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Pond Dam Failure

Description: Photograph of a pond dam failure due to improper bank sloping and dam site not properly cleared of vegetation. Looking downstream west of southwest. Companion pictures: Okla-528-10 & 12. Soil Conservation Service program started on this farm in 1955.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Castle, E. L.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Pond Dam Failure

Description: Photograph of a pond dam failure due to improper bank sloping and dam site not properly cleared of vegetation. Looking downstream west of southwest. Companion pictures: Okla-528-10 & 11. Soil Conservation Service program started on this farm in 1955.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: Castle, E. L.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Proper Land Use

Description: Photograph of productive soil maintained and improved on a 2% slope by use of conservation practices. Land is terraced and contour farmed and crops are rotated. Soil improving crops are used regularly. The crop of oats, now on the land show lodging because of excessive rainfall as did practically 100% of all small grain in the district in 1957. Oats were 5 feet high and promised a good yield when the rains started. Soil Unit 6CP.
Date: July 26, 1957
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Wild Fish Infestation

Description: Photograph of Arnold Snowden holding a carp that attempted to enter the lake from the creek, though the emergency spillway but was trapped by receding discharge. The flood storage with drawdown pipe reduces the number and duration of emergency spillway flows, thus reducing the hazards of wild fish infestation.
Date: July 26, 1958
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of small brush which is heavy competition for the native grasses on this pasture. The brush is being mowed and the area will be deferred-grassed in 1958 and 1959 with the area mowed again in 1959. In areas of this pasture where this mowing has been done, the grass is starting to grow. OK-621-12.
Date: July 26, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of aerial spraying. Oak timber sprayed in late June 1956 and 1957. Two years after, the second application still had an 80% kill on oak trees and brush. Trees die the year following chemical application. Range condition class before treatment was Poor Coalition Now, it is in Good Condition and being used. Soil Conservation Service technicians Neal Stidham and Mack Keathley are shown in the photo. OK-890-12.
Date: July 26, 1959
Creator: Price, N. E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farming Equipment and Methods

Description: Photograph of crop residue management. Shredding stubble of wheat which was 2 feet in height. The shredding of the stubble will be followed with [unclear] . . . and then sweeps. Wheat will be planted in the fall. All of the stubble will be left on or in the surface of the soil for soil improvement and water conservation. Some of the stubble from the 1957 wheat crop can still be found in the top soil of this field. OK-622-6.
Date: July 26, 1958
Creator: McConnell, John
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Land Clearance, Cultivation & Brush and Weed Control

Description: Photograph of brush control. Aerial spraying with oak timber sprayed in late June of 1956 and then again in 1957. Two years after the second application there is still an 80% kill on the oak trees and brush. The trees die the year following chemical application. The range condition class before treatment was Condition Four. Now in good condition and being used. Soil Conservation Services technician Neal Stidham and Mack Keithley in photo. OK-890-12.
Date: July 26, 1959
Creator: Price, N. E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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