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Cutting Volunteer Oats

Description: Photograph of Fred Wood, owner, and Charles Chamberlain, Operator, cutting volunteer oats on a terrace which was not worked down after completion and is obviously steep. This shows that small grain can be harvested on terraces even though they are steep and high. These terraces were built a year ago.
Date: May 25, 1937
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Hereford Cattle Grazing

Description: Photograph of grade Hereford grazing on rye and vetch class III 12 cross timbers soil. Mr. Keller has found it very profitable to buy cattle in the fall, winter on this type of pasture and sell on spring market.
Date: March 11, 1933
Creator: Fry, Chester
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Gully Control by Loose Rock Structure

Description: Photograph of gully control by use of a loose rock structure. This structure has caught and is holding much silt in which grass will grow well. This will vegetate the gully and in time completely stop the erosion. Ardmore Project.
Date: December 8, 1936
Creator: Hufnagle, Richard W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of channel improvements on Wildhorse Creek watershed, 1.5 miles north of Tatums. Channel work done in 1968 and 1969 and vegetated in 1969 with Bermuda sprigs. Approximately 3 miles of improvement in this segment, view upstream. Arbuckle CD, Carter County, Oklahoma. OK-4322-9D.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of intersecting of main channel # 1 and laterals K and J on Whitegrass Watershed. OK-4319-7.
Date: July 22, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Farm Homes

Description: Photograph of Mr. and Mrs. Tolliver checking farm records in the neat kitchen of their farmstead. Tolliver bought a run-down 40 acre farm that used to scarcely produce 5 bushels of corn per acre. "It had gullies I couldn't cross with implements and the soil would produce practically nothing," Tooliver said. He terraced and contoured the 22 acres he cultivated, rotated his crops and use dhairy vetch for cover and soil improvement. Pasture cleared and mowed. OK-9479.
Date: 1947
Creator: Jenkins, Elvin W.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Bermuda grass sprigging. Arbuckle Soil Conservation District [SCD] sprigging Bermuda grass on Jim Bivins’ farm, with two-plow sprigger. Note the rack built on top to hold extra sprigs. Approximately 4 acres can be sprigged without stopping to reload. Note trailer being pulled behind sprigger to carry extra fertilizer—800 pounds. The trailer was so designed by the District that one wheel of the trailer runs over the last row of sprigs planted, thus giving more compaction and firmin… more
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Bermuda grass harvesting. District harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field was sprigged to Midland Bermuda grass in the spring of 1959 and has had two growing seasons with heavy grazing each year. This area harvested (= one-sixth of an acre) produced 200 bushels of roots per acre. With current cost rates would amount to $480 worth of roots per acre. OK-1380-1.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Arbuckle Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field, sprigged in 1959 has been heavily grazed for the past two grazing seasons. The area harvested, at this time, is approximately 165 feet long and 45 feet wide, produced enough sprigs to plant 20 acres. Approximately 10 bushels of roots are being planted per acre. OK-1333-11.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Grass, Legume and Forb Cultivation

Description: Photograph of Arbuckle Soil and Water Conservation District [SWCD] harvesting Bermuda grass roots. This field, sprigged in 1959 has been heavily grazed for the past two grazing seasons. The area harvested, at this time, is approximately 165 feet long and 45 feet wide, produced enough sprigs to plant 20 acres. Approximately 10 bushels of roots are being planted per acre. OK-1333-8.
Date: May 10, 1961
Creator: Dowling, Leo E.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Watersheds

Description: Photograph of the upper end of three miles of improved channel; looking downstream toward improved section of channel with grade stabilization structure. Structure takes out five feet of grade and has 44-foot water entry area. Channel work done in 1970 and 1971. Vegetation completed 2 weeks prior to photo (bermuda grass sprigs). OK-4322-11D.
Date: July 24, 1971
Creator: Branstead, Rob
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society

Soils, Soil Erosion, Soil Conservation & Crop Management

Description: Photograph of Dr. Horace J. Hopper, Agriculture Director of the Samuel Roberts Foundation, right, discusses small grain variety test work being conducted by the Foundation in cooperation with the Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station. From left to right, Herbert R. Young, local Soil Conservation Service [SCS] Work Unit Conservationist [WUC]; Ray Walker, SCS State conservationist; D.G. Craig, SCS Agronomist for the South Great Plains States; Hershel Burris, Secretary, Oklahoma State Soil Cons… more
Date: May 18, 1956
Creator: Gamble, M. D.
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Partner: Oklahoma Conservation Historical Society
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