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Clean Tilled Land vs Crop Residue Management

Description: Photograph of this is a contrast picture. The St. Paul silt loam has been planted to wheat on clean tilled land. Many of Northwest Oklahoma's seasons are too droughty and windy. A wind storm will damage this land and cause the farmer to loose his stand of wheat.
Date: October 3, 1957
Creator: Fanning, Carl
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Native Grass

Description: Photograph of a native grass harvest. Approximately 2000 acres of this 5000 acre ranch is being harvested for native grass seed. Picture shows loading seed from combine to truck. C.E. Dilley, of Pawnee, is the contractor.
Date: October 28, 1957
Creator: Chance, R. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Harvesting Grass

Description: Photograph of Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. Meadow has been managed properly and conditioned maintained. Estimated yield of combine run seed was 100 lbs. per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with Soil Conservation Service.
Date: October 17, 1957
Creator: McClung, F.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of range improvement, H. Mead Norton, Ti Ranch. Excellent condition of native grass to the left of the fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June, 1956, with 2 pounds of 2-4-5T herbicide per acre, and again with 1 poind per acre in June, 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost arrived. The pasture on the right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed. OK-5… more
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wildlife Area Improvement Quail

Description: Photograph of pen raised Bob White Quail heading for cover (40 acre trap that has been deferred from livestock grazing). Quail were raised at Tyler Hatchery and cost landowner 50 cents each. Landowner must satisfy game warden that he will provide adeqate protection. These birds are about 6 weeks old and had been in crates 5 days but showed no ill effects. native quail make a remarkable recovery when adequate ground cover is provided as seen in photo. Del Rio SCS.
Date: October 11, 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Range Improvement

Description: Photograph of excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 lbs. of 2-4-5-T per acre, and again with 1 lb. per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed.
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of seeding native grass for seed production. Windrowing Caddo switchgrass planted in the spring of 1957. Planted on irrigated land for seed production as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District (SCD) assisted with the planting of the grass. OK-577-12.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of seeding native grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Planted with the assitance of Tillman County Soil Conservation District (SCD). OK-577-6.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the harvesting of grass. Harvesting native grass seed with self-propelled combines. The meadow has been managed properly and condition maintained. Estimated yield of the combine run of seed was 100 pounds per acre. Ranch planned and range managed in cooperation with the Soil Conservation Service. OK-572-1.
Date: October 17, 1957
Creator: McClung, Forrest
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of harvesting seed. Harvesting native grass seed. Predominately Little Bluestem with mixtures of Switch, Little Blue and Indiangrass. Eswtimated yield of 100 pounds per acre. Air dried. OK-571-12.
Date: October 17, 1957
Creator: McClung, Forrest
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1957 on irrigated land. Planted for seed production as a cash crop. Yield approx. 300 pounds per acre. OK-577-11.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Harvesting Caddo switchgrass planted as a cash crop on irrigated land. Planted for seed production as a seed crop. Yield approximately 300 pounds per acre. OK-577-10.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the seeding of native grass for seed production. Combining sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Planted with the assistance from the Tillman County Soil Conservation Distrinct [SCD]. OK-577-9.
Date: October 30, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of seeding native seed grass for seed production. Windrowing Caddo switchgrass planted in the spring of 1957. Planted on irrigated land for seed production as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD] assisted with planting this grass. OK-577-12.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of seeding native seed grass for seed production. Combining Coronado sideoats grama planted for seed production. Planted in the spring of 1956 on irrigated land as a cash crop. Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD] assisted with planting this grass. OK-577-7.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of the harvesting of Caddo switchgrass planted as a cash crop on irrigated land. Yield is about 300 pounds per acre. Planted in the spring of 1957 at a rate of 1.5 pounds per acre with the assitance from Tillman County Soil Conservation District [SCD]. OK-577-3.
Date: October 29, 1957
Creator: Woodward, Grant
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of weeping lovegrass. Cattle grazing on weeping lovegrass that was seeded in the spring of 1955. A seed crop was taken in 1957 then the grass was cut for hay in July 1957. This growth that is on the ground now, was produced since the hay crop was removed. OK-567-10.
Date: October 8, 1957
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

H. Mead Norton & Ti Ranch Range Improvement

Description: Photograph of two fields, separated with barbed wire fence, with the left side receiving fertilizer treatment of 2-4-5-T in June of 1956 & 1957 and deferred from grazing. The owner did not apply fertilizer or defer grazing on the field on the right. Four cows are standing in the field on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed… more
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

H. Mead Norton & Ti Ranch Range Improvement

Description: Photograph of two fields, separated with barbed wire fence, with the left side receiving fertilizer treatment of 2-4-5-T in June of 1956 & 1957 and deferred from grazing. The owner did not apply fertilizer or defer grazing on the field on the right. Four cows are standing in the field on the right. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed… more
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, G. N.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of grazing cows; range improvement. Excellent condition of native grass left of fence has been accomplished by treating brush and by deferred grazing. The pasture to the left of the fence was sprayed by airplane in June of 1956 with 2 pounds of 2-4-5-T herbicide per acre, and again with 1 pound per acre in June of 1957. The pasture was not grazed after spraying until frost. Pasture on the right has not received treatment and has been badly overgrazed.
Date: October 18, 1957
Creator: Lowe, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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