beneath the cover shows that 42% of the ground surface is shielded by forage and litter.”
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Red Shale Hills Site In Poor Condition

Description: Photograph of a red shale hills site in poor condition. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Red shale hills site (soil unit 24-RR) in poor condition, cover mainly of threeawn and weeds amounting to 1800 lb. per acre. The grass clumps are conspiouously [sic] tussocked by erosion of the exposed areas between."
Date: November 4, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plot 184 Range Cover Evaluation of Buffalograss Cover In Controlling Soil Splash on Red Shale Hills Site

Description: Photograph of plot 184 Range cover evaluation of buffalograss cover in controlling soil splash on red shale hills site. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 184 of buffalograss was 91% effective in reducing soil splash on heavy deep uplands of the Rolling Red Plains. In held 33% of 1.93 inches of water applied in 20 minutes. The plot had 1,408 pounds of cover per acre, providing 77% soils coverage."
Date: November 30, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

LU Project Plot 196 Range Cover Evaluation of Little Bluestem In Controlling Soil Splash

Description: Photograph of LU Project Plot 196 range cover evaluation of Little Bluestem in controlling soil splash. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Range cover evaluation plot 196 of little bluestem on Rolling Red Plains shinnery in excellent condition, was 99% effective in controlling soil splash. The plot had 11,386 pounds of cover per acre, affording 97% soil coverage."
Date: December 6, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Plot 172 Range Cover Evaluation

Description: Photograph of Plot 172 range cover evaluation. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Soil coverage is measured on a vertical photograph of a sample of cover showing a white ruler inserted beneath the forage and litter. On this photograph of range cover evaluation plot 172, 40% of the ruler is obsured [sic] by the cover."
Date: November 7, 1949
Creator: Osborn, Ben
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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