Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

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Photograph of Bermuda grass at the A.G. Mabry Ranch. Planted on May 2, 1955. A 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 pounds of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a wall prepared cultipacked** seedbed (See 7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When … continued below

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Gamble, M. D. July 6, 1955.

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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 Bermuda grass at the A.G. Mabry Ranch. Planted on May 2, 1955. A 26 acre field of common Bermuda grass established by planting 2 pounds of hulled Bermuda grass seed with 100 pounds of 10-20-10 fertilizer per acre in shallow furrows on a wall prepared cultipacked** seedbed (See 7-OH-B-3-III). Two months after seeding date, Mr. Mabry reports 26 head of 2 and 3 year-old white face cows are grazing this new Bermuda planting at this date and it is carrying them. Mr. Mabry plans to overseed the field in the fall of 1955 with big hop clover. When the field is well established with underground root stolons, he plans to overseed fall-sown vetch and small grain to maintain soil fertility and for supplemental pasture. One ton of lime per acre was applied to improve legume growth. OK-72-5.

**referring to the use of a cultipacker, that roller-comprised piece of agricultural equipment that establishes a smooth seedbed for planting by breaking down dirt clods, air bubbles and small stones.

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Gamble, M. D. Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation, photograph, July 6, 1955; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1773107/: accessed February 16, 2026), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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