Cow Feeding Lots and Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek

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Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED people pouring ensilage into feeding troughs via truck. Numerous cattle inhabit the feeding pens and in the background of photo. The ensilage was produced onsite thanks to four floodwater retaining structures protecting the owner's fields. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek. Cattle feed pens. Cattle being fed ensilage produced on irrigated land protected from overflow by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper Mill Creek. Two cuttings of ensilage made 50 tons per acre in 1960. Feed pens have capacity of 1500 to 2000 head. Other feeds produced include alfalfa hay, barley, and grain … continued below

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Fry, Chester April 24, 1961.

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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 three UNIDENTIFED people pouring ensilage into feeding troughs via truck. Numerous cattle inhabit the feeding pens and in the background of photo. The ensilage was produced onsite thanks to four floodwater retaining structures protecting the owner's fields. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek. Cattle feed pens. Cattle being fed ensilage produced on irrigated land protected from overflow by 4 floodwater retarding structures on upper Mill Creek. Two cuttings of ensilage made 50 tons per acre in 1960. Feed pens have capacity of 1500 to 2000 head. Other feeds produced include alfalfa hay, barley, and grain sorghums. Irrigation is from deep wells."

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Fry, Chester. Cow Feeding Lots and Flood Control-Benefits-Mill Creek, photograph, April 24, 1961; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc1926092/: accessed July 1, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society.

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