Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management
Description:
Photograph of Soil Unit 12 FC, Class III. 24 acres in cultivation for nearly 100 years. In the Fall of 1950, 10 acres were chiseled [i.e., furrowed with a chisel plow], fertilized with 500 pounds of 0-14-7 fertilizer and 100 pounds of 33-0-0 fertilizer and seeded with crimson clover. During 1951 the whole field gave 4360 animal days of grazing plus 2000 pounds crimson clover seed off of ten acres. The rest of the field (14 acres) was fertilized with 300 pounds of 0-12-12 fertilizer and 100 poun…
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Date:
July 8, 1953
Partner:
Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society