Wheat Crop Destroyed Via Wind Damage

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Photograph of Harold C. Gould, SCS Technician, standing in a badly blown field in which entire wheat crop has been lost. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technician Harold C. Gould stands lonely and desolate in badly blown field in which entire wheat crop has been lost. Emergency tillage has been of no help in face of continuing winds because of clean condition of the land. Immediately across road is field of alfalfa that has not only prevented erosion but has furnished good grazing. IV RR 7X and 12X."

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

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Fox, Lester April 20, 1953.

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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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Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

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 Harold C. Gould, SCS Technician, standing in a badly blown field in which entire wheat crop has been lost. The back of the photograph proclaims, "SCS Technician Harold C. Gould stands lonely and desolate in badly blown field in which entire wheat crop has been lost. Emergency tillage has been of no help in face of continuing winds because of clean condition of the land. Immediately across road is field of alfalfa that has not only prevented erosion but has furnished good grazing. IV RR 7X and 12X."

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

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  • April 20, 1953

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  • May 4, 2022, 7:17 a.m.

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  • May 14, 2022, 11:48 p.m.

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Fox, Lester. Wheat Crop Destroyed Via Wind Damage, photograph, April 20, 1953; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1925846/: accessed July 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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