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Beaver, Meade & Englewood (BM&E) Caboose #20

Description: A photograph print showing the Beaver, Meade & Englewood side-door caboose at Forgan, OK. The BM&E built from Beaver to Forgan in 1915 and west from there to Keyes between 1925 and 1931, a total of 105 miles. The Katy gained control of the BM&E through stock ownership in 1931. Now abandoned [1940].
Date: August 18, 1940
Creator: George, Preston
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

Soil Conditions

Description: Photograph of SCS Technician A. T. Elder shows part of long taproot of this 3 year old alfalfa. Moisture was found in soil at depth of 2 inches. Elder dug down 17 inches to get plant out and moisture was still present. Area has had less than 2 inches of rain since November 1952.
Date: April 21, 1953
Creator: Fox, Lester
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], Beaver, Oklahoma, examines regrowth of bindweed around the edges of an area treated with 2300 pounds of Borascu weed killer per acre in the spring of 1953. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. Persistent work is required to control this weed. Note the size of the area where grain sorghum is not growing. OK-138-3.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of weed control. Ted Lehman, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC] and Bill Storm, County Agent, examine an area treated for bindweed. The farmer applied Borascu, a boron-oxygen based weed killer, at the rate of 2300 pounds per acre in the spring of 1953. A good kill resulted except around the edges. Note the size of the area that has been out of production for three years. Bindweed is considered a serious problem in some areas of the High Plains. OK-138-4.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of plow packer being used on a field with heavy stubble cover in preparation for planting wheat. Note the straw standing up in rows as if it had grown there. This may be better than flattening the straw out since it will aid in catching snow. OK-929-9.
Date: September 1, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of a close-up of the new type of harrow plow being used by H. J. Becker. Note the crankshaft on the end of the frame. The harrow goes in circular motions making about a one-fourth turn and leaves straw evenly distributed over the field. Bunches of straw are eliminated thereby improving drilling operations. OK-929-3.
Date: September 1, 1959
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of land plowed in preparation for fall seeding. This operation of pulling a section harrow over land further reduces the size of clods, increasing the wind erosion hazards. Too much tillage is a problem that must be overcome in combatting wind erosion. Ted Lehman, WUC [Water Usage and Conservation] of Beaver, Oklahoma, says this is the "powder keg for blowing." OK-138-5.
Date: August 25, 1955
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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