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Conservation Planning

Photograph of Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit staff at Wewoka, Oklahoma. From left to right: Ralph E. Craburn, state aid; Raymond A. Holley, engineering aid; Rufus C. Martin, conservation aid; W.C. Mitchell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; and, Mrs. Avis H. Merideth, clerk. OK-10, 827.

Date: August 13, 1953

Creator: Fox, Lester

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of L. F. Phillip (left), ranch foreman, and Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Technician W. C. Mitchell check up on the growth of grass in this 2-year-old Bermuda pasture that has done well under proper management despite a drought. This was old cultivated field. Clovers are to be overseeded. The 70-acre field was given 1 ton of lime and 100 pounds of 12-24-12 fertilizer when the Bermuda was planted and 100 pounds ammonium nitrate at the end of the first year. III CT 7. OK-10, 831.

Date: August 13, 1953

Creator: Fox, Lester

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Bermuda grass management. Two year old (common) Bermuda grass planting. Note the difference in growth and color, the left portion is unfertilized and the right is fertilized with 120 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre applied with a spreader in the spring. Bill Mitchell, Work Unit Conservationist [WUC], shown in this picture, recommended the treatment of this field. Ok-278-7.

Date: May 16, 1956

Creator: Chelf, John

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of Bermuda grass management. Two year old (common) Bermuda grass planting. Top dressed with 120 pounds of ammonium nitrate per acre applied with a spreader. Note the difference in growth and the light strips where the spreader failed to overlap. Soil Conservation Service program started in 1953 on this farm. OK-278-5.

Date: May 16, 1956

Creator: Chelf, John

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of Sportsman Lake, Seminole, Oklahoma. It was designed and constructed under the supervision of the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. This lake will be stocked and managed for fish production. First in a series. OK-11-12. [Photo incorrectly identified the location of the lake in Wanette, Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma.]

Date: March 1955

Creator: Gamble, M. D.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Photograph of Doyle Abel Farm in Wewoka, Oklahoma showing beef cattle grazing on Sericea Lespedeza [aka: Chinese bushclover]. In 1954, none cutting of hay on 45 acres produced 2200 bales of hay. Cherokee Prairie Land. OK-22-12.

Date: May 4, 1955

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Civilian Conservation Corps

Photograph of a banquet following a field tour through the Konawa CCC Camp work area. Banquet was prepared and served in the camp mess hall. OK-6630.

Date: July 7, 1938

Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Conservation Association

Photograph of of a meeting of the Soil Conservation Association at the Konawa, Oklahoma Civilian Conservation Corps [CCC] Camp. These Konawa meetings are held every Monday night. Mr. F.P. Swan, President of the Soil Conservation Association discusses matters with (left to right, front row, seated:) Mr. S.W. Bates, Seminole County; W.R. Sutherland, Superintendent, Konawa CCC Camp; I.R. Gilmore, Pontotoc County; and Raymond Walker, Pottawatomie County. Behind them are other SCS technicians and in… more

Date: November 28, 1938

Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Photograph of two four-horse teams pulling Fresno Scrapers and building a terrace at the Konawa Terracing Demonstration. OK-5023. Also see Okla-5022.

Date: March 1936

Creator: Slack, Jim

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of M.H. Dougan (left) and Sam Dougan (right) showing their many visitors some of the clovers and lespedezas they have grown on their pastures. M.H. holds a bundle of giant hop clover while his brother has a small hop clover. On the table at the left is black sample clover, at right is Korean lepedeza. All the samples were out in 1946. OK-9322.

Date: April 9, 1947

Creator: Reid, Louis

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of an abandoned field very badly gullied due to incorrect farming procedures. This field, only part of which is shown here, could not even be reached by a pickup truck. Plowing the field up and down the hill was the primary reason for this "picture story". OK-5046.

Date: March 1936

Creator: Slack, Jim

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Photograph of a large gully on previously cultivated land which constitutes a major silt contributing area. It is planned to treat this gully by sloping and sodding. First of a series. OK-11-4.

Date: March 1955

Creator: Gamble, M. D.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Konawa Camp

Photograph of a banquet following a field tour through the Konawa CCC Camp work area. Banquet was prepared and served in the camp mess hall. OK-6630.

Date: July 7, 1938

Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Photograph of lespedeza growing on a terrance in a five-acre field of sericea (aka: sericea lespedeza). On terrances the sericea is left intact to provide food (seeds) and shelter for quails. Mr. Mitchell is restoring this former peanut land to productiveness through conservation. IV CT 7. OK-10.289

Date: August 13, 1953

Creator: Fox, Lester

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soil Conservation Association Meeting

Photograph of s meeting of the Soil Conservation Association at the Konawa, Oklahoma CCC camp. These meetings are held every Monday night.

Date: November 28, 1939

Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Deep Mud Cracks

Photograph of deep mud cracks in recent deposition on Salt Creek lood plain.

Date: July 17, 1957

Creator: Henbest, O. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Far Reaching Gullies

Photograph of three main arteries of gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandonded for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feet deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.

Date: September 30, 1936

Creator: Slack

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Deep Silt Deposits

Photograph of deep silt on Lalt Creek flood plain. Not fence posts almost covered. The rate of deposition is so rapid that weeds cannot establish themselves on extensive areas of the flood plain in the lower half of this watershed.

Date: July 17, 1957

Creator: Henbest, O. J.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Being Shaped

Photograph of a gully being shaped prior to planting bermuda grass.

Date: April 26, 1960

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Abandoned Land by Improper Farming Conditions

Photograph of an area in the center of this picture showing an area of abandoned land due to improper farming conditions in which the gullies average 10 feet deep and you can see how these gullies are rapidly encroaching upon the cultivated areas directly adjacent to this area. In a few short years none of this land will be available for farming. Konawa Camp, Ardmore Project.

Date: September 30, 1936

Creator: Slack

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Aerial View of Two Farms Showing Erosion Control Practices

Photograph of Two farm ponds shown in which water is supplied by drainage from level terraced fields. Note the terrace channels filled with water from a heavy rain the night before.

Date: September 30, 1936

Creator: Slack, Jim

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Pond Water Control

Photograph of two farm ponds, constructed by the land woner and protected by rip-rapping. The rip-rapping and outlets were provded by the service. The upper pond is approximately 10 acre feet and was constructed for use as a silting basin, for the lower pond. The lower part of the picture shows terraces and outlet ditches. Terraces are level. The old terraces can be seen faintly. Note excessive grade compared with level terraces. Ardmore Project, Konawa Camp.

Date: September 30, 1936

Creator: Slack

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Damage

Photograph of showing three main arteries fo gullies which are so far-reaching and damaging that the whole quarter section of land has been abandoned for some time. The gullies are from three to fifteen feed deep and were caused by improper cultivation without terraces.

Date: September 30, 1936

Creator: Slack, Jim

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Control

Photograph of filling and shaping gulies which are from 12 to 16 feed deep. Ray Stafford pushing soil on north side of gully.

Date: March 7, 1958

Creator: Easton, J. L.

Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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