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Blasting Rock for the Rock Crusher

Description: Photograph of blasting out rock to be used in lime crusher to supply farmers with limestone fertilizer. Note the lime crusher, the pile of rock and the foreman in charge of the blasting operation.
Date: May 21, 1936
Creator: Slack, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grasses, Nowata, Oklahoma. The area on the left was seeded to a mixture of native bluestem grasses in the spring of 1949. It was seeded with one-row cotton planter using approximately 25 pounds of seed per acre. Native grasses were harvested in 1950 and every year since, averaging one ton of hay per acre annually. Area on the right is a virgin native grass meadow. The use of these climax grasses in this area was recommended by the Soil Conservation Service [SCS]. OK-280-1.
Date: May 14, 1956
Creator: McConnell, John
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Plants, Lillies

Description: Photograph of a profuse of growth of water lillies in shallow water around pond margin. The think growth prevents boating and shoreline fishing.
Date: July 6, 1972
Creator: Smola, Donald
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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