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- Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation
- Photograph of Dean Gardner viewing Weeping lovegrass seeded in May, 1946. This grass has been grazed but never cut. III-12CT. TX-47-588.
- Hairy Vetch and Rye Cover and Soil Improvement
- Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man kneeling in a field with significant cover and soil improvement six miles north of DeLeon. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Cover and soil Improvement. Left, mixed planting of hairy vetch and rye following cow peas, and right, following corn. (See Tex-41-375 and Tex-41-376.)"
- Abruzzi Rye and Hairy Vetch Field
- Photograph of an UNIDENTIFIED man inspecting a field of Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch cultivated by J. Doss Miller in Comanche county, Texas. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Abruzzi rye and hairy vetch on 30 acre old, cultivated field. Crop planted about Nov. 15, 1945, fertilized with 100# superphosphate (0-20-0) per acre. This field is badly sheet eroded (deep blow sand) and contains some bad washes. Last year it yielded about 20 bushels of peanuts per acre, while average yields on same type of soil in the county ran about 35 to 40 bushels. Crop will be harvested for seed. An additional 70 acres were "onewayed" by Mr. Miller for soil improvement to be followed with peanuts. Clipping test yielded 1.6 tons of rye and 4.4 tons of vetch per acre."
- Vetch and Abruzzi Rye Seed and Soil Improvement on the W. H. Smith Orchard
- Photograph of two UNIDENTIFIED men standing in the orchard of W. H. Smith and looking at the fields vetch and Abruzzi rye which provides it with seed production and soil improvement. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Vetch in bloom and Abruzzi rye in orchard for seed and soil improvement. This is the second year that vetch has been used in the 400 acre orchard. Last year Smith seeded 85 acres and harvested seed on 45 acres, using the seed in the orchard this year. He brought additional land last year & put vetch on a badly eroded, clay hill. It was turned under & followed with peanuts which made 60 bu. per acre. Smith said "Peanuts were fertilized with about 70 to 100# per acre of 4-12-4, but I don't figure we would have made any peanuts there at all without the humus the vetch added to the soil." He will harvest about 120 acres for seed this year, and turn under about 280 acres. This year all the vetch was fertilized with 150# per acre of phosphate. One clipping test showed that the vetch was returning 10 tons per acre of green matter to the soil. In late June Smith's best vetch & rye yielded 500# of seed per acre. His average yield was about 250# per acre. See Tex-42-713 through Tex-42-716.)"
- Indiangrass and Little Bluestem Grass Waterway
- Photograph of an Indiangrass and little bluestem waterway located in Comanche County. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Indiangrass and little bluestem waterway. Waterway is three years old, 100 feet wide. III – 12CT."
- Churches
- Photograph of a sign indicating directions to the Round Grove Missionary Baptist Church, location not given in the photo, but derived below from entry 2019.061.B2.04171.
- Churches
- Photograph of the Reverend Murray Kay delivering a conservation sermon every year in observance of Soil Stewardship Sunday but he practices conservation the year-round on his farm in the Round Grove Community. He is a cooperator with the Upper Leon Soil Conservation District and is a member of the Round Grove group. Reverend Kay’s great-great grandfather is in the picture’s background. He founded the Round Grove Church in 1871 (the founder’s name was Ruben Rome). TX-46, 504.
- Conservation Planning
- Photograph of a typical meeting of the Round Grove Conservation Group at the community church. Dean Gardner, group leader, takes charge of the meeting. Reverend Murray Kay, great-grandson of the founder of the church, right foreground, is pastor of the church and a conservation farmer in the Round Grove Conservation Group. TX-46, 502.
- Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention
- Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] technician W. A. Morgan examining shaped and Bermuda-sodded collective outlet. Sodding was done in the spring of 1950. III - 7CT. TX-47, 546.
- Contour Farming
- Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.
- Contour Farming
- Photograph of strip crops and cover crops on contour for wind and water erosion control. Rye cover crop was seeded immediately after peanuts were dug. Crotalaria in 4 rows, peanuts in 8 rows. Mr. Whit Sides says that the crotalaria prevents soil from blowing after the peanut harvest while also fixing nitrogen and humus to the soil. Where peanuts have already been harvested this year, Mr. Sides says he made from 2 to 3 bushels more per acre from the old crotalaria strips than he did on land where sorghum or other non-leguminous crops were planted last year. TX-41, 815.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of Wade George examines hegira strip crop. He grows four rows of hegira to eight of peanuts. A rye cover crop and peanut hay left on the ground provide additional erosion protection. In 1949 and 1950 George had a 50-bushel-an-acre peanut yield. George has planted cover crops on his goober [synonym for "peanut'] acreage every year for 20 years. During that span of time, he has put in strip crops each year but one. III-12CT. TX-47-545.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of strip cropping at Wade Farm. Single row of sudangrass used fro strip cropping this peanut land. The area between the single row of sudangrass has been planted to cover a crop of rye. A single row of sudan grass such as this does not do a good job of controlling wind erosion as does two rows. M.D. Gamble from Oklahoma is in the picture. TX-307-12.
- Farming Equipment and Methods
- Photograph of R.D. Walker, right, and John O. Simpson, SCS technician, left, in a strip crop of sudangras and guar [ a legume--aka, the Lond bean, or Cyamopsis tetragonoloba, the source of guar gum]. Walker gets additional erosion protection on his peanut lands from rye and vetch cover crop and by leaving peanut hay on the ground. III-12CT. TX-47-556.
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0325]
- Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Counting down to a ride in the National Finals Rodeo in Oklahoma City may involve psyching up by testing equipment, taking a calming, introspective cigarette break or watching other cowboys do their stuff on the ground floor of the State Fair Arena."
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0323]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Randy Magers"
- [Photograph 2012.201.B0379.0324]
- Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Randy Magers"
- BASEMENT BOX 67.0263
- Photograph taken during daylight of people milling around structures engulfed in billowing smoke. Caption: "A fire which swept through the William Cameron & Co. Lumberyard in Comanche Tuesday afternoon resulted in a $45,000 loss. Four nearby houses were damaged and the town's business district was threatened."