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Fescue Lodino Clover Pasture

Description: Photograph of a Fescue-Ladino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil-5% slope, has produces and still producing excellent pasture. Lime-fertilized-managed.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wet Spots in a Spinach Field

Description: Photograph of wet spots in a spinach field. Soil unit 9H. Drowning out due to plow pan and surface crusting. Approx. 5 acres lost in a 40 acre field. Crop residue and land leveling would correct this.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Howard Nix combining native bluestem mixture on the farm of Alva Tims. Proper range management and rotation grazing permitted the harvest of 1500 pounds of bluestem mixture from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-1.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of range. Good stand and cover development in one growing season. Part of the cover consists of broomweeds and Johnson grass which will be replaced with better grasses under proper management. Planting has not been grassed to date. This planting was made in the spring of 1958 and the mixture consisted of grama and some bluestem grasses. OK-488-1-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass planting. Good stand of mixed native bluestem grasses planted in 1957 and grazed off during the past winter. This pasture is now deferred. It is on the east side of road across from a 1956 native grass planting. The fence was removed in 1958 and was thrown in with the big pasture and shows the result of being subjected to heavy grazing. It has deteriorated in condition from the time the photo was made on 1957-05-15. OK-487-8-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Three UNIDENTIFED Workers Placing Crushed Stone Around 18-Inch Corrugated Sheet Metal Pipe for Municipal/Flood Prevention Structure

Description: Photograph of three UNIDENTIFED workers placing crushed stone around 18-inch corrugated sheet metal pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal/flood prevention structure. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Flood Prevention Structure. Placing crushed stone around 18" corr. sh. mt. pipe in preparation for grouting to form working platform under municipal structure."
Date: December 4, 1956
Creator: Cornforth, Kenneth
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Fescue Lodino Clover

Description: Photograph of fescue-lodino clover pasture planted in fall of 1956. Upland soil 5% slope. Has produced and still producing excellent pasture. Limed-fertilized-mamaged.
Date: November 4, 1959
Creator: Bryan, Hugo
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully erosion

Description: Photograph of looking downstream from the head of the gully shown in Okla. 19,524-1. Recently fallen masses of earth are seen all along the bottom. The next rainfall run off through the gully will take this earth on into Sandstone Creek. Diversions, drop inlets and gully plugs are used to stop the damage from gullies of this type.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Detention Reservoir Construction

Description: Photograph of permant pool 23 acres surface area taking 1.6 inches of runoff. Flood pool 77 acres surface area taking 5.7 inches runoff. Discharge 10 cubic fee per second per square mile of drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. This is a view of the downstream face of the dam. Discharge pipe is being laid at right, below the dam.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, David O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bluestem Seedlings

Description: Photograph of each peg marks the location of one or more little bluestem seedling starting growth in dense buffalo grass.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Whittington, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bluestem Seedlings

Description: Photograph of each peg marks the location of one or more little bluestem seedling starting growth in dense buffalo grass.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Whittington, Fred
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Brush Control

Description: Photograph of oak and blackjack timber sprayed in the spring of 1957. The kill looks fair but will need retreatment. The grass growth is good in the sprayed area and has been deferred from grazing. The brush was sprayed by airplane with 2-4-5-T and land owner was assisted under the ACP program.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Waterway

Description: Photograph of a waterway constructed in the spring of 1958 to be sodded to bermuda grass. When sodded, waterway will carry water from an overhead diversion terrace and terraces in the field below diversion. This job when completed will aid in controlling erosion on a 20 acre field on Class II land which is the only cropland remaining on this 80 acre farm.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Pond Construction

Description: Photograph of farm pond construction showing how the base of the pond is cleared off and the soil is pushed up to the back side. This top soil will be pushed up to the top and back sides of the 3:1 slope on the pond. This will aid in controlling erosion and will make establishment of a vegetative cover much easier. This type construction is required in the Jefferson County Soil Conservation District.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

1957 Soil Bank Grass Planting

Description: Photograph of 1957 Soil Bank grass planting of native bluestem mixture on slick spot in a field of mixed prairie upland. A check will be makd to see if bluestem grasses will survive on this spot.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Extra Blue Grama Added to the Mix

Description: Photograph of a 1957 Soil Bank planting of a native bluestem grass mixture. The mixture had an extra amount of blue grama added. A good stand was present in May of 1957 and this photo shows a good cover now developing. There is a good stand now but it will need shredding or mowing next June to eliminate weed competition.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Alkali Spots in Field

Description: Photograph of Henry Kedding standing on an alkali spot after 2 tons of gypsum was applied to field in 1956. Directly behind Kedding, are several buildings and structures, which include houses, barns, and silos. The back of the photograph proclaims, “Alkali spot after 2 tons of Gypsum was applied in 1956. Before planting, area on left of drain untreated. Right of terrace treated in 1957 – 2 tons per acre. Henry Kedding in photo.“
Date: March 4, 1958
Creator: Maxwell, A. J.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Water Conservation; Water Erosion; Flooding and Prevention

Description: Photograph of Permanent Pool # 23 acre surface area taking 1.6 inches of runoff. Flood poll 77 acre surface are taking 5.7 inches of runoff. Discharge is 10 cubic feet per second per square mile of the drainage area. Reservoir is shown here nearing completion. See OK-10-522-B. This is a view of the up-stream face of the dam. OK-10-522-A.
Date: October 4, 1950
Creator: Davis, D. O.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Claud Leonard (left), Work Unit Conservationist, Rush Springs, OK, and Howard Nix, combine operator, examining some of the native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. 1500 pounds of seed were harvested from approximately 35 acres. OK-190-2.
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of native grass plantings. This is a 1957 Soil Bank planting of a native bluestem grass mixture. The mixture had an extra amount of blue grama added. A goodstand was present on May, 1957 and this photoshows a good cover now developing. There is a good stand now but it will need shredding or moving next June (of 1958) to eliminate weed competition. OK-487-10-B.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Pond Under Construction

Description: Photograph of a farm pond under construction with two dozers. This pond is being constructed in range land to store water for livestock. Construction shows how dozers are working the mud out of the pond basin. The deposit of mud was caused by water seeping in from above.
Date: August 4, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Claud Leonard and Howard Nix Examining Harvested Native Bluestem Mixture

Description: Photograph of Claud Leonard, Work Unit Conservationist, and Howard Nix examining native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Claud Leonard, 2. Howard Nix. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Claud Leonard (left), Work Unit Conservationist, Rush Springs, Okla. and Howard Nix, combine operator, examining some of the native bluestem mixture harvested from this area. 1500 pounds of seed were harvested were harvested from approxima… more
Date: November 4, 1955
Creator: Martin, J. Vernon
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Angus Cattle At Watering Hole

Description: Photograph of a herd of Angus cattle watering after grazing on native grasses. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Angus Cattle Watering. Angus cattle watering after grazing on native grass established during spring of 1949. Range condition – Excellent."
Date: July 4, 1958
Creator: Stokes, G. W.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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