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King Ranch Bluestem

Description: Photograph of King Ranch Bluestem planting in the spring of 1951. An annual average of 3000 pounds of seed are gathered from this 100 acre planting. L. C. Haskins, Jefferson County SCD Mgr. , Bob Price, and Hank Bradley inspecting grass and explaining the growth and use of grass to young Bradley. This grass was planted on old depleted cropland as a proper land use practice as recommended by SCS. For fertilizer, this 100 acre field received 45 tons of raw rock phosphate in 1949, 6 tons 33% ammon… more
Date: August 10, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of range. Good stand and cover development in one growing season. Part of the cover consists of broomweeds and Johnson grass which will be replaced with better grasses under proper management. Planting has not been grassed to date. This planting was made in the spring of 1958 and the mixture consisted of grama and some bluestem grasses. OK-488-1-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass planting. Good stand of mixed native bluestem grasses planted in 1957 and grazed off during the past winter. This pasture is now deferred. It is on the east side of road across from a 1956 native grass planting. The fence was removed in 1958 and was thrown in with the big pasture and shows the result of being subjected to heavy grazing. It has deteriorated in condition from the time the photo was made on 1957-05-15. OK-487-8-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Loamy Prairie Range Claypan Area

Description: Photograph of Left-Loamy prairie range as included in loamy slickspot range site. Supports tallgrass mixture of little bluestem, Indiangrass and switchgrass. Smaller amounts of sideoats grama. Note grass plants growing on exposed subsoil. Right-Claypan area as included in loamy slickspot site, supports meadow dropseed, blue grama, annual threeawn, sand dropseed, western ragweek, sideoats grama, fringeleaf paspalm, gummy lovegrass, and more whorled dropseed.
Date: July 15, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pure Blue Stem Site

Description: Photograph of native grass planting in the spring of 1959. Pure blue grass side by side with a complete native grass mixture. Planting occurred this way due to failure to mix seed.
Date: September 14, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Loamy Slickspot Range Site

Description: Photograph of the Loamy Slickspot range site. On left is slickspot with alkali sacaton, whorled dropseed, and tumblegrass. On right is claypan with meadow dropseed, western ragweed, sideoats grama, and fringeeleaf paspalm, gummy lovegrass and some whorled dropseed.
Date: July 15, 1958
Creator: Fry, Chester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Cut Spillway on Pond

Description: Photograph of a cut spillway on pond constructed in 1958. Spillway sodded to bermuda grass. Top soil placed back on top of dam. Dam sodded to bermuda grass.
Date: September 14, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waterway

Description: Photograph of a waterway constructed in the spring of 1958 to be sodded to bermuda grass. When sodded, waterway will carry water from an overhead diversion terrace and terraces in the field below diversion. This job when completed will aid in controlling erosion on a 20 acre field on Class II land which is the only cropland remaining on this 80 acre farm.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Native Grass Planting

Description: Photograph of eight acre native grass planting with district equipment-combination drill and cultipacker. Well prepared seedbed, mixture of bluestem, grama. Drill pictured is moving.
Date: May 15, 1957
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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