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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of little bluestem at the Red Plains Experiment Station. The bluestem was established in the spring of 1940 by 1500 pounds per acre seed-hay mulch. An effort has been made to thresh the seed from material by a small Allis-Chalmers combine. The hay contained considerable moisture, thus the threshed material contained considerable seed. Application was made broadcast on badly eroded sandy loam soil which had previously been cropped to cotton and grain sorghum. After spreading, the mate… more
Date: November 1942
Creator: Elwell, H. M.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a channel-type terrace construction using 4 foot Fresno Scraper with a 3-mule team. The dirt from the third plowing of the channel has been moved into the ridge. Note in the completed terrace the broad flat channel and easy slopes on the ridge. Channel cross sectional area is 16.5 square feet and its effective height is 1.6 ft. OK-8344-D.
Date: March 20, 1942
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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