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Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of a guar or cluster bean field. Close up showing seed crop being produced. Jack Idol, ranch manager, in the picture. TX 46, 074.
Date: August 26, 1949
Creator: Mika, F. P.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Stocked Pond

Description: Photograph of rancher J.E. Time (right) shows Fred Whittington, Soil Conservation Service Technician, one of the 16 ponds on his ranch. This one was stocked with fish in the fall of 1944.
Date: August 26, 1945
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Seed Drying

Description: Photograph of Bob Hartley, 21 year old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed near Amarillo,m Texas, as well as in the Vinita vicinity.
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Johnny Bitness, Johnny Blevins, and Wilbur Hadley Using Pull-Type Combines to Harvest Sideoats Grama

Description: Photograph of Johnny Bitness and Johnny Blevins using pull-type combines to harvest sideoats grama for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. A third man, Wilbur Hadley is operating the machine directly behind Blevins' combine. People shown in photo go as followed from left to right: 1. Johnny Bitness, 2. Johnny Blevins, 3. Wilber Hadley. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Pull-type combines harvesting sideoats grama grass for the Caney Valley Soil Conservation District. Johnny Bitnes… more
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of recharge well taking water three hours after a 2 inch rai9n. Well constructed on 01-15-1969. OK-3694-7.
Date: August 26, 1969
Creator: Hall, Joe B.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully to be Shaped

Description: Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodded for waterway.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Garvin District Tour of Site 8

Description: Photograph of Garvin District tour observing draw-down structure 8, Chigley Sandy Watershed. Note draw-down tube at front end is reduced in size for proper design.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Chigley Sandy Watershed Construction

Description: Photograph of contractor digging core trench on Site 9, Chigley Sandy Watershed.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Bob Hartley Spreading Sideoats Grama Grass and Bluestem Seeds to Dry

Description: Photograph of Bob Hartley spreading sideoats and bluestem seeds of the floor of a cattle barn to dry. The back of the photograph proclaims, "Bob Hartley, 21-year-old ranchman recently graduated from Okla. A&M, spreads sideoats grama grass on the floor of a cattle barn so the seed can dry without heating. The seed was brought in from combines which Hartley operated during the sideoats and the bluestem harvest. Paper sacks were used during a temporary shortage of other sacks. Hartley cut seed nea… more
Date: August 26, 1948
Creator: Reid, Louis
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully to be Shaped

Description: Photograph of a gully to be shaped and sodeded for a waterway, looking upstream toward the bridge.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully to be Shaped

Description: Photograph of a gully to be shaped or sloped into waterway and vegetated.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Site 8 Drawdown Structure

Description: Photograph of a Garvin District tour observing draw-down structure of Site 8, Chigley Sandy Watershed.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Converted to Waterway

Description: Photograph of a gully that was converted onto a waterway. Gully tha was shaped and sodded inot waterway about 1955. SCS Technician Paul Copeland in photo.
Date: August 26, 1959
Creator: Fry, Chester
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

New Sod Irrigation

Description: Photograph of irrigation system irrigating new sodding job on Site 4, Chigley Sandy Watershed. This system was purchsased by the Soil Conservation Services.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Digging Core Trench

Description: Photograph of a contractor digging a core trench on Site 9, Chigley Sandy Watershed.
Date: August 26, 1955
Creator: Graham, E. O.
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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