Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

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Photograph of improved pasture. Cattle grazing in 135 acre Bermuda grass and clover pasture. At time of the photo’s taking, there were 114 yearlings on this pasture which usually averages 110 year-round. The owner stocks yearlings in the fall, selling them the next year in July or August and then restocks them again for the subsequent fall. The yearlings are alternated between the winter and summer pastures. Thirty-eight acres of this farm are used in the rotation system and also for hay. A conservation plan has been worked out for the entire farm. OK-294-5.

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McConnell, John May 23, 1956.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society Collection and was provided by the Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society to The Gateway to Oklahoma History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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The Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society (OCHS) was organized and became a functioning organization in 2018. Partnerships were formalized with the Oklahoma Association of Conservation Districts (OACD), the Oklahoma Historical Society, the Oklahoma State University Oral History Research Program and the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS).

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Photograph of improved pasture. Cattle grazing in 135 acre Bermuda grass and clover pasture. At time of the photo’s taking, there were 114 yearlings on this pasture which usually averages 110 year-round. The owner stocks yearlings in the fall, selling them the next year in July or August and then restocks them again for the subsequent fall. The yearlings are alternated between the winter and summer pastures. Thirty-eight acres of this farm are used in the rotation system and also for hay. A conservation plan has been worked out for the entire farm. OK-294-5.

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1 photograph : b&w ; 5 x 7 in.

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  • May 23, 1956

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McConnell, John. Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation, photograph, May 23, 1956; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1773099/: accessed May 15, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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